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- China coronavirus cases may have been four times official figure, says study
- Coronavirus live news: US states start to reopen as world set for ‘unprecedented’ recession
- Test, trace, contain: how South Korea flattened its coronavirus curve
- Top vaccine expert claims he was fired for resisting Trump on hydroxychloroquine
- Flooding will affect double the number of people worldwide by 2030
- UK making 'impossible demands' over Europol database in EU talks
- Iran reportedly launches first military satellite as Trump makes threats
- American Muslims face a lonely Ramadan during lockdown
- Welsh minister's mic mistake broadcasts sweary rant to assembly
- Two migrants injured after shots fired into refugee camp on Greek island of Lesbos
- Two Muslim students face 'bogus' charges of inciting Delhi riots
- Italy: dozens of mafia bosses could be released due to coronavirus
- Ryanair boss says airline won't fly with 'idiotic' social distancing rules
- Therapy under lockdown: 'I’m just as terrified as my patients are'
- Knife offences hit record high in 2019 in England and Wales
- 'It'll cause a water war': divisions run deep as filling of Nile dam nears
- 'It's way too early': Georgia businesses wary of governor's invitation to reopen
- 'What's wrong with you Mexico?' Health workers attacked amid Covid-19 fears
- Coronavirus Australia latest: at a glance
- NHS urged to avoid PPE gloves made in 'slave-like' conditions
- World Bank warns of collapse in money sent home by migrant workers
- Snapshots of a world in lockdown: 'The crisis has crossed a new threshold'
- How Covid-19 poured cold water on Netherlands' EU romance
- The Covid-19 crisis creates a chance to reset economies on a sustainable footing | James Shaw
- Why are people from BAME groups dying disproportionately of Covid-19?
- Why South Korea's coronavirus death toll is comparatively low – video explainer
- Museum cameras capture theft of Van Gogh painting – video
- Cuomo: I will not be pressured into reopening New York - video
- Coronavirus: UK will need social distancing until at least end of year, says Chris Whitty – video
- Coronavirus: The world has a long way to go, warns WHO chief - video
- Matt Hancock says 'we are at the peak' of Covid outbreak – video
- 'Something's going wrong': Starmer grills Raab over government's coronavirus response - video
| China coronavirus cases may have been four times official figure, says study Posted: 22 Apr 2020 10:32 PM PDT More than 232,000 could have been infected in first wave, compared with then-official total of 55,000, as US envoy calls for rethink of US-China relationship More than 232,000 people may have been infected in the first wave of Covid-19 in mainland China, four times the official figures, according to a study by Hong Kong researchers. Related: 'I'd love everything open': Las Vegas mayor's coronavirus interview sparks ire Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus live news: US states start to reopen as world set for ‘unprecedented’ recession Posted: 23 Apr 2020 03:10 AM PDT World has 'a long way to go', warns WHO chief; Singapore cases pass 10,000; first case among Palestinian refugees in Lebanon
I can't be alone in finding evidence of wildlife benefiting from the absence of humans heartening in these times. This is an excellent example - Thai authorities have released drone footage of a herd of dugongs - a rare sea mammal - cruising off an island in the south of the country. Watch: Thai authorities have released drone footage of a herd of dugongs – a rare type of sea mammal – cruising slowly off an island in the south of the country. Travel restrictions imposed to counter the COVID-19 pandemic have left coastal regions undisturbed pic.twitter.com/GYcYF9EXEd
The Spanish government has just given more details on what the loosening of lockdown restrictions means for children in Spain, who have been confined to their homes since 14 March, writes the Guardian's Sam Jones in Madrid. They will need to stay within one kilometre of their homes and be accompanied at all times by an adult, who will be permitted to take a maximum of three children out at a time. Continue reading... |
| Test, trace, contain: how South Korea flattened its coronavirus curve Posted: 22 Apr 2020 08:00 PM PDT As life begins to return to something like normality in Seoul and beyond, other countries are asking what lessons can be learned Late last week millions of South Koreans queued patiently at polling stations to cast their votes for a new national assembly. If any uttered words of frustration from behind their masks, they were out of earshot of their fellow voters, kept at a distance by duct tape marking appropriate intervals. As they waited to wash their hands and pull on disposable plastic gloves before entering the booths, some may have allowed themselves to contemplate life beyond exercising their democratic right: an imminent return to work, a round of golf or, at last, a chance to shop for something more indulgent than food and hand sanitiser. Continue reading... |
