MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison delayed the opening of parliament for several weeks on Saturday as the new coronavirus continued to spread through the country’s two most populous states. Morrison asked the Speaker of Parliament to cancel a two-week session that will begin on August 4, out …
Read More »Hundreds of Thai people protest and demand government resignation
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Hundreds of Thais protested on Saturday night, demanding the resignation of the government and the dissolution of parliament, challenging the coronavirus ban in large gatherings in one of the largest street demonstrations since a 2014 military coup. A protester holds a poster during a protest demanding the …
Read More »UK pauses daily update on number of coronavirus deaths from data problems
FILE PHOTO: Blood samples from patients infected with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are prepared for analysis in the Blood Processing Laboratory at the Institute of Therapeutic Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Cambridge, Cambridge, Great Britain , May 21, 2020. Kirsty Wigglesworth / Pool via REUTERS / File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – Britain …
Read More »COVID-19 antibody test passes first major tests in the UK with 98.6% accuracy – Telegraph
(Reuters) – British ministers are making plans to distribute millions of free tests for antibodies to the coronavirus after a UK government-backed version approved its first major tests, the Daily Telegraph newspaper reported on Friday. Fingerprint tests, which can indicate in 20 minutes whether a person has been exposed to …
Read More »Symptom tracking app reveals six different types of COVID-19 infection
LONDON (Reuters) – British scientists analyzing data from a widely used COVID-19 symptom tracking application have found that there are six different types of the disease, each of which is distinguished by a group of symptoms. FILE PHOTO: A computer image created by Nexu Science Communication in conjunction with Trinity …
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