AFP
Smartphone vs virus, is privacy always going to be the loser?
World
April 4, 2020
Smartphone vs virus, is privacy always going to be the loser?
In Europe, officials, doctors and engineers are looking at how smartphones could be enlisted in the war against the spread…
Amid new research, US recommends face masks to stop virus spread
World
April 4, 2020
Amid new research, US recommends face masks to stop virus spread
President Donald Trump on Friday recommended that Americans cover their faces with masks when outdoors, a policy U-turn following growing…
New 4,000-bed coronavirus field hospital opens in London
World
April 3, 2020
New 4,000-bed coronavirus field hospital opens in London
Prince Charles opened a new 4,000-bed temporary hospital in a conference center in east London on Friday, the first of…
The new 9/11: coronavirus and a looming mental health disaster
World
April 3, 2020
The new 9/11: coronavirus and a looming mental health disaster
The coronavirus pandemic has plunged the world into uncharted territory, leaving people feeling helpless in the face of an invisible…
Google to publish user location data to help govts tackle virus
Technology
April 3, 2020
Google to publish user location data to help govts tackle virus
Google says it will publish users’ location data around the world from Friday to allow governments to gauge the effectiveness…
Isolated and afraid: How the pandemic is changing pregnancy
World
April 3, 2020
Isolated and afraid: How the pandemic is changing pregnancy
Jamie Chui has been a virtual prisoner in her Hong Kong home for most of her nine-month pregnancy. Trapped initially…
Cut! Coronavirus pegs back Ramadan soaps
Middle East
April 3, 2020
Cut! Coronavirus pegs back Ramadan soaps
Missing scenes, unfinished episodes and sets sanitized against coronavirus — much-loved Ramadan television soaps are struggling to keep the cameras…
Untouchable: the baby born to a mum with coronavirus
World
April 3, 2020
Untouchable: the baby born to a mum with coronavirus
For 10 days after giving birth to her first child, the mother was not allowed near him after she tested…
Global virus cases top a million, deaths surpass 50,000
World
April 3, 2020
Global virus cases top a million, deaths surpass 50,000
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases around the world has soared past one million and fatalities have topped 50,000 as…
Activists slam China’s use of bear bile in virus treatment
Environment
April 2, 2020
Activists slam China’s use of bear bile in virus treatment
China has approved the use of bear bile to treat coronavirus patients, angering activists and raising fears it could undermine…