Tag: Italy

Germany, France and Italy said on Monday they would suspend AstraZeneca COVID-19 shots after several countries reported possible serious side-effects, but the World Health Organization (WHO) said there was no proven link and people should not panic.

The airline industry has been hit especially hard by the coronavirus pandemic. Hardly a surprise, countries across the globe instituted nationwide lockdowns earlier this year and effectively brought air travel to a near standstill. Even now that things are slowly but surely opening back up, air travel isn’t exactly a top priority for many people these days. In light of ...

London, May 15 (Reuters) - Doctors in France and northern Italy, one of the areas hardest hit by the new coronavirus, have reported spikes in cases of a rare inflammatory syndrome in young children that appears similar to one reported in the United States, Britain and Spain, according to a report in The Lancet. The condition, "Pediatric Multi-System Inflammatory Syndrome ...

London/Rome, March 11 (Reuters) - The World Health Organization said for the first time on Wednesday that it now sees the coronavirus outbreak as a pandemic. “We are deeply concerned both by the alarming levels of spread and severity and by the alarming levels of inaction,” Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters in Geneva on Wednesday. “We have therefore ...

Colombo, March 11 (newsin.asia) - Sri Lanka Presidents office confirms the first Sri Lankan within Sri Lanka infected with Covid – 19 (Coronavirus), a 52 year old male from the tourism sector, found & now being treated at IDH Hospital. Chief Epidemiologist Dr. Sudath Samaraweera noted that initial tests have confirmed that the patient had contracted Covid-19. Inspections have been ...

March 9 (newsin.asia) - Sri Lanka Health Director General Anil Jasinghe said "Sri Lankans returning from abroad are required to self-quarantine at homes for 2 weeks." Those arriving to Sri Lanka from Italy, South Korea & Iran will be taken to quarantine centers while others have been requested to self-quarantine at homes for 2 weeks. Sri Lankans are also urged ...