White House adviser Peter Navarro charged on Monday (April 20) that China may be withholding data about early coronavirus infections because it wants to win the commercial race to create a vaccine. The United States, which has been the country worst affected by coronavirus pandemic according to official statistics, has been repeatedly calling on Beijing to share...
Some 4.1 per cent of adults tested positive for coronavirus antibodies in a study of Los Angeles County residents, health officials said on Monday (April 21), suggesting the rate of infection may be 40 times higher than the number of confirmed cases. The serology tests, conducted by University of Southern California researchers on 863 people indicate...
Ronan Hughes, a 40-year-old from County Armagh in Northern Ireland, was arrested in Ireland on Monday (April 20) in connection with the deaths of 39 Vietnamese nationals who were found in a lorry trailer in Essex, south-east England, in October 2019, Essex Police said in a statement. Hughes has been charged with 39 offences of manslaughter as well...
The Indonesian government is set to evaluate the implementation of large-scale social restrictions (PSBB) as many non-essential workplaces are still ignoring the policies and requiring their workers to come in for work amid physical distancing requirements needed to curb the further transmission of Covid-19. "Today, I ask for a total evaluation of what we have done...
The Agriculture Ministry is collaborating with businesses to encourage them to purchase farmers' chickens, improving the current oversupply and prices as breeding season unfolds. The ministry on Monday officially formed a partnership with the National Poultry Breeders Organisation (Gopan), the Poultry Farmers Association and Information Center (Pinsar) and animal feed company PT Universal Agribisnisindo. "The partnership was...
As the Covid-19 epidemic in Indonesia shows no signs of easing, two of the country's highest courts, the Supreme Court (MA) and the Constitutional Court (MK), have switched to virtual trials to keep the judicial system running. The Supreme Court has determined in an unprecedented decision that all lower courts are to use the Zoom videoconferencing...
The Customs Department is telling people not to believe rumours that it is selling off confiscated digital thermometers and surgical masks cheaply, citing a recent social media post claiming to sell off a seized shipment of the products from the European Union. "The department is not selling any digital thermometers or masks online," the customs official...
China on Monday called on the United States to stop blaming it for the coronavirus pandemic, saying it was "also a victim", as international pressure mounts on Beijing over its handling of the crisis. Foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said the global community should work together instead of casting blame or demanding compensation. "The international community can...
Hong Kong's government will extend social restrictions aimed at tackling the coronavirus for another 14 days, the China-ruled city's leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday (April 21). Hong Kong recorded zero new coronavirus cases on Monday for the first time since early March. The city has confirmed 1,025 total cases and four deaths since the outbreak began...
While they were busy treating Covid-19 patients in Wuhan, their faces were hardly recognizable under surgical masks and goggles. In order to have a record of all the 42,000-plus medical workers who risked their lives to come to the aid of Hubei, the region of China hardest hit by the epidemic, a group of volunteer photographers...
