Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the UK government has had complaints over insufficient stocks of personal protective equipment, such as face masks, goggles, gloves, and gowns, with Health Secretary Matt Hancock advising NHS staff in April to reuse PPE if necessary. UK doctors are preparing to sue the government over guidance issued earlier to front-line NHS staff and social care workers to reuse personal […]
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UK 07:00 GMT 08.05.2020Get short URL The British government has been accused by critics of failing to properly take into account the millions of self-employed and precarious workers whilst arranging for financial support measures for men and women who can’t work thanks to the COVID-19 lockdown. A joint lawsuit has been launched in the High Court against the British government by UBER drivers and the Independent […]
iMiner, a Turkey-based company, has been granted a license to mine cryptocurrencies in Iran. Local news source Tabnak news reported on April 28 that iMiner has the green light from the nation’s Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade to operate up to 6,000 mining rigs in the city of Semnan. The mining company has so far spent 311 billion rials ($7.3 million) on setting up the […]
India has seen its largest ever one-day jump in Covid-19, both in terms of cases and fatalities, with 195 people succumbing to the illness in the space of 24 hours and 3,900 new infections. The surge in India’s disease and death tolls came between Monday and Tuesday, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 46,433 and fatalities to 1,568, according to data published […]