African swine fever how can global spread be prevented

* British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he was remaining in isolation with mild symptoms, seven days after he was confirmed to be infected. Britain's health minister said the curve of deaths could peak on Easter Sunday. Queen Elizabeth will make an extremely rare address to the nation on Sunday. … [Read more...] about Coronavirus pandemic | Latest on the spread of COVID-19 around the world

One firm, Athena Security, claims that its thermal imaging security cameras can detect people with fevers who are potential carriers of the coronavirus in large crowds. Another, ClearviewAI, is in talks with the U.S. government to build a coronavirus tracking partnership, using facial recognition to create a perpetual log of Americans’ public movements. This comes just weeks after the facial recognition firm was heavily criticized for building its product with billions of photos taken from Americans without consent. One project even is trying to use AI-driven cough analysis to create a COVID-19 voiceprint. … [Read more...] about Tracking everyone’s whereabouts won’t stop COVID-19

The myth of the universalist liberal order amidst the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak is caught between two paradoxes: the universal responsibility to protect the human rights and the inexorable demand to reassert the Westphalian model of sovereignty to enhance and maximise healthcare needs of their relative population. This institutional approach of the governments and health systems would disproportionately defile the socially-excluded and powerless members of the global order — the refugees. In the post-modern global order, refugees make up the most vulnerable section of society. … [Read more...] about COVID-19 | Countermeasures adopted by nations must factor in the vulnerabilities of refugees as well

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The government has said that tigers may be observed for symptoms consistent with COVID-19 such as respiratory signs of nasal discharge, coughing and laboured breathing through direct observation to the extent possible besides through camera trap images for visible symptoms. … [Read more...] about COVID -19: Government directs frontline forest staff and veterinarians to check for symptoms in tigers