The world’s richest nations poured unprecedented aid into the global economy on Thursday as coronavirus cases ballooned in the new epicentre Europe, with the number of deaths in Italy outstripping those in mainland China, where the virus originated. With over 242,000 infections and nearly 10,000 deaths, the epidemic has stunned[…]
Government has denied a media report that claims South African National Defence Force (SANDF) crew members are refusing to make the potentially dangerous journey to China to help in the repatriation of 184 South African citizens. On Friday, Mail & Guardian (M&G) reported that a senior official “intimately familiar with[…]
Two South Africans working on a cruise ship who had earlier tested positive for the coronavirus will soon be heading home after undergoing treatment. Government Communication and Information System acting director-general Phumla Williams said the pair have since tested negative for the virus. She added the two were working on[…]
South Africans living in China say they remain fearful to return home after reading threatening messages on social media from South African citizens in the country. This is after it was announced at the weekend that more than 150 South Africans living in Wuhan, where the outbreak started, will be[…]
The coronavirus is spreading more quickly in Europe, the Middle East, and other parts of the world than in China where the virus first emerged in the central city of Wuhan at the end of last year. The number of new coronavirus infections inside China was for the first time[…]
South Korea aims to test more than 200,000 members of a church at the center of a surge in coronavirus cases, as countries stepped up efforts to stop a pandemic of the virus that emerged in China and is now spreading in Europe and the Middle East. More than 80,000[…]
Critics call expulsion of Wall Street Journal reporters counterproductive as country grapples with a deadly outbreak.Beijing, China – China has ordered the expulsion of three Wall Street Journal reporters as criticism mounts over the country’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak, which has so far killed more than 2,000 people and[…]
As workers trickle back to the cities, some of their jobs may noSichuan, China: Fighting a war on two fronts is never easy. But that is the situation facing China’s government: It is trying to contain the country’s worst viral epidemic in 17 years, while also attempting to prevent its[…]
Officials in China’s Hubei replaced after surge in deaths and criticism of provincial government’s handling of outbreak.China on Thursday removed the top political leadership in Hubei, the province at the centre of the escalating coronavirus outbreak, shortly after health officials there reported 242 people died from the virus on Wednesday[…]
Sales of nasal spray used to prevent airborne viruses from entering the body, has made a whopping profit of 688% in the UK due to the fear of contracting the coronavirus. Many are using this nasal spray as a precaution to contract the coronavirus. 40 000 people have been infected worldwide[…]
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