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Africa's 1st COVID-19 vaccine trial starting

COVID-19 & THE CITY: Future of Travel

10:29 pm May 16, 2020

By Dr Rajita Chaudhuri A city is very often described by its traffic. A neighbourhood by the cars parked on the curbs. It’s all going to change or probably has already changed to a large extent. A lot of European cities are opening up this month after the lockdown and the one thing they have […]

UK doctor alerts Indians to poor diet link with COVID-19 deaths

1:58 pm May 3, 2020

London: Poor diet is a major cause behind the COVID-19 deaths and the Indians must urgently cut down on ultra-processed food to build resilience against the deadly virus, a leading Indian-origin cardiologist in the UK has cautioned. Dr Aseem Malhotra, who is among the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) frontline medics and also a professor […]

British PM Boris Johnson says UK and India are natural partners

Row over Boris Johnson’s top aide at secret Covid-19 science meetings

8:30 pm April 25, 2020

London: Downing Street on Saturday went into strong denial mode after a political row broke out over a UK media report claiming that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s top aide had attended secret meetings of the scientific group advising the government on its Covid-19 response strategy. The Guardian’ claimed that Dominic Cummings, Johnson’s chief strategic […]

France fast-tracks citizenship for foreign virus fighters

UK’s COVID-19 death toll at 19,506 with 684 hospital deaths

11:54 pm April 24, 2020

London: The UK’s coronavirus death toll stood at 19,506 after 684 hospital deaths were reported on Friday. While the new toll is higher on the previous day’s total of 18,738 by 768, the discrepancy of 84 is down to unreported deaths from Thursday by one health board in Wales. UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps, who […]

Millions face new UK virus restrictions; border chaos eases

UK Opposition to review impact of Covid-19 on ethnic minorities

7:09 pm April 24, 2020

London: The UK’s Opposition Labour Party on Friday announced a review into the disproportionate impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the country’s minority ethnic populations, including those of Indian-origin. Labour Party Leader Keir Starmer hosted a digital roundtable alongside ministers from his shadow cabinet and representatives from Britain’s minorities communities to kick-start the process of […]