A pack of Hydroxychloroquine Sulfate medication is held up on March 26.John Phillips | Getty ImagesThe World Health Organization is resuming its trial of hydroxychloroquine, the malaria drug backed by President Donald Trump to combat the deadly coronavirus, after temporarily halting research over safety concerns. The Data Safety Monitoring Board decided there was no reason to discontinue…
By Conrad Quilty-Harper and Layal Liverpool Furniture store Ikea in Belfast opened for the first time since the lockdown began today.Liam McBurney/PA Wire/PA Images Latest coronavirus news as of 5 pm on 1 June Restrictions eased in England despite warnings from public health directors The NHS Test and Trace programme is not robust enough to…
Published on May 31, 2020The World Health Organisation has admitted none of its experts visited the wet market or the Wuhan laboratories during a fact-finding mission to China in February.Only three of 25 WHO experts who visited China in February even travelled to Wuhan, at the centre of the coronavirus outbreak, the World Health Organisation's…
All deaths related to long-term care facilities WMUR covid 19 in new hampshire SOURCE: WMUR NH Health officials announce 3 additional deaths related to COVID-19, 106 new cases All deaths related to long-term care facilities The Department of Health and Human Services has announced three additional deaths related to COVID-19 and 106 new positive test…
coronavirus.Officials also confirmed another 664 cases of the virus, bringing the total number of cases to at least 96,965 since the pandemic began. The new positive cases are based on 10,334 tests reported on Sunday.As of Sunday, a total of 6,846 people have died from COVID-19 since the beginning of the outbreak in Massachusetts. Of…
Kataza the baboon. Facebook / Baboon Matters The City of Cape Town has asked the public not to feed a baboon that has relocated to Tokai. The baboon, known as Kataza or SK11, is slowly being integrated into the Tokai troop. Video footage, however, shows humans feeding Kataza. The City of Cape Town has requested that Kataza…
As SA Rugby moves to determine which franchises will go to Europe in future, Rassie Erasmus has noted several potential benefits for the local game should that route be followed.The national director of rugby believes the high world rankings of Wales, Ireland and Scotland mean PRO Rugby is competitive and that fans will eventually identify…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…