| Top vaccine expert claims he was fired for resisting Trump on hydroxychloroquine Posted: 22 Apr 2020 02:32 PM PDT Rick Bright, who directed key government agency, tells New York Times refusal to embrace unproven treatment led to departure A senior US government doctor who worked on the search for a coronavirus vaccine has claimed he was fired after resisting Donald Trump's push to use the unproven drug hydroxychloroquine as a treatment, the New York Times reported on Wednesday. Related: Trump stops hyping hydroxychloroquine after study shows no benefit Continue reading... |
| Flooding will affect double the number of people worldwide by 2030 Posted: 22 Apr 2020 09:01 PM PDT New research finds 147 million will be hit by floods by the end of the decade – 'the numbers will be catastrophic' The number of people harmed by floods will double worldwide by 2030, according to a new analysis. The World Resources Institute, a global research group, found that 147 million people will be hit by floods from rivers and coasts annually by the end of the decade, compared with 72 million people just 10 years ago. Continue reading... |
| UK making 'impossible demands' over Europol database in EU talks Posted: 23 Apr 2020 01:35 AM PDT Leaked German government report shows Britain has been requesting special access The British government is making impossible demands over access to Europol databases in the negotiations over the future relationship with the EU, according to a leaked assessment of the UK's position drawn up by the German government. As talks between the two sides resumed via video calls this week, Britain's negotiators not only refused to extend the transition period because of the Covid-19 pandemic, but also stated the UK side's eagerness to continue taking part in EU-wide data-sharing arrangements and even expanding their reach. Continue reading... |
| Iran reportedly launches first military satellite as Trump makes threats Posted: 22 Apr 2020 03:25 PM PDT The Noor was launched by a three-stage rocket and, according to Iran officials, had reached a 425 km high orbit Iran has claimed it has put its first military satellite into orbit, further raising tensions with the US at a time the two countries are already facing off in the Persian Gulf. Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) said the satellite "Noor" (Light) was in a 425km (264 miles) high orbit, after a successful launch. Iran launched its first civilian satellite in 2009. Continue reading... |
| American Muslims face a lonely Ramadan during lockdown Posted: 23 Apr 2020 03:00 AM PDT Families prepare for online prayers and virtual gatherings in a month of fasting typically marked by human connection Shaista Sharaz, 34, doesn't have many friends in Westchester county, north of Manhattan. She left her hometown of Atlanta, Georgia, five years ago after her divorce to settle in New York, the only other place she had family. Between settling in a new city and raising her two children, Sharaz didn't have many friends. During Ramadan, the lack of companionship always hit the hardest. This year will be even more difficult for her. Continue reading... |
| Welsh minister's mic mistake broadcasts sweary rant to assembly Posted: 22 Apr 2020 10:25 AM PDT Vaughan Gething heard decrying Labour colleague after leaving his audio live on video call Wales's health minister, Vaughan Gething, has learned the hard way about one of the risks of videoconferencing after he accidentally broadcast a sweary rant about one of his colleagues during a virtual session of Welsh assembly. Having apparently left his microphone live after addressing the assembly, the minister could be heard loudly decrying his fellow Labour assembly member Jenny Rathbone. Continue reading... |
| Two migrants injured after shots fired into refugee camp on Greek island of Lesbos Posted: 22 Apr 2020 05:42 PM PDT The two victims were taken to hospital, police said, after the incident at the overcrowded Moria camp Two asylum-seekers have been hospitalised with light injuries after gunshots were fired into Greece's largest migrant camp on the eastern Aegean island of Lesbos. The unknown assailant or assailants evaded arrest, while the two injured migrants were taken to the island's hospital as a precaution, police said on Wednesday. No further detail was provided. Continue reading... |
