Global concert raises more than $127M for WHO emergency response fund Source: CNN Some of the world’s top stars have helped to raise nearly $128 million for the World Health Organization during the coronavirus pandemic by performing in a concert broadcast globally Dozens...

No underlying conditions in 5% of coronavirus deaths in English hospitals Source: The Guardian The proportion of people dying of coronavirus who do not have underlying conditions has risen in recent weeks, from below 1% to about 5% of the...

Women leaders are doing a disproportionately great job at handling the pandemic. So why aren’t there more of them? Source: CNN (CNN) – In Taiwan, early intervention measures have controlled the coronavirus pandemic so successfully that it is now exporting millions...

UK group calls for grounded planes to be used as intensive care wards Source: Reuters LONDON (Reuters) – Airlines, airports and regulators have given their backing to a plan to turn large passenger aircraft into intensive care wards during the...

Boris Johnson admitted to hospital with coronavirus Source: Guardian Boris Johnson has been admitted to hospital due to coronavirus after suffering 10 days of symptoms including a high fever, bringing doubts about his capability to lead the response to the...

Coronavirus: ‘We are now in recession’ says IMF chief Source: Euronews The economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is “way worse than the global financial crisis”, the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Friday, adding that the...

Coronavirus patients with mild symptoms ‘still infectious for 8 days after recovery’ Source: The Sun CORONAVIRUS patients with mild symptoms could be contagious for up to eight days – after getting better, experts have claimed. New research found that half...

More French COVID-19 patients flown to Germany and Switzerland Source: Euronews More French patients infected with COVID-19 have been transferred to hospitals in Germany and Switzerland, authorities have confirmed. The German Air Force confirmed on Twitter that one of its...