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by Dmitry ZAKS ROME, Italy (AFP) — Italy on Monday extended an economically crippling lockdown until “at least” mid-April to stem coronavirus infections that have claimed a world-leading 11,591 lives. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said any easing of containment measures would be done incrementally to ensure Italy does not give up gains it has made against the extraordinary disease. The near three-week shutdown “had been very tough economically,” Conte told Spain’s El Pais newspaper. “It […]
by Andrew MARSZAL / with Catherine TRIOMPHE in New York LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — From amateur seamstresses and sewing clubs to Hollywood costume-makers, a patchwork army of volunteers across the United States is churning out gowns and masks for emergency workers battling coronavirus. The pandemic that has killed 2,500 nationwide has left medics dangerously exposed to the virus, with doctors forced to reuse scarce masks through the day as hospital supplies of personal […]
(Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte appealed to the private sector, especially the big corporations and companies, to help the government in the present national emergency, by giving assistance to the poor and the informal sector. In a late night speech to the nation on Monday, Duterte said that the government has already prepared P200 billion for distribution to poor families. This was provided for in the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act where […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump said Monday that the United States will send medical equipment for combating the coronavirus pandemic to Italy and later France and Spain. Trump, speaking at his daily briefing, went into few specifics about the type of aid or the timing, but said a large quantity was destined for Italy, which has the world’s highest pandemic death toll. “We’re going to be sending approximately $100 million worth of, […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The US death toll from the coronavirus pandemic passed 3,000 on Monday, according to the running tally compiled by the Johns Hopkins University, with more than 163,000 confirmed cases. The United States has recorded 3,008 deaths, according to the tally, while its 163,429 cases are by far the highest national number ahead of Italy, Spain, and China. President Donald Trump has been criticized for an initially slow response by the […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — France on Monday reported its highest daily number of deaths from COVID-19 since the coronavirus epidemic began, saying 418 more people had died in the hospital to bring the toll to 3,024. There are now 20,946 people hospitalized in France with COVID-19, with 5,056 of them in intensive care, the government said in its daily update. The French death toll includes only those who died in the hospital and not those […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — USA Rugby, its financial troubles exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic, has filed for bankruptcy, the federation said on Monday. In a statement posted on its website, USA Rugby said it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which allows financially struggling organizations to reorganize and restructure debt. “Existing financial challenges have been accelerated by the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on rugby activities,” USA Rugby said. Sport around the world […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Johnson & Johnson said on Monday it had selected a lead candidate vaccine for the new coronavirus that would move to human trials by September and could be ready for emergency use by early next year. The pharmaceutical company has signed an agreement with the US government’s Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority to invest $1 billion in the effort, it said in a statement. J&J began working on the […]
by Phil HAZLEWOOD LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Prince Charles, the eldest son, and heir of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, is no longer in quarantine after showing mild coronavirus symptoms, his office said on Monday, as scientists said strict measures put in place across Britain to limit close-contact transmission could be having an effect. “Clarence House has confirmed today that, having consulted with his doctor, the Prince of Wales is now out of self-isolation,” it […]
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) — South Africa, which has the highest numbers of confirmed coronavirus infections on the continent, will start mass door-to-door screening and testing for coronavirus, President Cyril Ramaphosa said Monday. The “unprecedented” exercise will be launched in the next few days, with at least 10,000 field workers deployed across the country of 57 million people, he said in an address to the nation. “We are now entering a new phase in the […]
by Peter HUTCHISON NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — A military hospital ship arrived in New York Monday as America’s coronavirus epicenter gears up for the peak of the pandemic, with emergency restrictions, extended amid grim warnings the death toll will soar. The navy’s 1,000-bed USNS Comfort docked at a Manhattan pier as more US states enforced stay-at-home orders after President Donald Trump abandoned his Easter target for life returning to normal in the United […]
BRESCIA, Italy (AFP) — About 30 doctors from Albania, one of Europe’s poorest countries, was at work in northern Italy on Monday helping overwhelmed hospitals at the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic. One of the doctors said he was simply following the Hippocratic Oath that medics have taken through the ages vowing to help their colleagues in need. “In difficult situations, if our fellow (healthcare workers) need help, they must be helped,” Ermal Pashaj, a […]
