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Queen Elizabeth thanks health workers around the world Latest developments Reuters | London A vast cathedral in central New York is being converted ritain’s Queen Elizabeth into a field hospital during the Byesterday sent a message I want to thank coronavirus pandemic, its dean of “enduring appreciation and all those working said Monday, as the US struggles good wishes” to health work- in the healthcare to cope with the mounting crisis. ers around the world for World profession for The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine in Health Day. your selfless Manhattan will house nine climate-controlled “I want to thank all those medical tents in its 600-foot-long nave and subterranean crypt, dean Clifton Daniel working in the healthcare pro- commitment and told the New York Times. The tents will be able to hold a total of at least 200 patients fession for your selfless com- diligence as you beneath the stained-glass windows of the building, which describes itself as the largest mitment and diligence as you undertake vitally undertake vitally important important roles to Gothic cathedral in the world. roles to protect and improve protect and improve Brazil’s Sao Paulo state has said it expects 100,000f COVID-19 deathsin the the health and well-being of the health and well- next six months, and has extended its stay-at-home measures another two weeks. people,” the queen said. being of people A forest fire is underway in the The queen’s words were Queen Elizabeth speaks to Johnson from Windsor Castle for her weekly restricted zone around Chernobyl, shown on a video released by audience in Windsor on 25 March 2020 scene of the world’s worst nuclear the royal family’s Twitter ac- accident, but Ukrainian government agencies lation. She invoked the wartime count, which featured images of also pictured. wishes,” the queen said. have denied an official’s claim that the fire the queen and other members of “In testing times, we often The 93-year-old monarch is spirit by saying “we will meet caused a spike in radiation levels. her family visiting hospitals and observe that the best of the hu- staying at her Windsor Castle again” - a direct reference to the meeting healthcare workers. man spirit comes to the fore; the home with her husband Prince most famous British song from New York Governor Andrew Cuomo extended a shutdown in the epicenter of Included in the video were dedication to service of count- Philip, 98. the war years of the 1940s. America’s deadly coronavirus pandemic until April 29 three of the queen’s children: less nurses, midwives and other On Sunday, in a rare televised Prince Charles, 71, has recov- An Australian cruise ship off South America faced Prince Charles and his wife health workers, in these most address, the queen told the Brit- ered after suffering mild symp- a growing crisis with more than 80 mostly-elderly Camilla, Princess Anne, and challenging of circumstances, ish people that they would over- toms of the virus and opened a passengers and crew battling COVID-19, the cruise Prince Edward. The queen’s is an example to us all,” she said. come the coronavirus outbreak new field hospital in London company and Uruguayan officials said. grandson Prince William and “My family and I send our if they stayed resolute in the via video link from his home in his wife Kate Middleton were enduring appreciation and good face of lockdown and self-iso- Scotland on Friday. The United States has begun taking blood samples from across the country to determine the true number of people infected with the coronavirus, using a test that works retrospectively, according to reports. The new tests are based on serological surveys, which differ from the nasal swabs used to determine Japan declares state of if someone currently has the virus. Instead, they emergency over coronavirus look for whether certain antibodies are present World short in the blood which shows that the person fought Tokyo and then recovered from the illness -- even if they never showed symptoms. apan yesterday declared Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who Ja state of emergency over has been in self-isolation since his wife Sophie of six million a spike in coronavirus cases, tested positive for coronavirus last month, said he ramping up efforts to contain would try to keep working from home “as much as possible.” infections but stopping short of the strict lockdowns seen in The United States on Monday branded a Russian far-right group as a foreign nurses: WHO other parts of the world. terrorist organization, the first time it has targeted white supremacists with tools “As I decided that a situa- Seven regions are covered by the regularly used against jihadist groups. AFP | Geneva tion feared to gravely affect month-long declaration: Tokyo, Mainland China reported no coronavirus deaths for the first time people’s lives and the economy neighbouring Chiba, Kanagawa and since the pandemic began, and a drop in new cases, a day before the central city of Saitama, the western hub of Osaka s COVID-19 captures has occurred... I am declaring a Wuhan, where the virus emerged late in December, is set to lift its lockdown. global headlines, the state of emergency,” Abe said. and neighbouring Hyogo, and the AWorld Health Organ- The move allows governors southwestern region of Fukuoka. Britain set for 66,000 COVID-19 deaths ization (WHO) warned yes- in seven affected regions in- emergency is declared, it won’t terday that the world needs cluding Tokyo to ask people mean a city lockdown as seen Britain could see as many as 66,000 COVID-19 deaths during the first wave of the nearly six million nurses. to stay indoors and request overseas,” Abe said. current pandemic, new research showed Tuesday, making the outbreak there by far The UN’s health agency businesses close. “We will prevent the spread the deadliest in Europe. Modelling conducted by the Institute for Health Metrics and along with partners Nursing But many supermarkets and of infection while maintaining Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington’s