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Facebook pulls down Trump post calling ‘flu deadlier than COVID’ in a move to dial-back harmful misinformation

The Brew News Team   Wed 07 Oct 2020    

Facebook on Tuesday removed a post by US President Donald Trump for downplaying Covid-19 danger by saying the season flu is more deadly, in a rare step against the American leader by the leading social network. A day after checking […]

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Forget ’guns and bombs,’ COVID poses immediate threat to Secret Service as POTUS returns

Brew Admin   Wed 07 Oct 2020    

President Donald Trump’s decision to return home from Walter Reed despite his continued illness is putting new focus on the people around him who could be further exposed if he doesn’t abide by strict isolation protocols. Throughout the pandemic, White House custodians, […]

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Mad world, Masked world: Business booms for the mask-makers, but is the fall in sight?

Brew Admin   Mon 05 Oct 2020    

The outbreak of Covid-19 is the best thing that ever happened to the mask industry, but it’s going to require a bit of cleaning up. Side effects of the boom include diplomatic spats, quality scandals, price gouging, and fraud.  And […]

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Virus-struck POTUS may be discharged soon, say doctors, despite warnings of ‘severity’ of illness

Brew Admin   Mon 05 Oct 2020    

President Donald Trump could be discharged from the hospital where he is being treated for COVID-19 as soon as Monday, according to his doctors, although his condition remains unclear and outside experts warn that his case may be severe. Hospitalised […]

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Sunday Schmooze // Co-Vid-Be? Are we really all cavalier in the name of a pandemic now?

Sushmita Bose   Sun 04 Oct 2020    

There was a movie made in the 1950s called The Blob, which went on to acquire a cult status (it was also remade later, in 1988) in the horror genre.  The flick’s all about an alien amoeboid entity that crash […]

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Greek doctors, masks on, off on a jog to knock wind out of critic claims

Brew Admin   Sun 04 Oct 2020    

Doctors marched with their families and a few friends in Greece’s second-largest city Saturday not to protest, but to debunk misinformation about face masks circulating during the coronavirus pandemic. A few dozen people fast-walked and ran 2 kilometers through central […]

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Non-invasive, 20min COVID test-kits out in U.S., world soon

Brew Admin   Tue 29 Sep 2020    

U.S. President Donald Trump has announced that a non-invasive coronavirus test that delivers results in 15-20 minutes, is to be rolled out across the state. The test-kit is also headed to scores of poorer countries, as global health authorities scramble […]

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A grim, bleak reality as COVID kills 1M worldwide amid second wave

Brew Admin   Tue 29 Sep 2020    

The worldwide death toll from the coronavirus has boiled over 1 million, nearly a year into the devastating pandemic that crisis that has crashed the global economy, crumpled countries and resolves, and forced an entire era of beings to mold […]

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Corona recoveries cross 5M milestone in ‘second worst-hit’ India

Brew Admin   Mon 28 Sep 2020    

Monday saw a sum of recoveries in India peak and climb past the 5 million landmark, with recovered cases outpacing active ones by more than 5 times.  “India’s steady trend of posting high level of daily recoveries continues”, remarked the […]

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Ayodhya bars festive stage-plays amid virus surge, preps for virtual Deepotsav on Diwali

Brew Admin   Sun 27 Sep 2020    

The Ayodhya administration has denied permission to stage Ram Leela in the district in view of the novel coronavirus pandemic. The permission to stage Ram Leela in Ayodhya was sought by the ‘Ayodhya Shodh Sansthan’, the government department that organises […]

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Pakistan province set to postpone primary school re-opening to Oct 15 amid virus surge

Brew Admin   Sun 27 Sep 2020    

The Balochistan government, in light of increasing coronavirus cases, will ask the National Command and Operation Centre to extend the reopening of primary schools in the province from September 30 to October 15, 2020. Balochistan government spokesperson, Liaquat Shahwani, said […]

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