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Monday, November 24, 2025
TopicCoronavirus world updates

Topic: coronavirus world updates

Healthcare workers have no armour, Boris Johnson is ‘loved-up’ and Trump’s WHO track

The best cartoons of the week, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

China tests thousands to calculate true spread of Covid-19 amid accusations of under-reporting

China's serological survey involves collecting blood samples from people to see if they have antibodies to fight Covid-19, a sign they’ve been infected.

Avoid large gatherings, follow physical distancing — WHO issues guidelines for Ramadan

The WHO has advised governments to issue clear instructions on preventive measures given that Ramadan typically sees large gatherings.

Spain to join Italy in extending national lockdown until 9 May to contain spread of Covid-19

Spain became the second European country after Italy to report more than 20,000 deaths linked to the virus after authorities reported another 565 victims Saturday.

Give Covid-19 health workers a rest period

WHO informed that in some countries, 10% of the health workers are getting infected by the coronavirus and training is required for their protection.

50 million workers in Bangladesh need cash transfers to fight the Covid-19 crisis

Workers hit by the Covid-19 crisis in Bangladesh should also be given cash transfers, apart from the food aid that the government is currently providing.

June Almeida — the woman who discovered first coronavirus but was told she was wrong

June Almeida, who dropped out of school at 16 because she couldn’t afford it, went on to become a pioneer in virology.

Covid-19 pandemic could kill hundreds of thousands of children this year: UN

The United Nations report estimated that around 42-66 million children could fall into extreme poverty as a result of the crisis due to coronavirus this year.

Doctors are learning more about treatment as coronavirus cases rise

Doctors are learning more about just how weird this disease can be when people get sick enough to be hospitalised. And the learning curve is steep.

It won’t be ‘business as usual’ with China after Covid-19, UK says

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said UK has seen good cooperation from China but there were ‘hard questions’ to be answered about how it started.

On Camera

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

US pilot says his team pulled out of Dubai Air Show after Tejas crash out of respect for IAF pilot

Taylor ‘Fema’ Hiester, commander of USAF F-16 Viper Demo Team, hit out at air show organisers for continuing with the show after Wing Commander Namansh Syal lost his life in the incident.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.