Tag: pandemic

August 2 (ABC News) - At 96, Giuseppe Paterno has faced many tests in life -- childhood poverty, war and, more recently, the coronavirus pandemic. Now he has sailed through an exam making him Italy's oldest university graduate. This week, the former railway worker stepped forward to receive his diploma and the traditional laurel wreath awarded to Italian students when they ...

August 2 (Al Jazeera) - The global coronavirus outbreak is the sort of disaster whose effects will last far into the future, World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday. "The pandemic is a once-in-a-century health crisis, the effects of which will be felt for decades to come," Tedros told a meeting of the WHO's emergency ...

Geneva, July 28 (Reuters) - The World Health Organization on Tuesday warned against complacency about new coronavirus transmission in the northern hemisphere summer, saying that this virus did not behave like influenza that tended to follow seasonal trends. “People are still thinking about seasons. What we all need to get our heads around is this is a new virus and...this ...

July 24 (AFP) - Disney announced on Thursday that the coronavirus pandemic had forced it to indefinitely postpone the release of big-budget film "Mulan," while pushing back upcoming installments of "Star Wars" and "Avatar" by a year. The live-action "Mulan" had already been postponed twice, with its release most recently delayed to August 21. Following the postponement of "Tenet," a ...

July 14 (CBS News) - The World Health Organization warned Monday that there could be no return to normality any time soon as too many countries were bungling their response to the coronavirus pandemic. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that if public health guidelines are not followed, the crisis will get "worse and worse and worse." After a daily ...

Tokyo, July 10 (Reuters) - With just over a year to go until the Tokyo Olympics, medical experts say the event could pose a grave health risk to the Japanese public, predicting that few people will have coronavirus antibodies and that vaccines will not be widely available. Olympic organisers and the Japanese and Tokyo metropolitan governments are scrambling for steps ...

Singapore, July 10 (Reuters) - Singaporeans wearing masks and gloves cast their ballots on Friday under the cloud of the COVID-19 pandemic that is pushing the city-state’s economy towards its worst-ever recession, making saving jobs the focus of the election. In power since independence in 1965, the ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) is expected to carry Prime Minister Lee Hsien ...

Washington, July 1 (Reuters) - New U.S. COVID-19 cases rose by more than 47,000 on Tuesday according to a Reuters tally, the biggest one-day spike since the start of the pandemic, as the government’s top infectious disease expert warned that number could soon double. California, Texas and Arizona have emerged as new U.S. epicentres of the pandemic, reporting record increases ...

June 29 (Reuters) - In the six months since an entirely new coronavirus began spreading around the world, doctors and hospitals have learned a lot about how to treat patients with COVID-19, the potentially deadly disease caused by the virus. What doctors have learned about fighting COVID-19: * Patients are at increased risk of blood clots, and blood thinning agents ...

June 16 (Reuters) - The United States Tennis Association will hold the U.S. Open this year without fans amid the COVID-19 outbreak even though some top players have expressed concerns about attending the tournament due to the virus, according to multiple reports. Forbes, which cited unnamed sources, said the men’s ATP Tour and the WTA, which runs the women’s circuit, ...