Coronavirus | The Asian Age

Friday, May 03, 2024 | Last Update : 07:59 AM IST

coronavirus Page-14

A contract worker from the food, catering and events industry in France, left out of Covid-19 budget measures, put her sign in a coffin during a flash mob on Place de La Concorde in Paris Wednesday June 10, 2020, to call attention to the impact the sanitary crisis is having on their lives. (AP)

Contract workers stage flash-mob protest in Paris over job loss

France spent billions on temporary unemployment benefits but contract workers in the food and special events industry were left out

10 Jun 2020 8:11 PM

A woman reacts as she is sprayed with disinfectant inside a chamber as a precaution against the new coronavirus outbreak before entering a shopping mall in Jakarta, Indonesia. (AP)

Easing restrictions in Indonesia's capital worry its citizens

As Indonesia’s overall virus caseload continues to rise, Jakarta has moved to restore normalcy by lifting some restrictions this week

10 Jun 2020 2:12 PM

Commuters return from the capital city of Islamabad, in Rawalpindi. (AFP)

WHO calls for 'intermittent' lockdowns in Pakistan as virus surges

Hospitals across Pakistan say they are at or near capacity, and some are turning COVID-19 patients away

10 Jun 2020 1:58 PM

Parle-G records best sales during COVID-19 lockdown. (Photo- Twitter)

India's favourite biscuit Parle-G records highest sales during lockdown

The company has gained a market share of around 5 per cent in the highly competitive biscuit segment, helped by Parle-G biscuits

10 Jun 2020 1:00 PM

A woman wearing a face mask to protect against the new coronavirus dances with a parasol at a public park in Beijing. (AP)

Widespread mask-wearing could prevent COVID-19 second waves: Study

Even homemade masks can dramatically reduce transmission rates if enough people wear them in public

10 Jun 2020 12:01 PM

President Pierre Nkurunziza after Ndayishimiye was chosen as the party's presidential candidate at a national conference for the ruling CNDD-FDD party in the rural province of Gitega, Burundi. (AP)

Burundi: Officials say president died of heart attack, many suspect virus infection

Burundi’s government had downplayed the virus and held the election and large rallies while also firing their WHO representative

10 Jun 2020 9:52 AM

Journalists chat near a screen showing President Xi Jinping talks by video with patients and medical workers at the Huoshenshan Hospital in Wuhan. (AP)

China dismisses Harvard study suggesting virus spread started in August

The research used satellite imagery of hospital parking lots in Wuhan and data for symptom-related queries on search engines

10 Jun 2020 9:26 AM

A health worker treats a COVID-19 patient in a field hospital built inside a gym in Santo Andre, on the outskirts of Sao Paulo. (AP)

Brazil restores daily COVID-19 update after Supreme Court ruling

Allegations that the government was trying to mask the severity of the situation mounted pressure for reinstatement of daily virus updates

10 Jun 2020 9:01 AM

Global economy to plunge into worst recession since WW-II, says World Bank. (AFP Photo)

World Bank says global economy to shrink 5.2%, worst recession since WWI

Per capita incomes are expected to decline by 3.6 per cent, which will tip millions of people into extreme poverty this year

09 Jun 2020 11:06 AM

As things slowly go back to normal under Unlock 1.0, salespersons arrange items to put on display at a shop inside Select South Avenue mall after it reopened, in Jabalpur, Monday, June 8, 2020. Malls and shopping centers re-opened after more than two months, focussing on hourly disinfection of the common areas, contactless shopping, and physical distancing to prevent the spread of the deadly novel coronavirus. (Photo | PTI)

Corona off people's minds, Google search for films, weather reflect 'back to normal' mindset

The search volume for coronavirus in May was half of that in April even though the number of COVID-19 cases are rising.

08 Jun 2020 6:38 PM

New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern. (via Facebook)

I did a little dance: Jacinda Ardern on New Zealand’s zero virus status

New Zealand citizens no longer bound by social distancing rules and limits on public gatherings

08 Jun 2020 4:18 PM

Protesters kneel as they gather in front of the US embassy during the Black Lives Matter protest rally in London. (AP)

Protests increase risk of coronavirus spread: UK health minister

Anti-racism protests started in the USA two weeks ago has now brought together thousands of Europeans on the streets in solidarity

08 Jun 2020 1:09 PM

New Zealand clears its last COVID-19 case

Country's final patient was given the all-clear and released from isolation after testing negative and remaining symptom-free for 48 hours

08 Jun 2020 9:05 AM

A worker hangs a notice on the main gate of the LNJP Hospital in New Delhi. (PTI)

Delhi hospitals for Delhi patients only: Kejriwal

The national capital will open its borders tomorrow but its hospital beds are desperately needed for locals

07 Jun 2020 2:55 PM

India registered its highest single-day spike of COVID-19 cases on Sunday. (PTI Photo)

With nearly 10,000 new COVID-19 cases, India now 5th worst-hit nation

India registered its highest single-day spike of COVID-19 cases for the fifth consecutive day on Sunday

07 Jun 2020 1:58 PM

Xu Lin, Vice head of the Publicity Department of Communist Party shows a copy of the white paper on fighting COVID-19 China in action during a press conference at the State Council Information Office in Beijing. (AP)

China defends COVID-19 response in new report

The report lauds China’s success in reducing the daily increase in new cases to single digits within about two months

07 Jun 2020 1:43 PM

Mumbai's Juhu Beach was deserted for much of March and April due to the coronavirus lockdown. (PTI)

Significant drop in serious crime during lockdown in Maharashtra

There was an average 13 per cent fall between March and April in serious offences

07 Jun 2020 12:18 PM

A man wearing a face mask has his temperature checked upon his arrival to attend at Memorial Day ceremony at the national cemetery in Daejeon, South Korea. (AP)

South Korea's coronavirus cases surpass 50 for second day

The country could be moving towards another wave of virus spread as authorities have now loosened strict social distancing rules

07 Jun 2020 10:36 AM

Uber signals recovery in rides as lockdown restrictions ease

Trip requests are now down about 70% from a year earlier, slightly lesser than April’s 80% drop

04 Jun 2020 11:27 AM

A malaria drug President Donald Trump took to try to prevent COVID-19 proved ineffective. (AP Photo)

Hydroxychloroquine can't prevent COVID-19, says new study

Hydroxychloroquine and a similar drug, chloroquine, have been the subject of much debate since Trump started promoting them in March

04 Jun 2020 11:02 AM

14 of 43

Columns

Sanjeev Ahluwalia