South America the new pandemic epicentre - Brazil now has more cases than Russia!
coronavirus
23 May 2020
/ 19:38
Brazil has now the second highest number of infections worldwide, after a spike in new cases caused the country to overtake Russia.
- Travellers arriving to the UK will have to self-isolate for 14 days from 8 June, with a fine of £1,000 should they fail to comply.
- A Lutheran church in Berlin opened its doors to Muslims worshipers who couldn't fit in mosques because of social distancing measures.
- The UK government's chief adviser, Dominic Cummings, is facing calls to resign after breaking quarantine to meet his parents.
- Mayors across Italy worry that, as Italians go back to normal life and habits, a lack of social distancing will cause a second spike in cases.
- A new study in The Lancet has found that anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine increases the chances of dying in COVID-19 patients.
- More than 10,000 people in the UK will participate to the second phase of clinical trials for a possible COVID-19 vaccine created by Oxford University.
- Poland ended compulsory quarantine for those crossing the borders into the country for business, professional, economic reasons or for receiving an education.
- As the Eid holiday begins in the Muslim world to mark the end of Ramadan, Saudi Arabia has imposed a total curfew despite having previously eased lockdown measures.
- A Lutheran church in Berlin opened its doors to Muslims worshipers who couldn't fit in mosques because of social distancing measures.
- The UK government's chief adviser, Dominic Cummings, is facing calls to resign after breaking quarantine to meet his parents.
- Mayors across Italy worry that, as Italians go back to normal life and habits, a lack of social distancing will cause a second spike in cases.
- A new study in The Lancet has found that anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine increases the chances of dying in COVID-19 patients.
- More than 10,000 people in the UK will participate to the second phase of clinical trials for a possible COVID-19 vaccine created by Oxford University.
- Poland ended compulsory quarantine for those crossing the borders into the country for business, professional, economic reasons or for receiving an education.
- As the Eid holiday begins in the Muslim world to mark the end of Ramadan, Saudi Arabia has imposed a total curfew despite having previously eased lockdown measures.
