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UN chief: COVID-19 is worst crisis since World War II
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that the world faces most challenging crisis since World War II, confronting a pandemic threatening people in every country, one that will bring recession 'that probably has no parallel in the recent past.
There is also a risk that the combination of the disease and its economic impact will contribute to "enhanced instability, enhanced unrest, and enhanced conflict," the UN chief said at the launch of a report on the socioeconomic impacts of COVID-19 on Tuesday.
Guterres called for a much stronger and more effective global response to the Coronavirus pandemic and to the social and economic devastation that COVID-19 is causing. "We are facing a global health crisis unlike any in the 75-year history of the United Nations, one that is killing people, spreading human suffering, and upending people's lives," the report said.
Antonio Guterres, UN Secretary-General
The secretary-general told reporters: "The magnitude of the response must m..
US COVID-19 deaths go past 4,000-mark
The total US death toll from the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic topped 4,000 early Wednesday, more than double the number from three days earlier, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. The number of deaths was 4,076 — more than twice the 2,010 recorded late Saturday. More than 40 per cent of recorded deaths nationally were in New York state, the Johns Hopkins data showed.
The US also exceeded the number of deaths in China, where the pandemic emerged in December. The number of confirmed US cases has reached 1,89,510, the most in the world, though Italy and Spain have recorded more fatalities. After initially downplaying the COVID-19 threat in the early stages of the US outbreak, President Trump warned of 'a very, very painful two weeks' to come for the country on Tuesday.
US headed for 'tough, painful' two weeks: Trump
The US is headed for a 'tough two weeks,' President Donald Trump warned, advising people to be prepared for the 'hard days' ahead, as the country figh..
US nears China's virus death toll as New York calls for help
The mounting death toll from the virus outbreak in the United States had it poised on Tuesday to overtake China's grim toll of 3,300 deaths, with New York Governor Andrew Cuomo saying up to 1 million more healthcare workers were needed.
"Please come help us," he urged. Hard-hit Italy and Spain have already overtaken China and now account for more than half of the nearly 38,000 COVID-19 deaths worldwide, according to figures from Johns Hopkins University. In New York City, Cuomo and health officials warned that the crisis unfolding there is just a preview of what other US communities could soon face. New York State's death toll climbed by more than 250 people in a day Monday to more than 1,200, most of them in the city. "We've lost over one thousand New Yorkers," Cuomo said. "To me, we're beyond staggering already."
Even before the governor's appeal, close to 80,000 former nurses, doctors and other professionals were stepping up to volunteer, and a Navy hospital ship had arrived wi..
'Sorry, some will die. That's life,' says Brazil president on coronavirus deaths
Coronavirus deaths surge past 13,000 as one billion confined to homes
Nearly one billion people around the world were confined to their homes on Sunday, as the Coronavirus death toll crossed 13,000 and factories were shut in worst-hit Italy after another single-day fatalities record.
The raging pandemic has forced lockdowns in 35 countries, disrupting lives, travel, and businesses as governments scramble to shut borders and unleash hundreds of billions in emergency measures to avoid a widespread virus-fuelled economic meltdown. More than 3,00,000 infections have been confirmed worldwide, with the situation increasingly grim in Italy where the death toll spiked to more than 4,800 — over a third of the global total.
Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced a closure of all non-essential factories in a late-night TV address on Saturday.
A general view of the temporary hospital set up at a pavilion in Ifema convention and exhibition center in Madrid. Pic/AFP
The Mediterranean nation of 60 million is now the epicentre of the disease, which first emerged ..
Tipsy Tuskers
A group of 14 elephants entered a Chinese village in Yunnan, where the locals were practising social distancing due to the coronavirus pandemic. The elephants were probably looking for food, but ended up drinking 30 litres of corn wine. They got so intoxicated that they fell asleep in a tea garden nearby.
Two 'drunk' male elephants were seen lying side by side
The photo of two male elephants lying side by side, presumably passed out drunk, has gone viral on Twitter, garnering thousands of likes and retweets on the social media platform. Parveen Kaswan, a conservationist, wrote on Twitter that many elephants are fond of alcohol and seek it out, only to return to places where they found it before. "In tribal belts people hide country-made alcohol, but somehow elephants find it. They also mark the houses where they found it the last time. If they see drunk people they get irritated, since it was not shared with them." One can bet there were some sore heads the next morning.
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