Italy’s tradition of bending the rules – often wittily, sometimes wickedly – is facing its gravest challenge in memory, with this proudly rebellious culture crushed under the dread of coronavirus. The “defiance” of the early days is gone. Many of those who shrugged off the coronavirus risk as nothing more than flu-like are now locked […]

Apple and Google have announced they are working together to create contact tracing technology aimed at slowing the spread of coronavirus. In a rare collaboration, the two companies – whose operating systems power 99% of the world’s smartphones – plan to add new software to devices to make it easier to track down people who […]

More than 2,000 people who tested positive for coronavirus died across the US on Friday – the highest number of fatalities seen in a single day anywhere in the world. According to Johns Hopkins University, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the US has now exceeded 500,000. However, there are signs that Americans are increasingly […]

The mad rush by scientists and researchers to test potential treatments for COVID-19 in scientific trials has revived a heated debate over the use of humans in critical drug trials in Africa. On April 1, two French researchers, Dr. Jean-Paul Mira, and Camille Locht, suggested on a live television broadcast that trials of a potential vaccine should […]

Spain is close to the beginning of a decline in the coronavirus epidemic, the country’s prime minister has said. Health officials reported 5,756 new cases and 683 new deaths over the latest 24-hour period. That is compared with 6,180 new cases and 757 deaths on Wednesday. It comes as Germany, Italy and Denmark indicated that […]

A regional court in eastern Germany has ruled that locals can go to the popular Baltic coast this Easter weekend, despite the coronavirus lockdown. The Greifswald higher court said the regional government’s travel ban was “disproportionate” in curbing people’s local freedom. Germans from other regions remain banned from the coast. The Mecklenburg-West Pomerania government has […]

Gorilla tourism in Africa has been suspended, while sanctuaries for other apes, such as orangutans, have closed to the public. It’s not known if great apes can contract the virus, but there are growing fears that our closest living relatives might be equally at risk. This week a tiger at Bronx Zoo tested positive for coronavirus. […]

Coronavirus hospitalizations are expected to peak in Chicago, Illinois, at some point in the next two weeks. In an attempt to prevent the kind of medical supply shortages seen in New York City, average Chicagoans are racing to fulfill the need. On 16 March, in accordance with Illinois Governor JB Pritzker’s order that all bars […]

Newborn babies at a hospital in Thailand are being given face shields in an effort to protect them from the coronavirus. Pictures from Praram 9 Hospital in the capital Bangkok show them wearing the shields in the maternity ward. Thailand has reported a total of 2,473 cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. A total […]

Following the outcry from human rights groups and citizens, a controversial bill that sought to criminalize the spread of ‘’false’’ and ‘’questionable’’ news online in Tunisia has been withdrawn. The bill, initiated by member of parliament (MP) Mabrouk Korchid, from the Tahya Tounes party (a member of the current governing coalition) and endorsed by 46 other […]