Covid Report

Professor Mauro Ferrari resigns after his proposal to set up a programme to fight Covid-19 was rejected by European Research Council’s governing body.

French armed forces ministry said 40 staff were under strict medical observation after showing symptoms.

The app, which works with a range of wearable devices from the likes of Apple, Fitbit and Garmin, uses algorithms to identify various symptoms in user data that are linked, among other things, to a coronavirus infection.

More private data is being collected to help contain the spread of Covid-19, with young people in the west willing to sacrifice privacy for public safety

Pakistan has among the world’s slowest rates of coronavirus testing, with about 68 tests conducted per million people.

A 21-day lockdown is set to end next week but several state leaders have called for an extension to check the spread of Covid-19 in the country.

Under laws passed in Parliament on Tuesday, family members or friends who are not living together cannot gather at home or in public spaces.

Under the new plan, companies will be required to allow employees to work from home and gatherings of more than five people will be banned.

The Greg Mortimer departed March 15 on a voyage to Antarctica. Of 217 people tested on the vessel, 128 were positive for the virus that causes Covid-2019.

Forty of the new infections were linked to foreign worker dormitories.

An estimated 55,000 people left by rail alone on Wednesday, while 100 commercial flights took off for the first time since January 23.

The Japanese capital recorded 144 Covid-19 cases on the first day of a state of emergency aimed at containing the outbreak.

Travellers flood the city’s train station and traffic returns to roads and highways after more than two months of confinement.

Fresh figures follow closure of beauty and massage parlours as authorities continue to tighten social-distancing measures.

After the coronavirus pandemic caused countries including the United States to pull an about-turn on the use of facial masks, experts weigh in on which sorts of coverings work.

Of the 885 infections reported between March 31 and April 7, 601 people showed no visible signs, National Health Commission says.