| Two Muslim students face 'bogus' charges of inciting Delhi riots Posted: 22 Apr 2020 07:29 AM PDT Lawyers say pair were peacefully protesting against Indian citizenship act Delhi police have been accused of slapping two Muslim student activists with "bogus" charges of conspiring to incite the recent riots, the worst religious violence in India's capital for decades, and in which the police were accused of being complicit. Meeran Haider and Safoora Zargar, students at Delhi's Muslim-majority Jamia Millia Islamia University, were charged under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, which is usually reserved for terrorist activity and means they can be held for six months. Continue reading... |
| Italy: dozens of mafia bosses could be released due to coronavirus Posted: 22 Apr 2020 10:29 AM PDT Critics fear reported move would mean 'the mafia virus on the streets alongside Covid-19' Dozens of mafia bosses could be released from prisons across Italy due to the risk of Covid-19 infection, after Italian judges set free at least three ageing mobsters, placing them under house arrest. News magazine L'Espresso on Wednesday reported that a judge in Milan had ordered the release of one of the most influential bosses of Cosa Nostra, Francesco Bonura, 78, who was serving a 23-year sentence. The terms of Bonura's release to house arrest allow his movement for health-related appointments. Continue reading... |
| Ryanair boss says airline won't fly with 'idiotic' social distancing rules Posted: 22 Apr 2020 11:18 AM PDT Michael O'Leary says business model will be in tatters if he is forced to leave middle seats empty Ryanair planes won't return to the skies if the airline is forced to leave the middle seat empty to comply with "idiotic" in-flight social distancing rules, its chief executive, Michael O'Leary, has said. The boss of the no-frills carrier, which has thrived by packing its flights as full as possible with passengers lured by low prices, has previously said that blocking out the space in between aisle seats is "nonsense" that would have no beneficial effect. Continue reading... |
| Therapy under lockdown: 'I’m just as terrified as my patients are' Posted: 22 Apr 2020 10:00 PM PDT In a pandemic, the best we can do to take care of one another is to stay away from one another. Even Freud at his most misanthropic could never have come up with that. By Gary Greenberg For the 35 years I have practised as a psychotherapist, I have discouraged people from seeing themselves as hapless victims of forces arrayed against them. That's the whole premise – that whatever brought you to my office, it is hampering your ability to direct the course of your own life. So let's name your pain and then do something about it. Tell off the boss, walk out on the husband, confront the perpetrator, whatever it takes, and then move on, become the agent of your existence. It's a profession that has been good to me, and I hope good for my patients. But what if the premise is undone by circumstance? What if it turns out that we are hapless victims of a force arrayed against us, that will mercilessly hijack the machinery of our lives, that is silent and invisible and leaves us with nothing to do but cower in our homes and wash our hands and hope that it will pass us by? Is there a role for therapy in a pandemic? Continue reading... |
| Knife offences hit record high in 2019 in England and Wales Posted: 23 Apr 2020 02:54 AM PDT Police recorded 45,267 crimes, concentrated in big cities, 49% higher than in 2011 The number of offences involving knives recorded by police in England and Wales in 2019 was the highest on record, official statistics have revealed, with big cities driving up the numbers. There were 45,627 offences involving knives or sharp instruments recorded by police in 2019, a 7% rise year on year, and 49% higher than 2011 when comparable records began, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said. Continue reading... |
| 'It'll cause a water war': divisions run deep as filling of Nile dam nears Posted: 22 Apr 2020 11:00 PM PDT Despite Egypt's fears of 'hydro hegemony' and concerns it will worsen water shortages in Sudan, Ethiopia's controversial dam project is close to fruition From his office in central Khartoum, Ahmed al-Mufti prepares every day for what he believes is the water war to come. This conviction led Mufti, a prominent human rights lawyer and water expert, to quit the Sudanese delegation that is negotiating Nile water issues with Egypt and Ethiopia. Continue reading... |
| 'It's way too early': Georgia businesses wary of governor's invitation to reopen Posted: 23 Apr 2020 03:00 AM PDT Critics say Brian Kemp's decision to let nail salons, bowling alleys and restaurants open is political and not based on medical advice Manuel's Tavern, an institution in the unofficial capital of the American south, has been at the forefront of all things politics in Atlanta for the last 50 years, but on Friday the bar popular with the city's power brokers will sit out the battle brewing in Georgia over the reopening of the state's economy. The conservative Republican governor, Brian Kemp, has announced Georgians will be able to get a tattoo, go bowling and get their nails done starting on Friday and sit at a table in a restaurant at the start of next week. But Manuel's Tavern posted a notice on its Facebook page with a blunt response. Continue reading... |
