Tag Archives: SARS-CoV-2

• Karmapa donates to help fight coronavirus pandemic in India 12 April 2020 | Tibet Sun Online News This post has 3 comments

  The 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje is supporting the efforts of the Government of India in its fight against the Coronavirus epidemic by contributing 28 lakh rupees ($36,000 USD approx). ...

• Global coronavirus death toll hits 100,000, cases over 1.6 million 11 April 2020 | Cate Cadell This post has one comment

  The number of deaths linked to the novel coronavirus reached 100,000 on Friday, as the tally of cases passed 1.6 million, according to a Reuters tally. ...

• India decides to extend nationwide coronavirus lockdown This post has no comments yet

  Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has decided to extend a nationwide lockdown to tackle the spread of the coronavirus, the chief minister of Delhi said on Saturday, without saying how long the extension would be for. ...

• Coronavirus crisis could plunge half a billion people into poverty 9 April 2020 | Karin Strohecker This post has no comments yet

  The fallout from the coronavirus spread that has killed more than 83,000 people and wreaked havoc on economies around the world could push around half a billion people into poverty, Oxfam said on Thursday. ...

• US criticizes WHO for ignoring Taiwan virus warnings | Shaun Tandon with Amber Wang in Taipei This post has one comment

  The United States on Thursday accused the World Health Organization of putting politics first by ignoring early coronavirus warnings by Taiwan, which voiced outrage over criticism from the UN body's chief. ...

• Virus attacks global economy as Europe, US deaths mount 8 April 2020 This post has one comment

  The coronavirus pandemic is battering the world's major economies and could spiral into the deepest global recession in generations, experts warned Wednesday, as deaths rocketed up in Europe and the US. ...

• Himalayas becomes visible from plains of India after coronavirus lockdown reduced pollution | Alice Cachia This post has no comments yet

  The Himalayas have become visible from plains of India as the pollution levels across much of the country -- infamous for its dirty air -- have dropped sharply amid the country's lockdown as it tackles coronavirus. ...

• COVID-19: A Moment of Awakening for the World | Tsering Namgyal This post has one comment

  It is unfortunate that it would take a disease as powerful as COVID-19 to hammer home the message and to teach us how to be human again. ...

• China’s virus pandemic epicenter Wuhan ends 76-day lockdown 7 April 2020 | Sam McNeil This post has no comments yet

  After 11 weeks of lockdown, the first train departed Wednesday morning from a re-opened Wuhan, the origin point for the coronavirus pandemic, as residents once again were allowed to travel in and out of the sprawling Chinese city. ...

• Testing times for India in race to head off coronavirus epidemic 6 April 2020 | Sanjeev Miglani This post has no comments yet

  India, like a lot of countries plunged into crisis by the pandemic, is struggling to ramp up testing for the coronavirus, but in few places would the odds of containing the disease appear so bleak. ...