Uncertainty over the true number of Covid-19 cases in South Africa has led to confusion, and concerns have been raised that the real rate of infection could be much higher. Health minister Zweli Mkhize said twice this week that this could be the case, cautioning against optimism over intermittent dips in South Africa’s rate of…
Some families of residents in long-term care homes are being warned that admission to hospital or an ICU will be unlikely in the event of a COVID-19 outbreak, leaving some unsure whether everything possible will be done to save the lives of their loved ones.Residents and staff wave to family and friends of those in…
QUEENSLAND has recorded 40 new cases of the novel coronavirus overnight, taking the state’s total to 781 – an increase of just five per cent.It comes as a top Queensland police officer has admitted there is a great deal of confusion regulating social distancing in the community, preventing cops from fining people. But that hasn’t…
COVID-19: Kerala, Bengal Report More Deaths; Total Cases at 1,251SHARE, SAVE, COMMENT Migrant workers from Madhya Pradesh walk along the Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway, following the coronavirus lockdown, in Palghar, Monday, 30 March.(Photo: PTI)IndiaUPDATED A FEW SECONDS AGOA 68-year-old man who had been tested positive for coronavirus passed away early morning on Tuesday, 31 March in Kerala,…
Anyone showing symptoms of the novel coronavirus will now be banned from boarding domestic flights and intercity passenger trains, the prime minister announced at a press conference Saturday.Speaking from outside Rideau Cottage in Ottawa, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that the federal government has now formalized its updated rules for domestic travel across Canada.READ MORE:…
There’s a new COVID-19 test from healthcare technology maker Abbott that looks to be the fastest yet in terms of producing results, and that can do so on the spot right at point-of-care, without requiring a round trip to a lab. This test for the novel coronavirus causing the current global pandemic has received emergency…
Written by P Vaidyanathan Iyer | New Delhi | Updated: March 27, 2020 8:21:55 am A migrant worker cries after she missed out on receiving free food outside Howrah railway station, in Kolkata, March 25, 2020. (Reuters Photo: Rupak De Chowdhuri)The Rs 1.7 lakh crore economic package announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for the…
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Coronavirus is putting rent-a-room tenants in the homes of landlords at risk of eviction as landlords seek to protect themselves from the pandemic. Housing charity Threshold says it has received “dozens of calls” from people in rent-a-room scenarios who have been told to leave their homes because they have returned to Ireland from affected areas,…
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…
