Tag Archives: SARS-CoV-2

• Coronavirus could take up to 200,000 US lives says health expert Fauci 29 March 2020 | Brian Knowlton This post has no comments yet

  Senior US scientist Dr Anthony Fauci issued a cautious prediction Sunday that the novel coronavirus could claim as many as 200,000 lives in the US, as officials described increasingly desperate shortages in hard-pressed hospitals. ...

• Obituary: Jamyang Choegyal Kashopa in three different worlds | Thierry Dodin This post has 4 comments

  Our dear friend Jamyang Choegyal Kashopa was taken from us in the night on Tuesday, becoming the second Tibetan elder to succumb to the Coronavirus. Jamchoe la's destiny had unfolded in three different worlds. ...

• Dalai Lama provides aid for essential supplies as India under lockdown 27 March 2020 | Tibet Sun Online News This post has no comments yet

  Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama announced financial assistance to Himachal Pradesh to provide essential supplies such as food and medicine for the needy as India goes under complete lockdown to fight the global pandemic. ...

• Three billion under lockdown as UN warns virus threatens humanity 25 March 2020 | Philippe Rater with Diego Urdaneta in Madrid and AFP bureaus This post has 5 comments

  More than three billion people are living under lockdown measures to stem the spread of the killer coronavirus that the United Nations warned Wednesday is threatening all of humanity. ...

• Prince Charles tests positive for Coronavirus | Alice Ritchie and Phil Hazlewood This post has one comment

  Prince Charles, 71, the eldest son and heir to Queen Elizabeth II, is showing mild symptoms of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) and is self-isolating in Scotland. His wife, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, 72, tested negative. ...

• Modi puts India under lockdown for 21 days to fight coronavirus 24 March 2020 | Bhuvan Bagga with Aishwarya Kumar and Vishal Manve in Mumbai This post has no comments yet

  India's 1.3 billion people will go under "total lockdown" for 21 days to combat the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Tuesday, sparking panic buying with shoppers clearing out shelves. ...

• Tokyo Olympics postponed until 2021 over coronavirus pandemic | Shingo Ito with Eric Bernaudeau in Lausanne This post has no comments yet

  Olympic chiefs on Tuesday postponed the 2020 Tokyo Games until next year, a historic move to push back the world's biggest sporting event due to the coronavirus pandemic that is upending global society. ...

• Coronavirus claims first Tibetan victim; dies in Dharamshala 23 March 2020 | Tibet Sun Online News This post has 3 comments

  A 69-year-old man became the first person in Himachal Pradesh, as well as the first Tibetan, to die of coronavirus in Dharamshala. A total lockdown of McLeod Ganj is in force, in which no one is allowed to leave their houses. ...

• IOC admits postponing Olympics an option, but cancellation ‘not on agenda’ 22 March 2020 | Eric Bernaudeau This post has no comments yet

  The International Olympic Committee said Sunday that postponing the 2020 Olympics is one of its options as the world grapples with the coronavirus pandemic, but that cancellation of the Tokyo showpiece was "not on the agenda". ...

• India starts 14-hour curfew to curb coronavirus spread | Abhirup Roy This post has one comment

  India launched a 14-hour long curfew on Sunday to limit the fast-spreading coronavirus epidemic in the country, where 315 people have so far been found to have contracted the disease. ...