Tag: Virus

Avoid self-medication with ibuprofen against COVID-19 symptoms: WHO

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The World Health Organization recommended Tuesday that people suffering from COVID-19-like symptoms should avoid self-medicating with ibuprofen after French authorities warned anti-inflammatory drugs could worsen the effects of the virus. The warnings over the weekend by French Health Minister Olivier Veran followed a recent study in The Lancet weekly medical journal that hypothesized that an enzyme that is boosted when taking anti-inflammatory drugs like ibuprofen could facilitate and worsen COVID-19 infections. […]

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Internet platforms vow joint effort to stem virus misinformation

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The large US internet platforms have pledged a joint effort to root out misinformation about the coronavirus pandemic and to promote “authoritative content” about the crisis. A joint statement was issued late Monday by Facebook, Google, Twitter, Microsoft and Reddit along with Google-owned YouTube and Microsoft-owned LinkedIn. “We are working closely together on COVID-19 response efforts.” the joint statement said. “We’re helping millions of people stay connected while also jointly […]

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Iran says, 135 new virus deaths take total to 988

TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — Iran announced on Tuesday another 135 deaths from the novel coronavirus, bringing the overall toll to 988 in one of the world’s worst-hit countries. “Reports by more than 56 laboratories indicated that we have had 1,178 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 infection in the past 24 hours,” health ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said in a televised news conference. “This brings the total number of confirmed cases to 16,169 as of today […]

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VW to close most European plants ‘for two to three weeks

by Michelle FITZPATRICK FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Germany (AFP) — German auto giant Volkswagen said Tuesday it was preparing to shutter most of its European plants, joining a slew of other carmakers as the coronavirus pandemic disrupts supply chains and sends demand plummeting. Production will be halted in Spain, Portugal and Slovakia and Italy before the end of this week,” CEO Herbert Diess said in a speech. “Most of the other German and European plants will […]

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Cheerful masks help battle coronavirus in Bulgaria

by Diana SIMEONOVA SOFIA, Bulgaria (AFP) — Cheerful face masks are helping to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus in Bulgaria thanks to a small company in the capital Sofia. The masks are printed with owls, dinosaurs, llamas, and monkeys and will soon find their way to hundreds of doctors and policemen who are struggling to get their hands on the protective gear. They’re being made by the Angel Baby company, which normally produces […]

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China reports just 1 new domestic virus case, 20 more imported

BEIJING, China (AFP) — China reported on Tuesday just one new domestic coronavirus infection but found 20 more cases imported from abroad, threatening to spoil its progress against the disease. The single case in Wuhan will boost China’s view that it has “basically curbed” the spread of a disease that is believed to have emerged in a live animal market in the central city in December. Wuhan and its 11 million people were placed under […]

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Pampanga declares “state of calamity” to stem COVID-19 spread after virus fatality

(Eagle News) — The whole of Pampanga is now placed under a “state of calamity” to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus Disease in the province. The provincial council or Sangguniang Panlalawigan approved Resolution No. 6102 in its session held on Monday, March 16. It was signed by Vice Governor Lilia Pineda declaring “the entire province of Pampanga under a state of calamity in order to address, contain and prevent the spread of coronavirus disease […]

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San Francisco area residents ordered to stay home

SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — Millions of San Francisco area residents on Monday were ordered to stay home to slow the spread of the deadly coronavirus as part of a lockdown effort covering a section of California including Silicon Valley. Six counties in the region and the city of Berkeley joined the effort after data showed 258 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with four deaths in the jurisdictions with some seven million people. A “remain-in-place” […]

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Coronavirus drugs: Who’s doing what, and when they might come

by Issam AHMED WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Pharmaceuticals and research labs across the world are racing to find vaccines and treatments for the new coronavirus, using a variety of different technologies. According to Benjamin Neuman, a virologist at Texas A&M University-Texarkana, immunizing against the pathogen is a long shot: There has never been a very successful human vaccine against any member of the coronavirus family. “This is going to be a lot of trials, […]

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Macron ramps up French ‘war’ on coronavirus

by Stuart WILLIAMS and Joseph SCHMID PARIS, France (AFP) — French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday ordered people to stay at home to avoid spreading the new coronavirus, saying only necessary trips would be allowed and violations would be punished. Macron’s orders came as France’s national health agency announced 21 more coronavirus deaths and 1,210 new cases of infection in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of fatalities to 148. In the 20-minute […]

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Tom Hanks released from hospital after virus quarantine

GOLD COAST, United States (AFP) — Tom Hanks has been released from the Australian hospital where he was in isolation since testing positive for the coronavirus last week, but his wife Rita Wilson remains hospitalized, health officials said Tuesday. The multiple Oscar-winning actors were on the Gold Coast near Brisbane to film an Elvis Presley biopic directed by Australian Baz Luhrmann when he and Wilson, both 63, came down with the disease. Wilson, a singer-songwriter, […]

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School food still ready for needy US homes hit by virus

by Cyril JULIEN ALEXANDRIA, United States (AFP) — The paper lunch bags are piled outside of the doors of TC Williams High School in Alexandria, Virginia. Like many others across the United States, the school is closed due to coronavirus. Now it is a center for the distribution of meals for needy students stuck at home. In the bags are peanut butter sandwiches, cheese, fruit and bread, and some milk — the free breakfast and […]

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