City reopens borders, restarts metro services The Chinese city of Wuhan began lifting a two-month lockdown on Saturday. According to Reuters, the city already restarted some metro services and is reopening borders. Wuhan is where the first case of coronavirus was recorded in late December, and accounts for
First Member of Royal Family to Test Positive Prince Charles, Queen Elizabeth’s eldest son and the heir to the British throne has tested positive for COVID-19, Clarence House confirmed. "The Prince of Wales has tested positive for coronavirus. He has been displaying mild symptoms but otherwise remains in
The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games have been postponed until 2021 due to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held a conference call with the head of the International Olympic Committee. “I proposed to postpone for about a year and [IOC] president Thomas Bach
Apart from being a public health threat, the COVID-19 pandemic is also becoming increasingly an economic threat. The coronavirus crisis has hit the business world at an unprecedented scale and speed and on the verge of triggering a deceleration of global annual growth to below 2.5
Caribbean country heeds worst-hit Lombardy's plea for help HAVANA, CUBA – A group of Cuban doctors and nurses flew to Lombardy, Italy to assist the Mediterranean country in its crucial fight against the novel coronavirus. In a report by Reuters, 52 medical practitioners made up the
The World Health Organization (WHO) launched a messaging service through WhatsApp and Facebook to keep people worldwide safe from COVID-19. This easy-to-use messaging service has the potential to reach 2 billion people and enables WHO to get information directly into the hands of the people that
