Japan PM to declare state of emergency
TOKYO – Japan will declare a state of
emergency as early as Tuesday in a bid to stop the coronavirus, media reported,
with the government preparing...
UK’s Boris Johnson hospitalized over virus symptoms
LONDON – British Prime Minister Boris
Johnson was admitted to a hospital Sunday for tests, his office said, because
he is still suffering symptoms, 10 days...
Trump, Dems clash on boosting mail-in voting during pandemic
WASHINGTON – While Wisconsin struggles
to hold its primary on
Tuesday, President Donald Trump and Democrats are bickering over how to provide
voters with safe and secure access to a ballot...
Chile drought causing water shortage amid virus crisis
SANTIAGO – With historically low river
flows and reservoirs running dry due to drought, people in central Chile have
found themselves particularly vulnerable to the coronavirus...
At least 19 killed in Mexico gang clash
MEXICO City – A gang battle in this
country has left at least 19 people dead in the northern state of Chihuahua,
officials said Saturday.
At least...
South Africa rolls out mobile testing in virus lockdown
CAPE TOWN – South African public
healthcare workers dispersed into the buzzing streets of Johannesburg's
Yeoville neighbourhood as Africa's worst virus-hit country rolled out mass
door-to-door testing...
New York nurses decry lack of COVID equipment
NEW YORK – “Soldiers don't go to war
without guns, why should nurses come to work without protective equipment?” asked
Leyrose McIntyre, one of around 30...
Coronavirus fear stalks Nigeria displaced camps
ANUJA – Men and women cluster around
plastic wash basins hastily set up outside one of northeast Nigeria's sprawling
displaced persons’ camps, lathering their hands with...
Australia tells virus-hit cruise ships to go home
CANBERRA – Australia insisted Friday it
would not let the crew of multiple virus-stricken cruise ships into the
country, slapping aside suggestions it was falling short...
Activists slam China’s use of bear bile in virus treatment
BEIJING – China has approved the use of
bear bile to treat coronavirus patients, angering activists and raising fears
it could undermine efforts to stop the...