Authorities launch probe but opposition, which accuses gov’t of hiding coronavirus information, defends lab director. Tanzania has suspended the head of its national health laboratory in charge of coronavirus testing, a day after President John Magufuli questioned the accuracy of the tests. Magufuli, who has consistently downplayed the effect of the virus, said on Sunday […]

LONDON (Reuters) – A study by French scientists which suggests a man was infected with COVID-19 as early as Dec. 27, nearly a month before France confirmed its first cases, could be important in assessing when and where the new coronavirus emerged, experts said on Tuesday. French researchers led by Yves Cohen, head of resuscitation […]

Desperate families are battling to get elderly relatives out of care homes over Covid fears – with one law firm getting 10 calls a week after social workers refused to let residents leave Families are seeking legal advice to remove their relatives from care homes  Figures last month showed a third of coronavirus deaths were […]

First Lady Chirlane McCray’s $1 billion “ThriveNYC” mental-health program has failed to keep city students out of psych wards — and advocates are demanding something that actually works, The Post has learned. The nearly $30 million that McCray’s controversial initiative pumped into the education system during the 2018-2019 school year did nothing to reduce the […]

The SpaceX entrepreneur shared the news on Twitter, revealing that mother and baby were “all good”. Earlier, he told his fans that the baby was a “few hours away”. Musk has since replied to a Twitter user and said Grimes gave birth to a boy. The couple have been dating for more than two years and made […]

As global death toll from the coronavirus reaches 250,000, we put names and faces to the people the world has lost. A piano teacher who imparted to his son a lifelong passion for music, an Indonesian tax consultant who sewed her daughter’s wedding dress, a chef who was a fierce defender of workers’ rights in […]

TOKYO (Reuters) – Exotic dancer Aya Yumiko has been living off her savings since March waiting for the bars and clubs in Tokyo where she performs in burlesque shows to reopen. But a decision by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe this week to extend a state of emergency to tackle the coronavirus pandemic until the end […]

A patient diagnosed with pneumonia near Paris on 27 December actually had the coronavirus, his doctor has said. Dr Yves Cohen told French media a swab taken at the time was recently tested, and came back positive for Covid-19. The patient, a man in his 50s who has since fully recovered, said he has no […]

Guelph health officials say one more person has died due to the novel coronavirus, bringing the city’s death toll to six. As of Monday morning, there were 114 confirmed cases of the virus in Guelph and 47 were considered resolved. The latest victim was a resident of Norfolk Manor retirement home where there have been […]

SADIQ Khan claims social distancing will be impossible on London's public transport when lockdown gets lifted. The London Mayor said he is "really worried" about the impact of easing lockdown restrictions would have on public transport. ⚠️ Read our coronavirus live blog for the latest news & updates He said: "As it is, we are […]