Health

Thousands of lives have been saved by Australia’s swift efforts to slow the spread of coronavirus, Scott Morrison has said, but the focus must now shift to flattening a new curve.And it’s one that impacts virtually everybody in the country and will be much tougher to tackle — the curve of unemployment.Speaking in Canberra today,…

The search for alternative lockdown entertainment and spiritual support on the airwaves during the Covid-19 emergency has left Ireland with dozens of new radio stations and daily broadcasts.  A Lions Club charity group in the west created a new daily community radio show that bans the use of the words 'Covid-19' in a bid to…

Dave Greenfield, the keyboard player with British punk band The Stranglers who penned the music to their biggest hit, Golden Brown, has died after testing positive for coronavirusMay 4, 2020, 6:45 PM2 min readLONDON -- Dave Greenfield, the keyboard player with British punk band The Stranglers and who penned the music to their biggest hit,…

Australia is significantly expanding testing for COVID-19 across the country in order to stay on top of the virus and provide a path to re-open large portions of public life.Key points:Australia is ramping-up its COVID-19 testing capabilityThere are moves for more rapid blood testing to supplement swab testsThe ABC has found not all diagnostic tests…

Faf du Plessis (Gallo) Despite reliable data pointing to a sizeable increase in South Africans' consumption of news during the Covid-19 pandemic, Faf du Plessis is one of those shying away from the generally gloomy daily coverage on the crisis."Sportsmen are no different to anyone else. We go through the whole range of emotions," the…

Careem, the Dubai-based ride-hailing and delivery company that was acquired by Uber last year, is cutting its workforce by 31% and suspending its mass transportation business due to affects from the COVID-19 pandemic. The layoffs will affect more than 530 employees. Employees who are laid off will receive at least three months severance pay, one…

The economic effects of COVID-19 could delay Africa’s next big IPO — that of Nigerian fintech unicorn Interswitch. If so, it wouldn’t be the first time the Lagos-based payments company’s plans for going public were postponed; the tech world has been anticipating Interswitch’s stock market debut since 2016. For the continent’s innovation ecosystem, there’s a…

This bank holiday weekend should have been among the busiest of the year for Dublin Airport. If things had been normal, around 400,000 passengers would have passed through the terminals over the four days. But these aren't normal times, thanks to Covid-19. Instead, the place is like a ghost town, with grounded planes littering the…

Updated / Monday, 4 May 2020 08:10 Social Justice Ireland says the basic Jobseekers Allowance is €81 below the poverty line Social Justice Ireland (SJI) is calling on the next Government to use the Covid-19 illness payment as a basis to reform the social welfare system. The Think Tank says the increase in the emergency payment…

The number of Covid-19 cases has risen by 447 to a total of 6 783. This is the first time the numbers have increased by more than 400 cases in a day.Health Minister Zwelini Mkhize announced the increase on Sunday night, adding that eight more people had died. Of these, two died in the Western…