Covid-19

The country’s health laboratories are taking strain as testing for the Covid-19 disease, caused by the novel coronavirus, increases.Zweli Mkhize, the Minister of Health, announced on Tuesday that the number of confirmed infections had jumped from 402 to 554.An epidemiologist, who is directly involved in testing and battling the virus, spoke to News24 on condition…

Shoppers lineup outside a Loblaws grocery store in Toronto on March 20, 2020. On Monday, the Public Health Agency of Canada reported that 44 per cent of all COVID-19 cases in the country are the result of community transmission. Melissa Tait/The Globe and Mail Nearly half of Canada’s COVID-19 cases are now being acquired through…

  19m ago U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee calls for Tokyo Olympics to be postponed The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee on Monday announced that it believes the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo should be postponed due to the coronavirus. The organization said it came to this conclusion after surveying many of the American…

COVID-19 is having a massive effect on the games industry. Game Workers Unite have asked for people to take more care of all of our workers. GWU is entirely correct, and it’s time to start thinking about the changes we need to make. COVID-19 is currently infesting the world and revealing some critical issues in…

Widespread testing for coronavirus is among the key pillars of the Government’s plan to slow the spread of the pandemic in Ireland. With a backlog of 40,000 people awaiting a test, to succeed, the State’s success hinges on a plan to ramp up the testing capacity to 15,000 a day in the coming weeks –…

Three months into the novel coronavirus pandemic, it’s still unclear which drugs could combat the viral disease and which won’t — despite public figures like President Donald Trump extolling the unproven promise of some medications. With public health on the line, the scientific community is searching for answers faster than ever. When the novel coronavirus…

The coronavirus patient who died in Kolkata, had no travel history, sources said.Kolkata: The eighth coronavirus-linked death in the country took place in Kolkata today. The patient, a 57-year-old, had no history of foreign travel, said sources in the private hospital where he was admitted - injecting concern about the chain of transmission. Inability to…

Updated March 24, 2020 00:09:27 Gambling giant Federal Group has demanded Tasmanian pub owners continue paying rent on leased poker machines, even while hoteliers have been forced to close due to coronavirus — a move blasted by Senator Jacqui Lambie as "trying to make a quid" during a "wartime scenario". Key points:Federal Group holds the…

Tom Hanks has given an update on his health after testing positive for coronavirus, and it's good news! Kevin Winter / Getty Images Posting a message on Twitter, Tom revealed that he and his wife, Rita Wilson, have mostly recovered from the respiratory virus, writing: "Two weeks after our first symptoms and we feel better."…

As of Monday morning, the novel coronavirus has infected more than 343,421 people across 167 countries and territories, resulting in over 14,790 deaths. In the U.S., all 50 states plus the District of Columbia have reported confirmed cases of COVID-19, tallying over 35,224 illnesses and at least 471 deaths. More than 176 people in the U.S. have recovered.CORONAVIRUS: WHAT…