Day: April 5, 2020

Coronavirus pandemic ‘amplifying’ poverty in UK

2:38 pm April 5, 2020

London: The coronavirus pandemic is increasing poverty in Britain, where levels are already high after a decade of austerity triggered by the global financial crisis, according to experts. Official data shows that more than 14 million people in the UK are classed as living in poverty, or nearly one-quarter of the population. Some 4.2 million […]

Spanish farmers, fishermen feel COVID-19 fallout

2:24 pm April 5, 2020

Madrid: The start of spring is usually a profitable time for Sergio Gomez, a strawberry farmer in southern Spain, but the coronavirus pandemic has completely disrupted his harvest this year. “We have been losing money for five days now!” he said. Spain, like much of the rest of Europe, has been in a lockdown since […]

At funerals in virus outbreak, mourning is from a distance

2:09 pm April 5, 2020

Lexington (US): No one stands in line to embrace the widow and share memories of her husband of 50 years. No rows of family and friends file toward the flag-draped coffin to pay their last respects. No symphony of sniffles is heard across the room as the minister gives a final prayer. Instead, a handful […]

China claims coronavirus broke out in world’s various parts last year; it only reported first

China, India and the COVID-19: Labeling the virus will not help anyone

1:57 pm April 5, 2020

New Delhi: There is a clear consensus by WHO and the international community that a virus should not be linked to any specific country, region or ethnic group and such stigmatization should be rejected. The pandemic of influenza in 2009 originated in North America, which WHO didn’t call “North American flu”, rather it was eventually […]

2 more COVID-19 deaths reported in TN; Toll rises to 5

11:11 am April 5, 2020

Chennai: Two more COVID-19 deaths were reported in Tamil Nadu on Sunday, taking the toll due to the disease in the state to five, the government said. A 60-year old man from the city and a 71-year old man of Ramanathapuram in southern Tamil Nadu died in the government Stanely Medical College Hospital here, a […]