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India drops plasma therapy from COVID-19 management guidelines

Finland discovers masks bought from China not hospital-safe

2:46 am April 9, 2020

Helsinki: Two million protective masks purchased by Finland from China have turned out to be unsuitable for use in hospitals, the Finnish government admitted on Wednesday. On Tuesday Finland’s Health minister Aino-Kaisa Pekonen had tweeted a picture of the first shipment of two million surgical masks and 230,000 respirator masks being unloaded at Helsinki airport […]

Costa Rica seeks unity for COVID fight as WHO assembly looms

WHO urges virus unity after Trump attack

2:23 am April 9, 2020

Geneva: World Health Organisation chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday urged leaders to stop politicising the coronavirus pandemic following stinging criticism of the WHO from US President Donald Trump. The WHO director-general urged the US and China to join forces in fighting the disease rather than indulging in a blame game. Tedros hit back after […]

Police up virus controls as Italians lower their guard

2:08 am April 9, 2020

Rome : Police in Italy tightened lockdown controls Wednesday as cabin fever and a slowing in the coronavirus death toll and infection rate tempted Italians out in increasing numbers. Italy’s “Phase 2” plans for easing the lockdown have gripped the nation but also divided it. There are those who insist the economically crippling measures must […]

UP lockdown: Firozabad admin to make violators write 'mask lagaana hai ' 500 times as fine

Germany caught up in mask fraud scheme

1:29 am April 8, 2020

Berlin: Authorities in Germany have fallen victim to a multi-million-euro fraud involving masks much needed in the coronavirus pandemic, prosecutors said on Tuesday. North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany’s most populous state and one of the hardest hit, paid 14.7 million euros for some 10 million masks in March only to discover they did not exist, according to […]

British PM forced to defend India travel ban timing over Delta variant in Parliament

Global leaders wish UK PM Boris Johnson speedy recovery

5:04 pm April 7, 2020

London: Several international leaders including US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have wished British Prime Minister Boris Johnson a quick recovery after he was admitted to an intensive care unit of a London hospital as his coronavirus symptoms worsened. Johnson, 55, was tested positive for coronavirus more than 10 days ago and […]