Hundreds of people have concentrated this noon in Barcelona’s Sant Jaume square to demonstrate in protest of the closures imposed by the Govern in the catering sector, to which the nightlife sector has joined, to contain the coronavirus pandemic. The concentration by the nightlife sector has begun at 11.30 hours in the Plaza de […]
Tag: COVID-19
Wartime restorers for closing bars and restaurants in Catalonia to stop the coronavirus
“A death sentence for the restoration and for Barcelona”. This is how the sector rates the Generalitat’s measures to close bars and restaurants for 15 days and thus curb the increased risk of coronavirus. They consider that it is a “disproportionate and unfair proposal, in line with those that the Government has taken for weeks […]
Keraben and ITC verify the health safety of ceramics against viruses and their resistance to disinfectants
One of the main actions taken and recommended by the authorities to minimize the spread of Covid-19 is the disinfection of spaces. This is often done with aggressive chemicals that, given their toxicity, impact the treated coating materials, human health and ecosystems. But do all cladding materials equally resist intensive disinfection? Faced with this question, […]
UK Implements New Restrictions For Lockdown As The Number Of COVID-19 Cases Surge In The Country
As the number of deaths keeps on doubling every fortnight in England, the government has introduced the “three-tier system” as a countermeasure with different levels of restrictions in different areas.
Donald Trump says he no longer has the coronavirus and is going back to campaign
Donald Trump assured Sunday that he was no longer a carrier of COVID-19 and that he was no longer contagious, on the eve of returning to the campaign, a few weeks before the US presidential election on 3 next november. The American president explained in an interview with the Fox News television channel that the tests […]
Climate change has accentuated natural disasters
Climate change is the main cause of the doubling of natural disasters in the world in twenty years, the UN warned on Monday, signaling that natural disasters have killed more than 1.2 million people since 2000. During the last twenty years (2000-2019), 7,348 natural disasters have been recorded in the world (for a cost estimated at nearly […]
Covid-19: China bans the breeding of 45 species of wild animals
A new notice was recently published by the National Forestry and Grassland Administration in China: an update of the regulations regarding the breeding of wild animals. By the end of the year, forty-five species will no longer be able to be farmed on Chinese territory, reports the Shanghai-based “Sixth Tone” media. The species concerned include civets, porcupines, […]
Covid-19: virus can persist for up to 28 days on smartphones and banknotes
In a new study unveiled on Monday, researchers at CSIRO, Australia’s largest federal research agency, have found that the virus that causes Covid-19 can survive and remain dangerous for up to 28 days on many surfaces of life. standard, such as smartphones, banknotes or self-service checkout screens in supermarkets. So far, studies, notably carried out […]
US presidential election: Donald Trump returns to campaign
Less than ten days after being detected positive for Covid-19 and five days after being released from the hospital , Donald Trump is back in the countryside. In defiance of medical advice, the American president organized this Saturday a ” peaceful demonstration for law and order “, in front of the White House. He appeared on the balcony of his residence, removing his […]
Kim Jong-un stages a monster missile but avoids provocations
To complicate the work of foreign spy agencies, the North Korean regime waited until the middle of the night on Friday evening to celebrate in a gigantic military parade the 75th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers’ Party. The state channel only airs these patriotic ceremonies on Saturday evening for the rest of the […]