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Monday, November 24, 2025
TopicCoronavirus world updates

Topic: coronavirus world updates

With pots, pans and bagpipies, Britons are ‘clapping’ every Thursday for healthcare workers

The UK campaign began on 26 March when Britons came to their balconies or stood on doorsteps to applaud National Health Service staff battling Covid-19.

Eight UK doctors have died fighting coronavirus, all of them immigrants

According to a report by NYT, foreign doctors in the United Kingdom have found work in practises that put them on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic.

Spain, Italy to extend lockdowns as Covid-19 cases show persistent rise

The persistent increase in cases complicates efforts by European leaders to gradually ease rules that have been put in place to slow the spread of the virus.

Airbus slashes production by a third to cope with Covid-19 crisis

Instead of its earlier goal of producing 73 aircraft a month, the aircraft manufacturer now plans to produce only 48 planes a month.

Sailors are stranded and that’s posing a big risk to safety of shipping and global trade

Thanks to coronavirus, the critical process of reducing sailor fatigue is breaking down, threatening the safety of the world's waterways.

What pandemic? Smartphone makers stick to plans for new models despite disruption

Smartphone companies are still on track to unveil new models in the fall, but the actual sales may slip depending on how the pandemic progresses.

Most New York city coronavirus cases came from Europe, genome researchers say

The virus appears to have been imported to New York from UK, France, Austria & the Netherlands, genome researchers at NYU Langone Health say.

Wuhan is returning to life. So are its controversial wet meat markets

China’s challenge will be how to keep open wet markets while enforcing rules against the live slaughter of animals or sale of wildlife on site.

Rising new infections in Europe is casting a cloud over ending lockdowns

Italy recorded 3,836 new coronavirus cases, highest in 3 days. In Spain, they rose the most in 4 days, while UK reported record number of coronavirus deaths.

Fears of second wave of infection rise as China reports 63 new Covid-19 cases

The Chinese health authority said two deaths were reported, taking the total death toll in the country to 3,335 while overall cases stand at 81,865.

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.