School of Medicine showed that Now and the International other shops will stay open, economic and social servic- approximately 151,680 people were likely to die from the virus across the continent. Council of Nurses (ICN) un- transport will continue to run es such as public transport as derscored in a report the cru- and there are neither enforce- much as possible.” The meas- A baby tiger who was cial role played by nurses, who ment mechanisms nor penal- ure will last through to the born during quarantine make up more than half of all The experts said nursing remains ties laid out for those who fail end of the Golden Week holi- has been called “Covid” health workers worldwide. female-dominated and needed to to comply with government day period, when much of the at the Mexican Africa “Nurses are the backbone of recruit more men requests. “Although a state of country travels in a rare break. Bio Zoo in Cordoba any health system,” WHO chief Meanwhile he said there (Veracruz). Zoo staff Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus were reports of nine percent of say the name is one of “hope” because the said in a statement. health workers being infected virus, despite being “Today, many nurses find in Italy and “we’re now hear- Kiwi health minister breaks deadly, has forced themselves on the frontline in ing of rates of infections up to people to “rethink”. the battle against COVID-19,” 14 percent in Spain”. he noted, adding that it was He also cited reports of lockdown, keeps job vital they “get the support “completely unacceptable Wellington Body of missing Kennedy family member they need to keep the world and reprehensible” attacks on found healthy.” health workers battling COV- ew Zealand’s health min- Washington The report said that there ID-19, largely due to ignorance Nister described himself as are just under 28 million nurs- about their work, combined “an idiot” yesterday for break- The body of John F. Kennedy’s es on the planet. with countries not doing ing lockdown restrictions, but grand-niece who disappeared In the five years leading up enough to protect them. kept his job coordinating the during a canoe trip with her young to 2018, the number grew by South Pacific nation’s COV- Male recruitment son was recovered Monday, US 4.7 million. ID-19 response. media reported. Maeve Kennedy McKean, “But this still leaves a global Beyond COVID-19, Watkins Health Minister David Clark 40, and her eight-year-old son Gideon went David Clark shortfall of 5.9 million,” the said many wealthier countries said he offered his resignation missing Thursday while canoeing in the vast WHO said, pointing out that the were not producing enough to Prime Minister Jacinda Ard- circumstances, she would have Chesapeake Bay in Maryland. The search greatest gaps were in poorer nurses to meet their own ern after revealing he took a sacked Clark -- but instead, she for Gideon continues, the Washington Post countries in Africa, southeast healthcare needs, and were 20-kilometre (12.5-mile) drive stripped him of the junior role reported, citing Maryland Natural Resources Maeve Kennedy McKean Asia, the Middle East and parts therefore reliant on migra- to the beach with his family. of associated finance minister Police. The family said Saturday that mother and son were presumed dead. of South America. tion, exacerbating shortages Clark admitted the trip was and demoted him in the cabi- The report urged countries in poorer countries. a clear breach of the country’s net rankings. to identify gaps in their nurs- “Eighty percent of the strict lockdown rules, un - “What he did was wrong, ing workforce and invest in world’s nurses only currently der which families must stay and there are no excuses,” she Cardinal Pell freed after winning appeal nursing education, jobs and serve 50 percent of the world’s close to home, and his position said. over child sex abuse leadership. population,” she noted. meant he should have been “But right now, my priority Lara | Australia Catton warned of risks that setting an example. is our collective fight against Shortages ‘exhaust richer countries would rely on “At a time when we are ask- COVID-19. We cannot afford Cardinal George Pell was released from prison yesterday, hours after workforce’ the Philippines and India to ing New Zealanders to make massive disruption in the Australia’s High Court quashed his conviction for child sex abuse, ICN chief executive Howard “supply the world with nurs- historic sacrifices, I’ve let the health sector or to our re - bringing to an abrupt end the most Catton told a virtual briefing es”, which could lead to signif- team down,” he said in a state- sponse. For that reason, and high-profile paedophilia case faced by that infection rates, medica- icant shortages in India. ment. that reason alone, Dr Clark will the Catholic Church. The 78-year-old left tion errors and mortality rates The experts said nursing re- “I’ve been an idiot and I un- maintain his role.” Barwon Prison near Melbourne after the “are all higher where there are mains female-dominated and derstand why people will be Scotland’s chief medical of- court overturned five counts of sexually too few nurses”. needed to recruit more men. angry with me.” ficer Catherine Calderwood abusing two 13-year-old choirboys in Catton said that 23 nurses “There is clear evidence that Clark also said he had been resigned Sunday for breaking the 1990s. Pell, who had steadfastly had died in Italy and cited fig- where there are more men in on short two-kilometre drives the rules after twice visiting maintained his innocence throughout a lengthy court process, left the jail ures suggesting that around any profession in the world, with his family, which he said her second home, despite where he has been held for the last year and issued a statement saying 100 health workers had died the pay and the terms and con- were within the rules. fronting an ad campaign call- that a “serious injustice” had been remedied by the decision. around the world. ditions improve,” Watkins said. Ardern said under normal ing for Scots to stay at home.