A global shortage of condoms is oncoming as the world’s largest manufacturer was forced to shut down production due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Goh Miah Kiat, the Chief Executive of Karex Bhd, the Malaysian company that makes one in every five condoms globally told Reuters about his fears of an impending global shortage of condoms.
“We are going to see a global shortage of condoms everywhere, which is going to be scary,” he said.
Karex Bhd has not produced a single condom in its three Malaysian factories for more than a week because of a lockdown imposed by the government …
German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she is missing personal contact with colleagues while working from home during the coronavirus pandemic.
Angela Merkel, 65, has been in self-isolation since Sunday after coming into contact with a person who later tested positive for Covid-19.
The chancellor said she was “keeping very, very busy,” during a news conference.
She said she spends a lot of time in video conferences and telephone group chats.
“I miss being able to attend cabinet meetings personally,” Merkel said, adding that she missed not being able to see people in person.
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An overwhelmed Italian city at the heart of the coronavirus pandemic on Thursday sent more of its dead to nearby towns for cremation as the country’s world-leading toll topped 8,000.
Officials in Rome reported 662 new deaths and 6,153 infections — largely in line with the figures reported throughout the week.
The rise in daily deaths edged down to the lowest point in the crisis — 8.8 percent — while the infection rate stood at around eight percent for the fourth day running.
But the numbers are not dropping much further and Italians appear to be coming to terms with …
The death toll from the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the globe could hit 1.8 million worldwide this year even with swift and stringent measures to stop it, according to a study from Britain’s Imperial College published Thursday.
Researchers estimate that tens of millions of lives could be saved if governments act fast to adopt strict public health measures, including testing, quarantining and broad social distancing.
The latest report from Imperial College London, whose previous research spurred the British government to ramp up its efforts to curb the virus, comes as an AFP toll based on country data and World Health Organisation …
President, Living Faith Worldwide, Bishop David Oyedepo has apologised to the Ogun State Government for flouting its order on large gathering in view of the outbreak of Coronavirus pandemic.
Thousands of worshippers throng the Living Faith Church in Ogun State on Sunday in defiance of government’s directive banning gathering in excess of 50 in the state.
But Oyedepo has apologised for his action.
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The apology letter issued by Pastor Steve Ogah, Special Assistant to Bishop David Oyedepo, read:
“Coronavirus: Compliance with Government Order – Matters Arising*
…“It has become
Senior International Olympic Committee (IOC) official Dick Pound said Monday a postponement of this year’s Tokyo Olympics is now inevitable as the world reels from the coronavirus pandemic.
The IOC said on Sunday the body would wait four more weeks before announcing its decision on the fate of the July 24-August 9 Games, amid mounting calls for them to be rescheduled.
Pound however believes the IOC — which ruled out a cancellation of the Games — is now laying the groundwork for a postponement.
“My interpretation of the IOC’s communications is they don’t want to cancel, and they don’t think …
London (CNN Business) Governments and medical officials are scrambling to provide the public with accurate and timely information about the novel coronavirus. But those efforts are being undermined by the spread of medical misinformation and fake cures on one of the world’s most popular messaging platforms.
The Spanish government warned on Saturday that “the worst is yet to come” after the national coronavirus toll surpassed 1,300 deaths and 25,000 cases, although it also said it would do whatever was needed to combat the coronavirus pandemic.
The second-worst outbreak in Europe showed no sign of slowing as the death toll jumped by more than 300 from the previous day. Intensive care units are filling up in some hospitals.
“We have yet to receive the impact of the strongest, most damaging wave, which will test our material and moral capacities to the limit, as well as our spirit …
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) issued new guidelines on Friday to facilitate continued testing amid the constraints of the coronavirus pandemic.
Noting that the spread of COVID-19 had evolved into “an even greater health and societal emergency” since its March 6 communique, WADA urged Anti-Doping Organizations (ADOs) to act in accordance with restrictions placed by local health authorities “to ensure proper protection of athletes and doping control personnel, while protecting the integrity of doping control programs, particularly in the lead-up to the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games.”
WADA’s latest guidelines advise anti-doping organizations to make sure that sample collectors …
Air Canada plans to temporarily lay off more than 5,000 flight attendants due to the new coronavirus pandemic, their union said Friday.
The layoffs would affect 3,600 flight attendants at the flagship Canadian airline and all 1,549 flight attendants at its budget Air Canada Rouge affiliate, the union that represents the flight attendants said.
That accounts for more than half the membership of the Air Canada component of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, which represents roughly 10,000 flight attendants.
“This has been the most challenging time any of us will likely ever experience as flight attendants,” union president Wesley …
Streaming television giant Netflix on Friday launched a $100 million fund to help actors and production crews endure the hit to paychecks caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
The fund is meant to help offset hardship in the “creative community,” with most of the money going to financially troubled workers on Netflix productions around the world, according to Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos.
“This community has supported Netflix through the good times, and we want to help them through these hard times, especially while governments are still figuring out what economic support they will provide,” Sarandos said in an online …
The United States has long loved its drive-ins and drive-throughs: for movies, fast food, pharmacies and banking. Now the coronavirus pandemic has added a new one: Catholic confessions.
With his church closed due to the outbreak, Scott Holmer turned to the tried-and-tested method in this nation of car-lovers.
Every day except Sunday, and if the weather permits, he sits on a wooden chair in his priestly robes in the parking lot outside his Maryland chapel and does a contact-free confession and blessing.
Two lines of traffic cones and a sign guide cars outside St Edwards Church in Bowie, a small …
