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Some Salvadorans praise him for taking decisive action that may have saved his small Central American nation from the worst impacts of the coronavirus. Others say he is becoming a strongman who is violating his own country constitution, most recently as he spars with the Supreme Court and National Assembly about how soon El Salvador will reopen. That Bukele, 38, …

Beijing – The city in the center of coronavirus the crisis has banned the eating of wildlife, and Chinese farmers are offering cash to leave the breeding of exotic animals. Both moves come amid growing pressure on China to tackle illegal wildlife trade. blamed by many for the pandemic it killed more than 320,000 people. The Wuhan local administration, the …

Viral tests are taken with a nasal swab or saliva sample and look for direct evidence that someone currently has Covid-19. In contrast, antibody tests use blood samples to look for biological signals that a person has been exposed to the virus in the past. “Public health officials need to know how many people in my country or my community …

In Shulan, a city in northeastern China, the streets are quiet, devoid of taxis and buses. The apartment complex is sealed and locks the residents inside. Teams of government workers patrol sick people as part of what they call a wartime campaign. Residents described the atmosphere as tense. Li Ping, who works for a 600,000-person real estate company in Shulan, …

BrazilThe coronavirus epidemic worsened on Wednesday, and the South American nation could soon have the second-largest number in the world, with the Department of Health reporting 888 new deaths and nearly 20,000 new infections in a single day, pushing the total to 291,579 and almost 19,000 deaths. The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in Peru has exceeded 100,000, making …

Scientists are cautiously optimistic about the rapid development of a vaccine. In a medical research project that is almost unsurpassed in its ambition and scope, volunteers around the world roll up their sleeves to receive experimental vaccines against the coronavirus just months after its discovery. Companies such as Inovio and Pfizer have begun early testing on human candidates to determine …

Iranian Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli spoke at a press conference on September 29, 2019. Haidar Hamdani AFP | Getty images Washington – The US Treasury Department announced on Wednesday that it would sanction Iran’s interior minister for human rights abuses, the latest move in the Trump administration’s campaign for “maximum pressure” against Tehran. The new sentences targeted a dozen …

Brazil allows the use of hydroxychloroquine for patients with Covid-19 amid a debate about its efficacy and dangers. The Brazilian government on Wednesday encouraged doctors in the public health system to treat patients with hydroxychloroquine coronavirus – a move that the two recently retired health ministers refused to give up because the drug could cause dangerous side effects. In a …

“This is the picture of Bolsonaro in Brazil,” said Gerson Salvador, an infectious disease specialist in the intensive care unit at the University Hospital of Sao Paulo. “People are being exterminated. There is no organized system to take care of them. They are advised to go out and have no alternative but to work. “ Across Brazil, more than 1,000 …

World Health Organization officials said Wednesday they were worried their emergency programs would suffer if President Donald Trump permanently withdrew US funding from the international agency. Most of the funding from the United States goes directly to the program, which helps countries in “all sorts of fragile and difficult conditions,” said Dr. Mike Ryan, executive director of the WHO Health …