Kim Jong Un admits North Korea faces ‘worst-ever situation’ as economy is devastated by coronavirus

Kim Jong Un admits North Korea is facing its ‘worst-ever situation’ as its crumbling economy is devastated further by coronavirus lockdown Kim Jong Un acknowledged the state of the economy in Pyongyang on Tuesday Experts say Covid-19 is his toughest moment in a decade of ruling North Korea The country’s economy has been devastated by … Read more

No 10 admits Test and Trace must improve as beleaguered system posts ANOTHER worst-ever performance

Number 10 has admitted Britain’s beleaguered Test and Trace ‘must improve’ after it emerged more than 100,000 potential coronavirus patients were missed by the scheme last week. Damning statistics published by the Government today showed the system only tracked down 59 per cent of close contacts of people who tested positive for the virus in the … Read more

Test and Trace records another worst-ever performance as just 63% of contacts reached

Britain’s Test and Trace system is being overwhelmed by a surge in coronavirus infections after it only reached 63 per cent of close contacts of people who had tested positive for the virus, the lowest weekly percentage ever recorded. Damning figures published by the Department for Health show the beleaguered system failed to speak to … Read more

Singapore faces its worst-ever outbreak of dengue fever

Having just managed to get its coronavirus outbreak under control, Singapore is now facing a record-breaking outbreak of a second, equally deadly virus.  Cases of dengue fever, a disease spread by infected mosquitos, are now mounting in the city-state, which has already reported 14,000 of them so far this year. Health officials now believe that … Read more