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Pizzas (and haircuts) back on the menu, but with warnings

7:55 pm May 16, 2020

Venice: Venice geared up to receive tourists, Milan’s pizzerias prepared to open and Australians headed out to eat for the first time in weeks Saturday, but the reopening of restaurants, pubs and cafes came with a warning: Don’t overdo it. Public health experts are urging caution as governments ease restrictions on eateries, shops and parks […]

Costa Rica seeks unity for COVID fight as WHO assembly looms

1:41 pm May 16, 2020

Geneva: Costa Rica’s president said Friday that COVID-19 can only be defeated if countries shun nationalism and aren’t selfish, urging access to diagnostics and treatment tools for everyone as a major meeting of the World Health Organization’s membership looms next week. Carlos Alvarado joined WHO officials for an online news conference to outline a worldwide […]

As new clusters emerge, WHO warns virus may be here to stay

1:58 am May 14, 2020

Brussels: New coronavirus clusters have surfaced around the world as nations struggle to balance reopening economies and preventing a second wave of infections, while a top global health official warned Wednesday that COVID-19 could be around for a long time. Authorities in the Chinese city of Wuhan, where the pandemic first began late last year, […]

Ferrari helps design new low-cost ventilator in coronavirus battle

11:00 pm May 13, 2020

Rome: Formula One team Ferrari announced Wednesday they have helped develop a new low-cost ventilator which can be used in the fight against coronavirus. The F15 project has been developed in five weeks by the Maranello team in conjunction with the Genoa-based Italian Institute of Technology. “We started working on March 21 and the first […]

Bosnia: imported ventilators from China useless for COVID-19

1:02 am May 12, 2020

Sarajevo (Bosnia-Herzegovina): Bosnia’s state prosecutors say about a hundred ventilators imported from China by a private company and paid for by the country’s government have been found to be useless for COVID-19 patients. The little known fruit-processing firm, with no license to import medical equipment, was granted 5 million euros ($5.5 million) to get the […]