India has conducted some 180,000 tests so far – Getty Images At the weekend, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the next three to four weeks would be “critical” to prevent the spread of coronavirus in India. Ever since its first … Read More
Scientists around the world have been racing to develop treatments, cures and a vaccine for COVID-19, and are getting closer by the day. Jacob Glanville – one of the stars of Netflix documentary Pandemic – runs Distributed Bio, which has been working … Read More
(Photo by Imgorthand/Getty Images) – GETTY Things are looking bleak. The media rattles off an alarming increase in the numbers of the people who have contracted and died from the Coronavirus. The press offers macabre minute-by-minute updates of the ever-increasing casualties. The … Read More
The History of Pandemics Pan·dem·ic /panˈdemik/ (of a disease) prevalent over a whole country or the world. As humans have spread across the world, so have infectious diseases. Even in this modern era, outbreaks are nearly constant, though not every … Read More
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran issued its most dire warning yet Tuesday about the new coronavirus ravaging the country, suggesting “millions” could die in the Islamic Republic if people keep traveling and ignore health guidance. A state TV journalist who … Read More
Outpatient services at Vatican’s health clinic suspended The Vatican has reported its first coronavirus case, saying it had suspended outpatient services at its health clinic after a patient tested positive for Covid-19. The clinic inside the city-state – which has around … Read More
Health officials in Washington state announced four additional deaths among coronavirus patients on Monday, bringing the total number of fatalities to six. Two of the patients were considered “new” cases of COVID-19, while a third death involved a patient who was previously confirmed to have … Read More
