Month: April 2020

Categories Middle East

Saudi-led Coalition Conducts 26 Air Raids on Yemen’s North, West – Houthi Spokesman

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The Saudi-led coalition has conducted 26 air raids on Yemen’s northern and western provinces despite the alliance’s step towards a ceasefire in the country amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Yahya Sarai, the spokesman for the Houthi rebel movement, said on Wednesday. … Read More >Saudi-led Coalition Conducts 26 Air Raids on Yemen’s North, West – Houthi Spokesman

Categories EU

WHO is ‘one of the best investments’: German FM blasts US after Trump cuts health organization’s funding

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Providing money to the “underfunded” World Health Organization is among the best ways to help develop a vaccine against Covid-19, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has said after Trump halted the WHO’s funding. … Read More >WHO is ‘one of the best investments’: German FM blasts US after Trump cuts health organization’s funding

Categories USA

Pentagon looked ‘hard’ into theory Covid-19 came from Chinese lab, but ‘inconclusive’ evidence still suggests natural origin

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The US military looked ‘hard’ at rumors the coronavirus came from a laboratory in Wuhan, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told reporters, but the evidence so far is ‘inconclusive’ and points to it emerging naturally. … Read More >Pentagon looked ‘hard’ into theory Covid-19 came from Chinese lab, but ‘inconclusive’ evidence still suggests natural origin

Categories USA

Trump halts WHO funding, accuses health body of conspiring with China to ‘cover up’ Covid-19 outbreak

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US President Donald Trump has cut funding for the World Health Organization, insisting the agency be held accountable for its ‘failures’ in responding to the Covid-19 crisis, and accusing it of promoting ‘Chinese disinformation.’ … Read More >Trump halts WHO funding, accuses health body of conspiring with China to ‘cover up’ Covid-19 outbreak

Categories USA

Mysterious Covid-19 outbreak forces US Navy to quarantine 116 crew on HOSPITAL ship treating a handful of non-coronavirus patients

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The US Navy has removed over 100 sailors from a hospital ship docked in Los Angeles to aid the city’s fight against Covid-19 after seven crew members contracted the lethal virus – but exactly how remains a mystery. … Read More >Mysterious Covid-19 outbreak forces US Navy to quarantine 116 crew on HOSPITAL ship treating a handful of non-coronavirus patients

Categories Health

Chinese scientists identify drug that reduces risk of severe pneumonia during Covid-19 infection

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Most of the deaths arising from the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic have been due to severe pneumonia caused by the virus. But now Chinese researchers say they may have found a drug that reduces the risk of dangerous complications. … Read More >Chinese scientists identify drug that reduces risk of severe pneumonia during Covid-19 infection