Back from the COVID dead in Ecuador, after hospital mixup
Reading Time: 2 minutesQUITO: An Ecuadoran woman who was pronounced dead of COVID-19 suddenly woke up in the hospital, to the delight and relief of relatives who had identified someone else’s body as hers and had it cremated. Alba Maruri, 74, was hospitalised in March in Guayaquil, the Ecuadoran city hardest hit by the pandemic, with fever and […]
World Bank: Pandemic can disrupt food supply chain
Reading Time: 2 minutesWASHINGTON: The coronavirus outbreak and government policies to limit the disease could disrupt food supply chains, potentially threatening food availability, even as prices remain stable in 2020, the World Bank cautioned Thursday. Prices of agricultural commodities are likely to hold up better than oil, metals and other industrial materials that have seen demand plummet amid […]
WHO warns over virus immunity as global toll nears 200,000
Reading Time: 4 minutesBY GAËL BRANCHEREAU THE World Health Organization warned on Saturday recovering from coronavirus may not protect people from reinfection as the death toll from the pandemic approached 200,000 around the globe. Governments across the world are struggling to limit the economic devastation unleashed by the virus, which has infected nearly 2.8 million people and left half […]
French watchdog warns about use of Trump-backed virus drug
Reading Time: 2 minutesPARIS: The French drugs agency warned doctors for a second time Saturday about using hydroxychloroquine – the drug championed by US President Donald Trump as a “game changer” in the fight against COVID-19, as the number of cases of worrying side effects continued to rise. The agency, known by its initials ANSM, had already issued a […]