Beijing warns it is ‘seriously concerned’ about US decision to suspend $500m WHO funding

China has warned it has ‘serious concerns’ after Donald Trump suspended all US funding to the World Health Organization for what he called ‘its role in severely mismanaging the spread of coronavirus’. Zhao Lijian, a spokesman for Beijing’s foreign ministry, said the global battle against the pandemic is at a ‘critical moment’ and that suspending … Read more

Army veterans are concerned the government is using them as ‘guinea pigs’ for COVID-19 study

Some veterans of the Australian Defence Force have criticized a new study testing the effectiveness of antimalarial medication as a COVID-19 prophylaxis, which uses soldiers as test subjects. A small selection of soldiers from the ADF will be given a range of doses of the antimalarial drug chloroquine to see whether it can really stop, … Read more

Amazon’s Alexa updated to help respond to users who are concerned they may have novel coronavirus

Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant can now respond to users who are concerned they may be infected with novel coronavirus Users can now query Amazon’s voice assistant on if they have coronavirus Alexa can respond to users with information pulled from the CDC A new feature also makes the assistant sing along with hand washing It … Read more

Kanye West joins growing list of concerned high-profile citizens donating to charities amid pandemic

Kanye West joins growing list of concerned high-profile citizens donating to charities amid growing coronavirus pandemic By Kevin Kayhart For Dailymail.com Published: 06:30 GMT, 21 March 2020 | Updated: 06:30 GMT, 21 March 2020 Kanye West is chipping in and helping his hometowns, both past and present, in the wake of the growing coronavirus outbreak. … Read more

Domino’s launches contact-free deliveries for customers concerned about coronavirus

Domino’s launches contact-free deliveries for customers concerned about coronavirus with drivers leaving orders in agreed locations then standing two metres away until they are collected Domino’s drivers will call customers to arrange a drop off point when they arrive The delivery riders will then stay at least two metres away while order is checked CEO … Read more