Markets bustle with shoppers preparing for Iftar, the meal that breaks the fast. In normal years worshippers line up shoulder to shoulder in crowded mosques for the daily prayers. Specifically in the Middle East, where all countries bar Israel are overwhelmingly Muslim. It's hard to think of a time less well-suited to a pandemic than Ramadan around the world. It will be back up and running when the next batch of slots becomes available, the spokesman added. "Questions will need answering as to why this happened, what mechanisms are in place to ensure everyone who needs a test gets one quickly and whether a workable tracing strategy is being prepared.”Ī government spokesman said 5,000 home testing kits were ordered in the first two minutes of the website going live. “The fact the website crashed in minutes reveals the extent of the demand that ministers should have prepared for," Ashworth said. The website for key workers to book tests has temporarily closed - hours after it launched on Friday. Labour’s shadow health secretary Jon Ashworth says "questions will need answering" about the issues with the UK government's new coronavirus testing website. Gov.uk Copyright: Gov.uk Key workers trying to book tests were met with this message from the middle of Friday morning Image caption: Key workers trying to book tests were met with this message from the middle of Friday morning The government said 5,000 testing kits were ordered in just two minutes In the UK, the new website for key workers to book coronavirus tests has temporarily closed - hours after being opened. The child wrote to Hanks to wish him well as the actor recovered from the virus Tom Hanks has written to a bullied boy named Corona in Australia.But health officials say now is the time to remain vigilant South Korea has reported no deaths in the past 24 hours.Some 367 people have died in the past 24 hours Spain has reported its lowest number of daily deaths for a month.Poland is extending its closure of schools for another month.Disinfectants are hazardous substances and can be poisonous if ingested US President Donald Trump has been criticised by experts for suggesting injecting disinfectant as a treatment.
Muslims are marking Ramadan, but with mosques closed and social distancing in place in many countries the holy month is set to be very different If you're just joining us, here are the latest headlines from around the world:
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“The reports of a trial in France to see whether nicotine patches can help prevent or help lessen symptoms of Covid-19 should not put smokers off trying to quit, but encourage them to use nicotine to help them quit and stay quit,” said Deborah Arnott, chief executive of the campaign group ASH (Action on Smoking and Health). The World Health Organization said that in its view cigarette smoking could contribute to more severe symptoms of the disease because it could result in poorer lung functionality. A small study of 78 patients in China found that 27% of the group whose condition deteriorated after 14 days had a history of smoking, compared with 3% of those who got better or stabilised at the same point in their illness. However there are also indications that smokers may suffer more severe symptoms.
In their paper they stress that smoking itself has “severe pathological consequences and remains a serious danger for health”.Ī previous study of Covid-19 patients at a large French hospital noted that only 4.4% of its 343 in-patients were daily smokers.Ībout 25% of the population smokes, according to the country’s 2018 census. They intend to use nicotine patches in a clinical trial, subject to approval from the health authorities. Researchers in France are planning to research whether nicotine could stop people from catching Covid-19.
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