カテゴリー: Coronavirus
Iran reports 13,922 new infections to go past 1m cases in total; WHO investigating prospects e-vaccination certificates; Italy to limit travel outside of townsUS logs a record 3,157 coronavirus deaths in one dayFormer French president Valéry Giscard d’…
The pandemic has spurred on robotics companies building machines to perform tasks in hospitals and other industriesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageStanding just 5ft tall, Mitra navigates around the hospital wards, guided by …
Sanmitsu is known in English as the three Cs – confined spaces, crowded places and close-contact settings – situations the public are asked to avoidCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageJapan’s approach to tackling the coronavirus…
Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine approved in UK; Russia suffers worst day of record daily Covid deaths; US reported over 100,000 cases every day in NovemberJohnson suffers biggest Commons revolt as MPs back tougher Covid tiers US hospitals fill with 100,000 Cov…
Fourteen eminent signatories urge Canberra to commit to net-zero emissions by 2050Pacific leaders have condemned Australia’s Paris climate target as “one of the weakest”, urging Canberra to commit to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 and abandon its Ky…
Pandemic-related unrest has been growing in country’s overcrowded prisonsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAt least eight inmates were killed and 71 others injured when guards opened fire to control a riot over coronavirus con…
Turkey suffers seventh straight day of record deaths; Lebanon to slowly relax restrictions; New York begins reopening schools. Fauci warns of ‘surge upon surge’ in US cases after ThanksgivingLife after Covid: will our world ever be the same?A year afte…
Trading allies such as Brazil are at the head of the queue for Beijing’s huge drug distribution programme Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThere was no VIP on board the plane from China that arrived in São Paulo airport earli…
Reports in state media signal an intensifying propaganda effort to place the birth of the virus in other countriesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNearly a year after doctors identified the first cases of a worrying new disea…
A meeting with a good news guru – plus all the week’s reasons to be hopefulHowever much we blow our own trumpet over here at the Upside (parp parp!), it’s important to acknowledge that we are truly no pioneers in the field of ‘good news’.But this week …
A repatriation flight has brought the first case to the Pacific archipelago, which has successfully kept the virus from its shores for 11 monthsSamoa has confirmed its first case of coronavirus – a case imported from Australia – after nearly 11 months …
Ukraine reports record daily case rise; nearly 13,000 daily deaths reported worldwide; Disney to lay off 32,000 workers in first half of 2021Sicily asks Cuba to send medics as Italy fights second Covid waveChristmas and Covid: is mixing households a go…
WHO says experts to be allowed to investigate origins of virus; German state premiers to discuss proposals with Angela MerkelOxford/ AstraZeneca vaccine has up to 90% efficacyLatest vaccine to be sold to developing countries at cost priceFrench man fin…
Airport staff tested and flights cancelled as officials say two cargo handlers were first casesCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA coronavirus outbreak in Shanghai has been traced to two cargo handlers who cleaned a container …
Chaotic scenes played out at Shanghai airport on Sunday as thousands of people were corralled into a car park after a snap decision to test everyone for coronavirus. Footage posted on social media shows officials wearing white suits containing cro…