Tuesday, May 12, 2020

South Korea investigators comb digital data to trace nightclub coronavirus cluster

HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/SOUTHKOREA

South Korean authorities were combing through mobile phone data, credit card statements and closed-circuit TV footage on Tuesday to identify people who visited nightclubs at the centre of one of the capital's biggest novel coronavirus clusters.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/south-korea-coronavirus-nightclubs-1.5565673?cmp=rss

Newborns among 13 dead in Kabul hospital attack

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Gunmen attacked a hospital in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Tuesday where the international humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders runs a maternity clinic, killing 13 people, including two newborn babies, officials said.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/kabul-hospital-attack-1.5565708?cmp=rss

Russian hospital fire claims lives of 5 coronavirus patients

Virus Outbreak Russia Fire

A fire Tuesday morning at St. George Hospital in St. Petersburg killed five coronavirus patients who were on ventilators, Russian emergency officials said.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/russia-st-petersburg-hospital-fire-1.5565674?cmp=rss

Supreme Court hears momentous cases involving access to Trump tax, business records

Trump

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday considers three blockbuster cases that will affect President Donald Trump's attempts to shield certain of his financial records. The decision could also potentially impact his re-election hopes and his post-presidential life.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/supreme-court-cases-trump-1.5565541?cmp=rss

Fauci says reopening U.S. economy too soon could lead to needless deaths: report

Virus Outbreak Trump

A senior U.S. health official set to testify on Tuesday before the U.S. Senate will warn against the risks of reopening the economy too soon, saying it could lead to "needless suffering and death," the New York Times said.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/fauci-senate-economy-1.5565644?cmp=rss