The recent outbreak of the novel coronavirus at Beijing's Xinfadi wholesale farm-produce market could indicate the virus can survive at low temperatures, according to Professor Zhong Nanshan, one of the world's leading experts on respiratory diseases. The virus was found on cutting boards for imported salmon at the market in the city's Fengtai district, and since...
Indonesia reported 1,331 new coronavirus infections on Thursday (June 18), its biggest daily increase since the outbreak started locally, taking its total number of cases to 42,762. Health ministry official Achmad Yurianto said 63 more deaths were reported on Thursday, with total fatalities now at 2,339, the highest coronavirus death toll in East Asia outside of...
The recent outbreak of Covid-19 cases in Beijing is under control as the city has seen a decline in confirmed cases, but the caseload will continue to grow for some time, health expert Wu Zunyou said on Thursday. "It's positive that Beijing has controlled the epidemic. All the cases reported today were infected before June 12,"...
Chinese scientists have successfully isolated the coronavirus strain that caused the latest Covid-19 outbreak in Beijing, a significant progress that will greatly aid the epidemic control and prevention. The strain was isolated on Monday from samples collected from the respiratory tracts of infected cases in Xinfadi, a major wholesale market for agricultural products in Beijing, the...
Facebook announced that its instant messaging application WhatsApp will support the fund transfer between users from Brazil, and it will be carried out using Facebook Pay published by Facebook last year. The users only need to enter a 6-digit payment password or fingerprint sensor to open the payment. Currently, the payment between ordinary users through WhatsApp...
Zoo Negara is finally clearing the air on the recent controversy surrounding a viral photo of a skinny lion. According to AWANI, the lion, named Manja Kani, suffered a significant weight loss due to a change in its diet during the mating season. Source: VOCKET Zoo Negara’s deputy president Rosly Ahmat Lana told the news outlet, “Manja Kani and Manja Ela...
A study conducted by experts from England, Germany and many other countries shows that the Arctic sea ice in summer is very likely to disappear by 2050 regardless of whether the carbon dioxide emissions are reduced, according to the scientific journal Geophysical Research Letters. The sea ice in summer has decreased by 40% in area and...
What was once frowned upon has been accepted by many cultures, but some religions still recognise it as punishable by law – pre-marital sex. On Friday (5 June), two Indonesians were whipped 100 times each after they were caught having pre-marital sex in Aceh province, the only region in Indonesia to impose Islamic law. The Islamic law allows whipping for...
Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate have released five new photographs of their younger son, Prince Louis, to mark his second birthday. All were taken this month by Kate, Kensington Palace said. https://twitter.com/KensingtonRoyal/status/1253073892614320130?s=20 Louis, who is fifth in line to the throne, has a six-year-old brother, Prince George, and four-year-old sister, Princess Charlotte.
Third-grade students, teachers and logistics personnel at junior and senior high schools in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, are tested on campus for coronavirus before they resume classwork on Monday. Students will form lines, spacing themselves 1.5 metres apart, at school gates and provide basic information about their living situation before being tested. Testing for the students, teachers, logistics...
