Desperate hunt for food by Peru's poor amid virus quarantine
By FRANKLIN BRICENOLIMA, Peru (AP) — Pushing a shopping cart with two children, César Alegre emerges from the large, deteriorated house near Peru’s presidential palace that is shared by 45 families to...
View ArticleMoultrie: Parliament has no COVID-19 contingency plans
House Speaker Halson MoultrieAt least 10 MPs in at-risk age group for severe cases.UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson hospitalized.NASSAU, BAHAMAS – There is currently no contingency plan for the spread...
View ArticlePolice Probe Patient Data Leak
By KHRISNA RUSSELLDeputy Chief Reporterkrussell@tribunemedia.netROYAL Bahamas Police Force investigators are expected in Grand Bahama today to investigate how confidential patient records were leaked...
View ArticleBahamas Defence Force sets up blockade; New COVID-19 orders
By Deandrea S. HamiltonCoral Harbour Base, 03 APR. ‘20 (RBDF): In enforcing the Emergency Powers Order of COVID-19, the Royal Bahamas Defence Force has stepped up security efforts to ensure the safety...
View ArticleForbes: Potentially 60% of the population will be exposed
Dr. Nikkiah ForbesBy Rayne MorganPotentially 60 percent of people in The Bahamas will be exposed to COVID-19, according to Director of the National HIV/AIDS & Infectious Diseases Programme at the...
View ArticleUpdated: Nationwide Lockdown From Wednesday 9pm Till Next Tuesday
Prime Minister Dr Hubert MinnisBy RASHAD ROLLETribune Senior Reporterrrolle@tribunemedia.netANOTHER nationwide lockdown will begin at 9pm on Wednesday and last until 5am next Tuesday as the country...
View ArticleSands: Govt. preparing for wider community testing
Health Minister Dr Duane Sands providing an update to Parliament last week. (photo credit: BIS/Kemuel Stubbs)By Royston Jones Jr.Bahamas’ case fatality rate at 17.2 percent; global projection is four...
View ArticleFishermen unhappy with govt orders as Holy Week begins
By Chester RobardsThe world entered Christendom’s Holy Week yesterday, a week typically anchored by a ritualistic feast of fish and seafood – a windfall week for fishermen. But the new coronavirus...
View ArticleScientists have found another potential coronavirus cure
By Chris SmithCalled ivermectin, the drug is hopefully something you’ll never have to deal with unless it can hasten COVID-19 recovery. That’s because the medicine was developed in the mid-1970s to...
View Article10,000 dead of coronavirus in USA, more fatalities than six wars combined
By Joel Shannon, USA TodayThe USA reached a grim milestone in its fight against the coronavirus Monday: More than 10,000 people have died of COVID-19 in the nation.There were 10,335 deaths as of Monday...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Boris Johnson spends night in intensive care after symptoms worsen
Prime Minister Boris JohnsonPrime Minister Boris Johnson has spent the night in intensive care at a central London hospital after his coronavirus symptoms worsened.Mr Johnson, 55, has been given oxygen...
View ArticleJapan to declare state of emergency over coronavirus pandemic
By Will Ripley and James Griffiths, CNNTokyo (CNN)Much of Japan will enter a state of emergency Tuesday, as the country struggles to rein in the coronavirus pandemic, months after the first domestic...
View ArticleAs School Moves Online, Many Students Stay Logged Out
Teachers at some schools across the country report that less than half of their students are participating in online learning.Daniel Gonzalez Rosas, 17, outside of his shuttered school, the Maywood...
View ArticleSpain’s Coronavirus Crisis Accelerated as Warnings Went Unheeded
The Spanish epidemic has become a painful example of the tendency of one government after another to ignore the experiences of countries where the virus has already struck.Coffins of coronavirus...
View ArticleLady Gaga on talk show solicits $10 million donation from Apple CEO Tim Cook...
Sizable pledge: Lady Gaga during an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Monday solicited a $10 million donation from Apple CEO Tim Cook.By Paul Chavez For Dailymail.comLady Gaga...
View ArticleSupermoon: Catch this week’s ‘Pink Moon’, biggest and brightest of year
The “Supermoon” rises over the Rio de la Plata as seen from Buenos Aires on February 19, 2019. (Photo by Alejandro PAGNI / AFP) (Photo credit should read ALEJANDRO PAGNI/AFP via Getty Images)By:...
View ArticleMost cases of coronavirus in children are mild but severe cases have been...
While children typically suffer mild cases of coronavirus, some severe pediatric cases have been reported.By Gina Yu and Hollie Silverman, CNN(CNN)Children diagnosed with coronavirus in the United...
View ArticlePets at Risk of Catching COVID-19 From Unsuspecting Owners
The coronavirus pandemic could wreak havoc in a frightening new way, because your house pets could be at risk of coming down with COVID-19.An expert at the National Institute of Health tells TMZ ......
View ArticleThe one thing a scientist wants you to do, to bolster your immune system
Image: StocksyBy Roisin Dervish-O'KaneIt’s natural, when in the grips of a global pandemic, to want to grasp onto things you can do in order to shield yourself from harm.Dr Jenna Maccioch, a lecturer...
View ArticleTrump holds "financial interest" in pharmaceutical company that produces...
Trump and his allies have financial ties to companies that manufacture untested drug he’s touting for COVID-19By Matthew ChapmanPresident Donald Trump's fixation with hydroxychloroquine, a drug used to...
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