Israel has begun testing a COVID-19 vaccine prototype on rodents at its bio-chemical defence laboratory, a source said on Tuesday. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the Israel Institute for Biological Research (IIBR), in rural Ness Ziona, to join the fight against the coronavirus pandemic on February 1, prompting an easing of its secrecy as it cooperates with civilian scientists and private firms. In a statement, Netanyahu’s […]
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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has tested positive for Covid-19 infection, experiencing mild symptoms. He will self-isolate in Downing Street but will remain in charge of the government. “Over the last 24 hours I have developed mild symptoms and tested positive for coronavirus,” Johnson said. “I am now self-isolating, but I will continue to lead the government’s response via video-conference as we fight this virus.” It […]
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced via twitter that he has tested positive for coronavirus. Johnson announced this news on Twitter early Friday morning including a video that appears to have been shot at 10 Downing Street. The tweet reveals that Prime Minister Johnson developed mild symptoms over the past 24 hours and was tested positive for coronavirus. Johnson tweeted: Over the last 24 hours I […]
REUTERS British prime minister Boris Johnson has tested positive for the coronavirus, according to BBC News. More to follow… Read more at The Daily Beast. Source
Tests being carried out on the delayed and over-budget F-35 have been suspended as part of a bid to contain the spread of coronavirus, the Pentagon has announced. The fighter plane has already suffered a string of pricey setbacks. Activities necessary to complete the F-35’s operational test phase have been halted at Edwards Air Force Base in California, which has shut its doors to all non-essential […]
A US Marine has become the first confirmed carrier of the coronavirus within the Pentagon’s walls, with the US military announcing that a serviceman has gone into self-isolation after testing positive this week. The officer’s test for Covid-19 came back positive earlier this week, Captain Monica Witt, a spokesman for the US Marine Corps, confirmed Wednesday, according to Defense One. The Marine is believed to have […]
The Spanish government announced Wednesday that their Deputy Prime Minister Carmen Calvo has contracted Covid-19, which was only revealed after she took her second test. After Calvo’s first test came back inconclusive, she underwent testing again on Tuesday. The 62-year-old is currently in a stable condition and receiving medical treatment. She had been hospitalized at the Ruber Hospital Complex in Madrid on Sunday with what the […]
Summary: Prince Charles tests positive for coronavirus Tokyo reports largest daily jump in new cases Spain deaths pass mainland China total Deal struck on $2 trillion US rescue bill Germany, Japan scramble to pass their own rescue legislation US case total passes 55k, death toll hits 792 Indian governor defies lockdown Bank of Spain warns about economic fallout Taiwan announces 19 new cases 3 Navy sailors […]
REUTERS Prince Charles has tested positive for coronavirus and is displaying “mild symptoms,” according to reports. More to follow… Read more at The Daily Beast. Source
Statement regarding Prince Charles, who has tested positive for Coronavirus. @SBSNews pic.twitter.com/QQYRHUMSy7 — Ben Lewis (@benlewismedia) March 25, 2020 DETAILS TO FOLLOW Source
First Lady Melania Trump has tested negative for the coronavirus, per White House spokesperson Stephanie Grisham. According to a CNN report, Grisham told the cable network on Monday that the First Lady got her test results back and they were negative for the COVID-19 virus. Melania Trump was reportedly tested on March 13, the same day as President Donald Trump, after news reports that they had […]
A member of the White House Correspondents’ Association has tested positive for coronavirus, the group has revealed, triggering feverish speculation as to who the unlucky journalist might be – and might have coughed on. The coronavirus alert was sent out to members of the press pool on Monday by WHCA president Jon Karl, who revealed only that the individual was at the White House four times […]
Iran’s Minister of Health, Treatment and Medical Education announced on Sunday that his medical teams have tested 33 million people for coronavirus. Saeed Namaki told journalists in Tehran that 40,000 members of the ministry’s medical staff were involved in the process. Around 145,000 people are currently in quarantine in medical facilities and their homes, he added. The situation has improved compared with the first days of […]
Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein has tested positive for the coronavirus while in prison for rape and sexual assault, a local newspaper reported. Weinstein, 68, is now in isolation at Wende Correctional Facility in western New York, state prison officials told CNHI newspapers on Sunday. He was sentenced earlier this month to 23 years in prison for sexually assaulting former Project Runway production assistant Miriam Haleyi […]
Senator Rand Paul has tested positive for the coronavirus. A number of legislators over the past few weeks have self-quarantined out of an abundance of caution, but it wasn’t until last week that a member of the House of Representatives tested positive. And now Paul is the first senator who has tested positive: Senator Rand Paul has tested positive for COVID-19. He is feeling fine and […]
Opera superstar Placido Domingo has said he’s contracted the dreaded Covid-19 virus, taking a moment to urge his fans to follow basic health guidelines, as the death toll from the pandemic keeps growing. “I feel it is my moral duty to announce to you that I have tested positive for COVID19, the Corona virus,” the singer said on Facebook on Sunday. Domingo and his family will […]
Enginers of the U.S. Navy Naval Air Systems Command hoisted up the real EA-18G Growler carrier-based electronic warfare aircraft undergo testing of Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band (NGJ-MB) pod in the Air Combat Environmental Test and Evaluation Facility anechoic chamber at Naval Air Station Patuxent River. The NGJ-MB Engineering Development Model (EDM) pods, developed by the Raytheon Company in El Segundo, California, completed more than 400 hours […]
The U.S. Department of Defense has reported that the Navy and Army jointly executed the launch of a common hypersonic glide body (C-HGB), which flew at hypersonic speed to a designated impact point. A common hypersonic glide body (C-HGB) launched from Pacific Missile Range Facility, Kauai, Hawaii, at approximately 10:30 p.m. local time, March 19, 2020, during a Department of Defense flight experiment. Concurrently, the Missile […]
The Little Rock Air Force Base (AFB) in Arkansas has declared a month-long public health emergency after an airman stationed there was confirmed to carry the coronavirus, contracted during recent travel overseas. The airman, who has not been named, is the first to test positive at the base, the Air Force said in a statement on Friday, noting that the 30-day emergency order will allow the […]
The United States has more than 18,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus, including 227 deaths and 147 recovered, according to Johns Hopkins University. A staffer in the office of US Vice President Mike Pence has been infected with the novel coronavirus disease, according to Pence’s press secretary Katie Miller. She noted that the staffer has not been in contact either with Pence or President Donald Trump, but did […]
An employee for Fox Business Network has tested positive for the coronavirus. The network announced the news Friday night, hours after announcing plans to scale back programming out of an abundance of caution over coronavirus concerns. Many news organizations have taken precautions after employees have tested positive for COVID-19. Fox Business announced in a company-wide memo they will be “doing a deep cleaning of all areas […]
A member of US Vice President Mike Pence’s staff has tested positive for the coronavirus, the White House has confirmed, but said that neither Pence nor President Donald Trump were exposed. “This evening we were notified that a member of the Office of the Vice President tested positive for the Coronavirus,” Pence’s spokeswoman Katie Miller told reporters on Friday evening, adding, “Neither President [Donald] Trump nor […]
Early Friday evening the office of Vice President Mike Pence released a statement that a member of the staff of the VP’s office has tested positive for the Covid-19 coronavirus. The statement from Pence Press Secretary Katie Miller says that on Friday they were “notified that a member of the Office of the Vice President tested positive for the Coronavirus.” “Neither President Trump nor Vice President […]