Communist Vietnam records its first locally transmitted coronavirus case in 89 DAYS after shutting the country to defeat virus A man, 32, was infected by his flight attendant relative who caught it in Japan Provinces and state agencies are tightening controls and screening measures The communist country closed off its borders and shut itself off … Read more
Covid-19 success story Taiwan marks 200 days without a single domestically transmitted case of coronavirus Taiwan’s Centre for Disease Control last reported a domestic case on 12 April The country has recorded 553 cases, and just 7 deaths since start of pandemic While Taiwan has stopped domestic transmission, new cases continue to be logged among … Read more
Cats are capable of transmitting the coronavirus, a study has confirmed, days after a Belgium woman passed the disease on to her pet. The study, undertaken by researches at the Harbin Veterinary Research Institute in China, concluded that cats are highly vulnerable to the virus. The lab discovered that the animals can transmit the disease … Read more
BIOGRAPHY An Englishman Abroad by Gianluca Barneschi (Osprey £16.99, 336 pp) On the night of August 14, 1943, a British secret agent fell from the sky into Lake Como in northern Italy. Dick Mallaby hit the water carrying codes hidden inside a toothpaste tube, radio equipment in his shaving brush, an antenna disguised as a … Read more