Home / India News / China ‘concerned’ as India decides to stop use of Chinese Covid-19 test kits China on Tuesday expressed concern about an Indian medical body’s decision to stop using rapid antibody testing kits made by two Chinese firms, saying their products meet quality standards and are exported to many other countries.“The quality…
(CNN)Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus response coordinator, says current technology makes it impossible to test every American for coronavirus. The United States, she says, will need a “breakthrough” in testing to screen large numbers of people. …
ChanticleerThe eternally struggling discount department chain is losing more money amid the COVID-19 crisis. Wesfarmers boss Rob Scott needs to perform radical surgery on rents to save it.It’s become clear over the past few months that the coronavirus is most dangerous to patients with underlying health conditions.It’s also pretty clear that the same holds true…
NEW YORK (Reuters) – As Americans delay elective surgeries and avoid doctors and hospitals during the coronavirus pandemic, healthcare spending declines have more than offset the added costs of COVID-19 care, insurance executives and experts say, boosting U.S. health insurer profits. FILE PHOTO: Nurse Leah Silver cares for a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patient in the…
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has pushed his military and national security advisers in recent days to pull all U.S. troops out of Afghanistan amid concerns about a major coronavirus outbreak in the war-torn country, according to two current and one former senior U.S. officials.Trump complains almost daily that U.S. troops are still in Afghanistan…
A church in Aylmer, Ontario is set to face charges after ignoring rules on social distancing and instead holding services on Sunday morning.Police had warned the Church of God about hosting the outdoor service, but the warning fell on deaf ears. Now, police say “people will be held accountable” after officers showed up and took…
NEW DELHI: As India enters final week of the lockdown, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday conveyed to chief ministers that the country will have to give importance to the economy as well as to continue the fight against coronavirus. In a video conference with the chief ministers, fourth such interaction since March 22 when…
When it unveiled an unprecedented order last month to swiftly expel virtually all unauthorized migrants from the U.S. southern border, the Trump administration said potentially infected foreigners could spread the coronavirus in the U.S., prompt outbreaks in immigration jails and strain public health resources along border communities. But in a paradoxical twist, Guatemala, the largest source of…
A drug being used to successfully manage Covid-19 patients in hospitals is being withheld from patients in the community, including in nursing homes. A HSE circular to pharmacists, dated April 17th, seen by The Irish Times, refers to the “appropriate prescribing of azithromycin in the community”, and notes: “Letters have issued to GPs requesting that…
ChanticleerChanticleer is Australia’s pre-eminent business column.Ross McEwan has an army of economists and thousands of data points to tell him how bad the economy is suffering from the COVID-19 shutdown. But it’s the conversations he’s been having with business people that have been most telling.“One day they’re running a business and the next day their…
