The global coronavirus death toll topped 100,000 as Easter weekend celebrations around the world kicked off in near-empty churches with billions of people stuck indoors to halt the pandemic. Extraordinary measures from New York to Naples to New Delhi have seen businesses and schools closed in a desperate bid to halt the virus’s spread, and […]
Coronavirus deaths rise above 65,000 worldwide as registered cases surpass 1.2 million
Issued on: 05/04/2020 – 19:17Modified: 05/04/2020 – 19:17 The worldwide number of fatalities from the novel coronavirus rose to 65,272 on Sunday, according to a tally compiled by AFP at 1100 GMT from official sources. More than 1,206,480 declared cases have been registered in 190 countries and territories since the epidemic first emerged in China […]
WHO warns nations ‘simply not ready’ to contain coronavirus epidemic
Issued on: 26/02/2020 – 08:17Modified: 26/02/2020 – 08:17 The new coronavirus epidemic swelled on Wednesday with cases in South Korea surging past 1,000 after deaths soared in Iran and infections appeared in previously untouched countries, prompting dire warnings that the world was not ready to contain it. The virus has rapidly spread in parts of […]