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COVID-19 tracking tech from Google, Apple faces European Union scrutiny
But a divide has opened up between supporters of decentralized systems - including Apple and Google - and advocates of a centralised approach in which sensitive data is held on a server. A major limitation is that any contact tracing plan must reach a critical mass: People need to download an app and update their status. Researchers and health agencies around the world have been ramping up res... [Full Article...]
COVID-19 cases in France exceed 1 lakh mark
The U.K. has reported 99,516 confirmed cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus , 12,868 deaths, and 370 recoveries, according to the Johns Hopkins University tracker. "We did the best we could", he said. Mr Raab added: "We need to be patient a while longer". He appealed for more testing of social care staff, and described the government response as "too little, too late... [Full Article...]
After Halting WHO Funding, Trump Comes Under Fire Yet Again
Trump's decision has also been condemned by the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who called for unity in the fight against COVID-19. "A president's more anxious about his political standing - his ego getting stroked - as opposed to getting this money", said Ryan. The WHO's constitution, referenced Wednesday by Dr. [Full Article...]
BlackBerry Mobile is dead; this time at the hands of TCL
And they had decent cameras, "Certainly the best cameras ever seen on a BlackBerry " said one fan. "There is little doubt TCL has struggles with BlackBerry-branded devices despite producing some exciting designs", said Ben Wood from the CCS Insight consultancy. [Full Article...]
NY governor orders residents to wear masks
The healthcare situation has stabilized, Mr. Cuomo reported . "Hopefully that will continue and we will continue to make great progress", said Trump at his daily press briefing Wednesday. Robert Redfield, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said the agency was prepared to assist those states in the process of lifting restrictions aimed at controlling the spread of... [Full Article...]
Trump threatens to adjourn Congress to fill government vacancies
Some of the people he has nominated haven't yet been given confirmation hearings in the Senate, which is led by the Republicans. "If they don't approve it, then we're going to go this route and we'll probably be challenged in court and we'll see who wins", Trump said when asked if there's a timeline on his threat. [Full Article...]
Iranian vessels come 'dangerously' close to American navy ships: United States military
CENTCOM said Iranian ships at one point came within 10 yards of the USCGC Maui, identified as an island-class cutter. The Americans issued multiple warnings via bridge-to-bridge radio, five short blasts from the ships' horns and long-range acoustic noise maker devices, but received no immediate response, the US statement said. [Full Article...]
Trump halts World Health Organization funding saying it 'failed in its basic duty'
Trump said the review would cover the "role of World Health Organization in gross mismanagement and cover-up of the spread of the coronavirus". The WHO bureaucrats met with the experts in Geneva, Switzerland, and successfully stopped them from suggesting travel bans as a life-saving solution to stop the spread of the coronavirus. [Full Article...]
Jacinda Ardern Takes Huge COVID-19 Pay Cut
She imposed self-isolation on people entering New Zealand astonishingly early, when there were just 6 cases in the whole country, and banned foreigners entirely from entering soon after. "We acknowledge New Zealanders who're reliant on wage subsides, taking a pay cut, and shedding their jobs because of the worldwide pandemic", she added. [Full Article...]
Storms that spawned tornadoes, killed 18 people are heading north
One storm-related death was reported in Davidson County, northeast of Charlotte, due to a fallen tree, The News & Observer reported. Forecasters with the National Weather Service in Jackson have confirmed that a tornado touched down in Attala County during the Easter Sunday storms. [Full Article...]
Donald Trump fustige l’OMS et suspend la contribution américaine — Coronavirus
Le président américain multipliait ces derniers jours les critiques contre l'organisation, coupable à ses yeux d'avoir commis de nombreuses " erreurs " dans sa gestion de l'épidémie et d'être trop proche de la Chine . "On peut donc bien imaginer les pressions politiques qui pèsent sur lui", souligne Gilles Poumerol. C'est entre 400 et 500 millions de dollars que les États-Unis apportent un sout... [Full Article...]
Donald Trump halts U.S. funding to World Health Organization over coronavirus response
The world is at risk of a surge in measles deaths, with around 117 million children set to miss out on their measles vaccine this year due to the worldwide coronavirus lockdown, according to the World Health Organisation . "If we argue about it, we will get into trouble", he said. As of Tuesday morning, countries across the globe have reported over 1.8 million confirmed cases of Covid-19 with the... [Full Article...]
'Unacceptable': Nigeria condemns treatment of citizens in China
The Embassy Spokesperson, China will not forget the support from Africa during their most hard times in the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) insists the many reported incidents of blatant racism against Africans living in China during the coronavirus pandemic are merely "misunderstandings", McDonald's Corporation announced on Monday that it ha... [Full Article...]
Veteran (99) walks in garden to raise €3.4m for NHS 'heroes'
Moore achieved his target of £1,000 in 24 hours, and reached his second goal of £100,000 in two days. A military veteran who is walking 100 lengths of his garden to generate cash for the NHS was described as "an inspiration to us all" by the Health Secretary, moments before his fundraising campaign passed the £8 million mark. [Full Article...]
Birmingham woman, 106, thought to be oldest in United Kingdom to beat coronavirus
The drop in patients in intensive care from a peak of 4,068 on April 3 to 3,260 on Monday confirmed a general improvement in Italy's COVID-19 trends. According to a press release from the Wyoming Department of Health , the patient was an older male with previous health conditions that put him at a higher risk of a severe case of the novel coronavirus . [Full Article...]
‘Congratulations on COVID-19 recovery’ - Buhari writes Boris Johnson
Deaths from the coronavirus have continued to mount in Britain. Asked by Business Insider on Monday whether the government's response had cost lives, the First Secretary of State Dominic Raab replied that "I don't think those comparisons are like-for-like because of where we are on the curve... [Full Article...]
Elizabeth Warren Endorses Joe Biden
Remember, even though Warren had little chance of becoming the Democratic nominee by the time Super Tuesday came around, she stayed in the game anyway. OK, then, Paul Bledsoe, writing for the Hill , an inside-the-beltway Washington publication, thinks the clear choice is Amy Klobuchar, the Minnesota senator with an impressive legislative record and strength in key northern states that Hill... [Full Article...]
US CDC reports 579005 coronavirus cases, 22252 deaths
More than half of U.S. healthcare personnel infected with the new coronavirus likely contracted it via contact with an infected patient or coworker, new data from the U.S. Although there is no complete count of how many USA healthcare workers have been sickened, estimates suggest several thousand have so far tested positive. [Full Article...]
Samsung Galaxy M11 and M21 ready to enter the mid-range segment
Recently leaked, which appeared to be the smartphone Galaxy M11 in the list of Google-Play-console. Yes, Samsung seems to be in order for the extension of the variants of the Galaxy smartphone series, M is for the provision of a premium to the user with a small budget low is engaged. [Full Article...]
CORONAVIRUS LATEST: 124 people have now died in Northern Ireland
The death toll at Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust rose by two, to 98 overall. So far a total of 13,095 people have been tested for the virus. The number of people dying hit a record weekly high in England and Wales at the start of April, figures show. [Full Article...]