Asia

As cases soar, Thai hospital uses containers to store bodies

Editorial Bureau July 31, 2021

BANGKOK (THAILAND) – A Thai hospital morgue overwhelmed by COVID-19 deaths has begun storing bodies in refrigerated containers, resorting to a measure it last took in a devastating 2004 tsunami, as the country grapples with its biggest coronavirus outbreak. Thailand on Saturday reported a

Asia

COVID-19 vaccines, China administered a total of 1.637 billion doses

Editorial Bureau July 31, 2021

BEIJING (CHINA) – China administered about 18 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines on July 30, taking its total to 1.637 billion, data from the National Health Commission showed on Saturday.

Sport

COVID-19: Regions near Olympic host Tokyo may seek emergency steps

Editorial Bureau July 28, 2021

TOKYO (JAPAN): Governors of three prefectures near Olympics host Tokyo are likely to ask the government to declare states of emergency for their regions, media said on Wednesday, after COVID-19 infections spiked to a record high in the Japanese capital. Tokyo recorded 2,848 new cases of coronavirus on Tuesday, the highest since the pandemic began, […]

Sport

Real Madrid’s David Alaba tests positive for COVID-19

Editorial Bureau July 28, 2021

MADRID (SPAIN) – New Real Madrid signing David Alaba has tested positive for COVID-19, the club confirmed on Wednesday. The Austrian, who signed for the 13-time European champions on a free transfer from Bayern Munich this summer, will self-isolate following the news. “Real Madrid can communicate that our player David Alaba has tested positive for […]

UK

Falling COVID-19 cases in UK, PM urges people not to get carried away

Editorial Bureau July 27, 2021

LONDON (UK) -British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday that people should not get carried away by six days of better COVID-19 infection data, while one of the country’s top epidemiologists said the end of the pandemic could be just months away. Johnson has lifted restrictions in England and is betting he can get […]

Asia

COVID-19 vaccine tech, agreement signed between companies from Japan and Vietnam

Editorial Bureau July 27, 2021

HANOI (VIETNAM) -A health ministry official has informed that Vietnamese firms AIC and Vabiotech have signed a deal with Japan’s Shionogi & Co to produce COVID-19 vaccines based on recombinant DNA protein technology. After successfully containing the virus for much of the pandemic, Vietnam has been facing record daily surges of infections since an outbreak […]

Asia

COVID-19 cases rises in Tokyo, daily cases double the number

Editorial Bureau July 26, 2021

TOKYO (JAPAN) – Coronavirus infections spreads in the Japanese capital which is currently hosting the Olympic Games. The city reported 1,429 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, almost double the number on the same day a week earlier.

Asia

Surging COVID-19 infections, sufferers rent oxygen cylinders

Editorial Bureau July 26, 2021

JAKARTA (INDONESIA) – A group of volunteers called Action of Our Indonesia Movement, or GITA, set up the oxygen cylinder rental system in early July, aiming to help COVID-19 sufferers in the capital who could not afford access to hospitals or other treatment. Muhammad Ihsan gratefully lugs an oxygen cylinder into a small office in […]

USA

Less immune Americans could need COVID-19 booster shots- Fauci

Editorial Bureau July 25, 2021

WASHINGTON (US) -Anthony Fauci, Top U.S. infectious disease official has informed that Americans who are immune compromised may end up needing COVID-19 vaccine booster shots. “Those who are transplant patients, cancer chemotherapy, auto-immune diseases, that are on immunosuppressant regimens, those are the kind of individuals that if there’s going to be a third

UK

Sajid Javid apologises for his tweet asking to ‘cower’ from COVID

Editorial Bureau July 25, 2021

LONDON (UK) -British health minister Sajid Javid apologised for and deleted a tweet urging people to take a COVID-19 vaccine and not to “cower” from the virus, saying on Sunday he had made “a poor choice of word”. Javid, who replaced Matt Hancock as health minister last month after his predecessor stepped down for breaking […]