World has ‘long way to go’ in COVID-19 fight: WHO expert
The world has a “long, long way to go” to bring the coronavirus pandemic under control, despite tentative steps in many countries to begin restarting normal life, the World Health Organization’s top emergencies expert warned on Wednesday.
Lessons from around the world: How schools are opening up after COVID-19 lockdowns
Public health official Anthony Fauci warned on Tuesday about the dangers to children if U.S. schools are reopened and California’s state university system, the largest in the United States, canceled classes for the fall semester.
Chile’s health minister announces surge in cases, Santiago general quarantine
Chile’s health minister Jaime Manalich on Wednesday announced a general quarantine for greater Santiago to force down a sharp resurgence of coronavirus cases in the capital.
WHO chief ‘shocked and appalled’ by Afghan clinic attack
World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday he was “shocked and appalled” by an attack on a maternity clinic run by the international humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières in Afghanistan.
Brazil’s Bolsonaro says he may release tape in police probe
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday said he is considering releasing a video that sources say shows him explaining that he needs a friendly police chief in Rio de Janeiro to shield his family from investigations.
Hezbollah leader Nasrallah: Israel attacking everything linked to missile-making in Syria
Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Wednesday that Israel has been attacking “everything linked to missile-manufacturing” in Syria, in rare comments on Israeli attacks in the war-torn country.
U.S. to tell doctors to report cases of COVID-19 inflammatory syndrome in kids
U.S. health officials said on Wednesday they will issue an alert telling doctors to report cases of a rare life-threatening inflammatory syndrome associated with COVID-19 in children to their state and local health departments.
Maternity ward massacre shakes Afghanistan and its peace process
After struggling to get pregnant for years, Zainab, 27, gave birth to a baby boy on Tuesday morning at a small hospital in the southwestern corner of Kabul. She was overjoyed and named the boy Omid, meaning ‘hope’ in Dari.
Court suspends part of Slovakia’s phone-tracking law to fight virus spread
Slovakia’s Constitutional Court on Wednesday suspended parts of a new law allowing state authorities to access data collected by telecommunications operators as part of plans to track contacts of people infected with the coronavirus.
England tiptoes out of lockdown as economy withers
England tentatively began easing its coronavirus lockdown on Wednesday, with some people who cannot do their jobs at home urged to return to work, as stark economic data showed the disastrous impact of the pandemic.
