coronavirus pandemic

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 […]

Shah Rukh Khan offers his office for BMC quarantine facility

9:09 pm April 4, 2020

Mumbai: Days after Shah Rukh Khan and his wife Gauri Khan announced several initiatives to help the central and state government in their fight against the coronavirus pandemic, the superstar has now opened his office for treating Covid-19 patients. The local municipal body, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), took to social media on Saturday to thank […]

US to hit all of Iran's financial sector with sanctions

Iran coronavirus death toll rises 134 to 3,294

8:14 pm April 3, 2020

Tehran: Iran on Friday announced 134 more deaths from the novel coronavirus, bringing the officially confirmed total to 3,294. Health ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour told a news conference that 2,715 new infections had been confirmed in the past 24 hours, taking the total to 53,183. Iran is one of the countries worst-hit by the coronavirus […]

Chinese students fleeing virus face uneasy reception back home

3:24 pm April 3, 2020

Beijing: Chinese students flying home from overseas to escape the coronavirus pandemic face a frosty reception from sections of the public who view them as wealthy, spoiled — and potentially contaminated. The number of officially reported cases in China has dwindled dramatically over the last month, but the country is now taking drastic steps to […]