At Thursday’s coronavirus briefing, US President Donald Trump endorsed scarves as a better option than masks. While referring to the question of advising citizens to wear masks, Trump claimed that scarves with more thickness than masks are more effective against the coronavirus.

Trump claims scarves offer better protection than masks, but is that true?

Spring break, considered a vacation ritual among American youth, has now created a new cluster of COVID-19! As reported by CNN, over 44 out of 70 people who went to Mexico from Texas two weeks ago are now down with the virus.

Vacation gone awry? Over 40 American students return home with COVID-19

While we are in the midst of a pandemic, hundreds of factories have shut, travel has been halted, planes are no longer flying. Many researchers claimed that the air has cleared out over major industrial cities in view of the coronavirus-induced shutdown.

Are coronavirus-induced lockdowns really slowing down climate change?

The US state of New York has reported over 90,000 positive cases of COVID-19 so far. During one of his daily briefings, Governor Andrew Cuomo claimed that the state has enough ventilators to last six days.

New York has enough ventilators for only six more days

The world has come to an abrupt halt, quite literally! As the killer COVID-19 pandemic slows down the economy, the streets look more doomsday than ever before! Turns out, the earth is also less noisy!

Earth is less noisy during COVID-19, say seismologists

More than 95 per cent people who died due to coronavirus-related complications in Europe were aged 60 and above, as per World Health Organization’s figures. The head of WHO in Europe, Dr Hans Kluge however added that age is not the risk factor for COVID-19.

Do old people constitute the majority of COVID-19 fatalities?

New York City: From a global cultural capital to a ghost town!

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg yesterday announced a $100 million support package for journalists who are suffering owing to the coronavirus induced lockdowns. Zuckerberg has pledged help to local news outlets, and has promised an additional $25 million through the Facebook Journalism Project.

Facebook pledges $100 million to support news outlets suffering due to COVID-19 pandemic

Makeshift hospitals pop-up across the globe to handle surge in COVID-19 patients

The United Nations Trade and Development body (UNCTAD) announced that developing countries which garner most of their money through exports are not set to face losses between $2 to $3 billion as the COVID-19 pandemic limits investment from countries over the next two years.

How much aid do developing countries need to ride out the COVID-19 wave?

As the coronavirus pandemic rips through communities and disrupts the flow of supplies across the world, many people have been left in the lurch. With strictly enforced lockdowns in place around the world, people who may be positive but asymptomatic have no way to know if they’re carrying the virus.

Ireland to roll out application that can track potential coronavirus cases

March 31 in history: Eiffel Tower officially opens, first WrestleMania and more!

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