Category: Foreign
CDC reveals six new COVID-19 symptoms
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has added several new symptoms to its existing list of symptoms for COVID-19. The CDC has long said tha [...]
Trump says he will bill China for coronavirus damages
President Donald Trump says he intends to bill China for a 'substantial' amount for damages caused by the coronavirus. Trump made the threat to China [...]
Belief that methanol alcohol cures coronavirus kills 700 in Iran
More than 700 people died in Iran after ingesting toxic methanol, erroneously thinking it can cure the new coronavirus. The national coroner's authori [...]
Study shows coronavirus can linger in air of crowded spaces
The new coronavirus appears to linger in the air in crowded spaces or rooms that lack ventilation, researchers found in a study that buttresses the no [...]
1 million masks ordered from China by Canadian govt unfit for use
The Canadian government has said that the one million KN95 masks imported from China did not meet its strict standards and so could not be distributed [...]
Sunlight and humidity kill coronavirus fastest -US scientists
US scientists say coronavirus dies fastest when it is exposed to direct sunlight, though a study cited has not yet been made public and awaits externa [...]
US job losses from Covid-19 soar to 26 million
Job losses from the coronavirus pandemic in the United States has climbed to 26.4 million as Congress is poised to approve a new stimulus measure and [...]
Trump suggests injecting COVID-19 patients with disinfectant to ‘clean’ lungs
President Donald Trump has suggested the possibility of an injection of disinfectant into a person infected with the coronavirus as a deterrent to the [...]
Madagascar’s president hands out herbal tea to cure coronavirus
Soldiers in Madagascar went door-to-door in the capital Antananarivo, doling out sachets of a local herbal tea touted by President Andry Rajoelina as [...]
Chinese doctors infected with coronavirus wake to changed skin colour
The skin color of two Chinese doctors who fell critically ill with coronavirus have changed after surviving the deadly illness. Dr Yi Fan and Dr Hu We [...]