| 'What's wrong with you Mexico?' Health workers attacked amid Covid-19 fears Posted: 23 Apr 2020 03:00 AM PDT Doctors and nurses have been assaulted, thrown off buses and barred from their homes, accused of spreading coronavirus Jovanna was walking home after a morning of hospital consultations when she heard a shout behind her. As she turned to look, she felt something wet in her face. Within seconds, her vision went cloudy and she smelled bleach. "They picked me out because I was wearing scrubs," said the ear, nose and throat doctor from the Mexican city of Guadalajara, as she described the attack which left her with conjunctivitis and burns on her skin. "I didn't see anything – I don't know who it was, but I know they attacked another doctor on the same day." Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus Australia latest: at a glance Posted: 23 Apr 2020 02:10 AM PDT A summary of the major developments in the coronavirus outbreak across Australia
Good evening, and welcome to our daily roundup of the latest developments on the coronavirus pandemic in Australia. This is Josh Taylor bringing you the main stories on Thursday 23 April. Continue reading... |
| NHS urged to avoid PPE gloves made in 'slave-like' conditions Posted: 22 Apr 2020 10:00 PM PDT In securing PPE for NHS staff working on coronavirus frontline, government must not ignore abuse of factory workers, warn activists The government must not ignore the "slave-like" conditions of migrant workers making rubber medical gloves in Malaysia in its rush to source protective equipment to keep frontline NHS staff safe from coronavirus, human rights groups say. Malaysia is the world's largest producer of rubber gloves, but the industry has been accused of grossly exploiting its workforce, mostly impoverished migrants from Bangladesh and Nepal. Continue reading... |
| World Bank warns of collapse in money sent home by migrant workers Posted: 22 Apr 2020 06:00 AM PDT Covid-19 unemployment expected to cause $110bn drop in remittances to developing world The amount of money migrant workers send back to their home countries is expected to decrease by almost $110bn this year as the Covid 19 pandemic increases unemployment across the world. Remittances to low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are projected to fall by nearly 20% to $445bn (£360bn), "representing the loss of a crucial financial lifeline for many vulnerable households", the World Bank said. Continue reading... |
| Snapshots of a world in lockdown: 'The crisis has crossed a new threshold' Posted: 22 Apr 2020 05:55 AM PDT At noon on 4 April 2020, the day Covid-19 cases passed 1m globally, photojournalist Lucien Lung used webcams from Antarctica to Argentina to capture images of the global shutdown Photographer Lucien Lung had been trying to unique find a way to cover the coronavirus pandemic despite being unable to leave his Paris flat. Using webcams, he captured the planet in lockdown at a specific time on a symbolic date: 4 April, the day Covid-19 cases exceeded 1m across the globe. Continue reading... |
| How Covid-19 poured cold water on Netherlands' EU romance Posted: 22 Apr 2020 09:00 PM PDT Dutch opposition to recovery spending has overtones of British disillusionment Isolated in a recent European Union council of ministers, with attitudes described by European leaders past and present as "repugnant". It sounds like an old script of Britain in the EU. Yet it is the Netherlands that has found itself at the heart of the union's most bitter row during the coronavirus pandemic. As EU leaders meet on Thursday for their fourth virtual crisis summit in seven weeks, the Dutch will once again be in the vanguard of opposition to plans for big spending on the recovery. Continue reading... |
| The Covid-19 crisis creates a chance to reset economies on a sustainable footing | James Shaw Posted: 22 Apr 2020 05:18 PM PDT New Zealand climate minister says governments must not just return to the way things were, and instead plot a new course to ease climate change James Shaw, New Zealand's climate change minister, has asked the country's independent climate change commission to check whether its emissions targets under the Paris agreement are enough to limit global heating to 1.5C. He explains why he's prioritising the issue during a strict national lockdown to stop the spread of Covid-19, which could send New Zealand's unemployment rate soaring. To say that we find ourselves in an unprecedented moment is so obvious and has been so often repeated it's almost become white noise. What is less obvious, however, is where we go from here. Continue reading... |
