scorecardresearch
Wednesday, August 20, 2025
TopicCoronavirus world updates

Topic: coronavirus world updates

Ventilator demand makes Singapore’s richest man richer by $3.5 billion

Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics shares have climbed 40%, fuelled by a surge in demand for the life-saving devices after Covid-19.

Zoom struggles with security flaw as trolls disrupt meetings with abuse and porn

Cybersecurity researchers fear Zoom disruptions could be precursor to more harmful attacks allowing hackers to access secure files or other corporate software.

1 million people infected: how coronavirus spread around the world

With some virus carriers showing few signs of illness & many countries unable or unwilling to conduct wider testing, the true number is likely higher.

Captain of virus-hit US aircraft carrier relieved of command after his plea for evacuation

US Navy said Capt Brett Crozier let stress of the outbreak, which has affected more than 100 crew, ‘overwhelm his ability to act professionally’.

Turkmenistan ‘avoiding use’ of the word coronavirus, arresting citizens discussing pandemic

According to a report by Reporters Without Borders, the state is saying nothing about coronavirus to prevent any kind of awareness of the global pandemic.

China reports 35 new imported coronavirus cases & six deaths in Hubei province

China's Hubei province confirmed 37 fresh asymptomatic COVID-19 patients bringing the total to 721, all of whom had been put under medical observation.

China rejects US intelligence claim that it hid coronavirus numbers

Beijing defended as ‘open and transparent’ China’s response to the virus first identified in Wuhan and accused Washington of trying to shift blame.

US runs out of emergency medical supplies needed to fight coronavirus

Recently, Russia sent a cargo plane carrying 60 tonnes of medical supplies, including ventilators and masks to the US, to help in treating coronavirus patients.

How social media influencers are adapting to social distancing

As social distancing crushes retail, dining, and travel, top profiles have seen customary revenue streams drop drastically, even to zero.

How Twitter is making the coronavirus world a better place

Twitter has become for the most part a community in which people are trying to get one another through the coronavirus crisis.

On Camera

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

First-of-its kind tri-services conference Ran Samvad to take place in Army War College next week

Billed as the military’s own version of Raisina Dialogue, the event will spotlight on tech-driven warfighting, lessons from Operation Sindoor and release of three new doctrines.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?