March 29, 2020 Neil Ferguson, the Scientist Who Convinced Boris Johnson of UK Covid Lockdown, Isn’t Very Bright [caption id="attachment_24987" align="alignnone" width="680"] He was scaremongering that 150,000 people could die from the Mad Cow disease on the basis of which the UK ordered the destruction of a gigantic number of perfectly healthy animals costing fa...
March 29, 2020 Spain endures another record day for Covid-19 deaths but rate of new infections drops significantly Spain recorded another record day of fatalities from Covid-19 on Sunday as 838 people died. However, the rate of new cases dropped significantly amid signs that measures introduced to combat the virus are having an effect.
March 29, 2020 Germany’s health system could buckle if faced with crisis seen in Italy, public health chief warns Germany’s health infrastructure would not be able to cope with the huge influx of Covid-19 patients currently seen in Italy, the head of Robert Koch Institute (RKI) has said.
March 29, 2020 ‘Big mistake’: Italy blasts European Commission chief, says Europe needs ‘great Marshall Plan’ to battle pandemic crisis Italy's economy minister has clashed with European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen after she said that the EU is not planning to issue 'corona bonds' to help countries decimated by Covid-19.
March 29, 2020 Is Vladimir Putin Still in Charge in the Kremlin? [caption id="attachment_24980" align="alignnone" width="1200"] Putin announcing anti-corona measures[/caption] This is not a question that figures in our Western commentary and analysis, since it is universally assumed that one man, Vladim...
March 29, 2020 China warns imported cases raise risk of NEW WAVE of Covid-19 infections The growing number of coronavirus cases arriving in China from abroad have increased the likelihood of a second outbreak in the country, according to health officials.
March 29, 2020 Covid-19 spread enters ‘new stage’ as number of cases exceeds 1,000 in Moscow, mayor says The coronavirus outbreak has entered a “new stage” in Moscow, with the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases climbing past 1,000, the city’s mayor has stated.
March 29, 2020 Rosneft Hands Over Its Venezuela Assets to the Russian State to Shield Itself From Uncle Sam’s Sanctions In the past weeks the Kremlin has shown it's willing to punch back as well as take drastic necessary defensive action in the face of Washington sanctions at a moment America is preoccupied and made more vulnerable by the coronavirus threat — first ...
March 29, 2020 Germany registers fewer than 4,000 new Covid-19 cases in apparent fall from previous days The number of coronavirus cases in Germany has grown by 3,965 in the past 24 hours, marking a noted decrease in the number of new detected infections in the country.
March 29, 2020 Singapore NULLIFIES man’s passport for violating self-quarantine order amid Covid-19 outbreak A man in Singapore has been stripped of his ability to leave the country, after the government canceled his passport as punishment for allegedly breaching a stay-at-home notice. The country has seen three Covid-19-related deaths.
March 29, 2020 China resumes domestic passenger flights in Hubei after easing quarantine restrictions against Covid-19 Beijing has allowed civilian air travel in its Hubei region, where the Covid-19 outbreak originally began, after a strict lockdown was lifted in all of its major cities except for Wuhan.
March 29, 2020 Lukashenko Takes One Look at Coronavirus and Spits in Its Eye. Won’t Rescind Freedoms Over a Glorfied Cold [caption id="attachment_24966" align="alignnone" width="1200"] The only "dictator" in Europe also the only leader not rushing to crack down on his people's freedoms on (social) media's whim[/caption] Lukashenko asked about coronavirus: "It is better...