| Why are people from BAME groups dying disproportionately of Covid-19? Posted: 22 Apr 2020 12:34 PM PDT Co-morbidities, demographics and societal imbalances all play a part, says UCL professor Nishi Chaturvedi One explanation for why people from black and minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds are dying in disproportionately high numbers is demography. The virus hit London first and hit it hardest. But even when you take these regional differences into account there is a mismatch. In particular, if you take into account that ethnic minorities are generally younger – particularly important for Covid-19 where 90% of deaths are in people over 60 – the ethnic differences become even more stark. Related: BAME groups hit harder by Covid-19 than white people, UK study suggests Continue reading... |
| Why South Korea's coronavirus death toll is comparatively low – video explainer Posted: 22 Apr 2020 08:00 PM PDT On 29 February, South Korea reported a peak of 909 new Covid-19 cases and was suffering one of the worst outbreaks outside of China. But this week, the government announced a single-digit number of new cases for the first time in almost two months. As of 22 April, there were 238 confirmed coronavirus-related deaths in South Korea. Experts say that the country is one of few to succeed in 'flattening the curve' despite never having a formal lockdown in place. And with life slowly beginning to return to something like normality, Seoul-based journalist Nemo Kim has been looking at what lessons can be learned Continue reading... |
| Museum cameras capture theft of Van Gogh painting – video Posted: 22 Apr 2020 07:28 PM PDT Security camera footage released by police and broadcast on a Dutch crime show reveals how an art thief smashed through reinforced glass doors at the Singer Laren museum in the Netherlands in the early hours of 30 March. All it took was a few swings with a sledgehammer and a prized painting by Vincent van Gogh was gone Continue reading... |
| Cuomo: I will not be pressured into reopening New York - video Posted: 22 Apr 2020 12:48 PM PDT Andrew Cuomo has said he would not allow political pressure to determine the timetable on when to lift the state's lockdown. The New York governor acknowledged the current situation is 'unsustainable', but added: 'I also know more people will die if we are not smart.' Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus: UK will need social distancing until at least end of year, says Chris Whitty – video Posted: 22 Apr 2020 12:05 PM PDT Social distancing will be needed until at least the end of the year to prevent fresh outbreaks of coronavirus, the government's chief medical officer has said. Prof Chris Whitty said it was important to be realistic that 'highly disruptive' social distancing would need to be in place for 'really quite a long period of time'.
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| Coronavirus: The world has a long way to go, warns WHO chief - video Posted: 22 Apr 2020 11:09 AM PDT The chief of the World Health Organization has warned that complacency is the 'greatest danger' facing countries in the fight against coronavirus. Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday, director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the virus 'remains extremely dangerous' and many of the world's population were still susceptible to the disease. 'Make no mistake, we have a long way to go. This virus will be with us for a long time,' the WHO chief said. Continue reading... |
| Matt Hancock says 'we are at the peak' of Covid outbreak – video Posted: 22 Apr 2020 06:19 AM PDT The health secretary, Matt Hancock, has told MPs: 'We are at the peak' of the pandemic. 'But before we relax any social distancing rules or make changes to them we have set out the five tests that have to be met.' Continue reading... |
| 'Something's going wrong': Starmer grills Raab over government's coronavirus response - video Posted: 22 Apr 2020 05:23 AM PDT In his first prime minister's questions in parliament as Labour leader, Keir Starmer criticised the government's response to the coronavirus outbreak: 'There's a pattern emerging here. We were slow into lockdown, slow on testing, slow on protective equipment, and now slow to take up [PPE] offers from British firms.' Answering on behalf of Boris Johnson, Dominic Raab said he didn't accept the accusation: 'We have been guided by the scientific advice, the chief scientific adviser, the chief medical officer, at every step along this way' Continue reading... |
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