Ivanka Trump has publicly emerged for the first time since it was confirmed that her personal assistant had tested positive for COVID-19. The first daughter was pictured leaving her Washington, D.C. home on Friday morning, when she covered her mouth and nose with a black face mask, which she had accessorized with an American flag … Read more
British officials have today announced the deaths of 384 more coronavirus patients, including a 15-year-old, across the UK. This takes the nation’s total death toll to 33,998 in one of the smallest one-day increases since the beginning of April. It comes as data from the University of Cambridge and Public Health England has suggested that … Read more
Boris Johnson faces a grilling by Tory MPs this afternoon with the Prime Minister expected to be told to get a grip on the coronavirus crisis in care homes and to rule out tax rises to pay for the damage done by the current outbreak. Mr Johnson will deliver a speech to the 1922 Committee … Read more
Greece is preparing to reopen its beaches to eager locals tomorrow ahead of the country’s hugely-popular tourist season this summer. Greece – a destination favoured British holidaymakers – was put on a six-week lockdown in March in a bid to slow the spread of deadly coronavirus. Businesses were shut as soon as the country recorded … Read more
Men are LESS likely to wear face masks than women because they see them as ‘not cool’ and ‘a sign of weakness’ and believe they are unlikely to catch the coronavirus, study shows Researchers conducted a survey of nearly 2,500 adults who are living in the US Participants were asked about their feelings towards masks … Read more
Just 1,500 coronavirus contact tracers out of a promised 18,000 had been appointed by the start of this week, a Cabinet minister has admitted. Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis said that while ‘about 15,000’ applicants have signed up to be a tracer, just 1,500 people have actually been hired. Ministers promised 18,000 tracers would be recruited … Read more
The first Hong Kong anti-government protester to plead guilty to the charge of rioting during last year’s unrest was sentenced to four years in prison on Friday for a ‘direct attack on the rule of law’. Sin Ka-ho, a 21-year-old lifeguard, was among thousands who surrounded the Legislative Council on June 12 during a pro-democracy … Read more
Wet markets selling live animals including bats, dogs and snakes are continuing to operate across South-East Asia, despite the coronavirus pandemic. Shocking pictures and videos show the animals crammed into tiny cages at markets in countries including Cambodia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and China, where the outbreak is believed to have first emerged. One … Read more
Africa’s young and fit population will help the continent avoid an enormous death toll from COVID-19, according to figures from the World Health Organization. Analysis from the UN’s international public health body predicts more than a quarter of a billion Africans will contract the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus within a year. It claims that the COVID-19 death toll will … Read more
Dozens of people have been wrongly charged by police under new coronavirus laws, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has admitted. All 44 charges brought under the Coronavirus Act, which allows officers to remove or detain a ‘suspected infectious person’ for screening and assessment, since it was brought in on March 27 were incorrect. And 12 … Read more