UK to start trials on whether plasma could help COVID-19 patients
Britain is to start trials to see whether plasma collected from donors who have recovered from COVID-19 could be an effective treatment for patients who are severely unwell with the disease.
UK PM Johnson’s aide Cummings attended coronavirus experts’ meeting: Guardian
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s most senior aide, Dominic Cummings, took part in meetings of a scientific panel that has shaped the UK’s response to the coronavirus outbreak, the Guardian newspaper reported.
Exclusive: China sent team including medical experts to advise on North Korea’s Kim, sources say
China has dispatched a team to North Korea including medical experts to advise on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, according to three people familiar with the situation.
United States repatriates stranded citizens from Cuba
About 300 U.S. citizens stranded in Cuba since Havana suspended regular air travel earlier this month due to the coronavirus pandemic were repatriated on two charter flights on Friday.
Belgium set for phased easing of lockdown from May 4
Belgium plans to allow a gradual easing of coronavirus restriction measures from May 4, with a series of phases of further re-opening during the course of the month.
Australia, New Zealand honor military personnel from home as coronavirus scuppers parades
Thousands of people across Australia and New Zealand on Saturday honored their country’s military personnel in private ceremonies held in driveways and on balconies as the coronavirus outbreak forced traditional Anzac Day memorials to be canceled for t…
Outgoing Brazil minister denies Bolsonaro allegation he sought Supreme Court seat
Outgoing Brazilian Justice Minister Sergio Moro denied in a Twitter post on Friday evening that he had asked President Jair Bolsonaro to be nominated to the Supreme Court before the president dismissed the nation’s federal police chief.
‘I lost control and started crying’: Colombian doctor evicted as neighbors fear COVID-19
A doctor in the Colombian city of Cali said this week that he was forced from his apartment just eight days after he moved in because other residents of the building feared he would bring the new coronavirus into their homes.
Brazil ‘super minister’ quits in Bolsonaro’s worst crisis yet
Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro suffered the heaviest blow to his presidency so far as his popular justice minister quit on Friday and accused him of potentially criminal meddling in law enforcement, adding to the turmoil of a government struggling to confront…
Brazil’s Bolsonaro denies trying to interfere in police investigations
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro said on Friday that allegations that he had tried to interfere in the work of the federal police were “baseless accusations” by outgoing Justice Minister Sergio Moro.
