Новости за 05.05.2020

LONDON — Equities and crude rallied on Tuesday as investors cheered a further easing of lockdowns in some countries, which offset fears of a renewed trade war between China and the United States.

MADRID — Rafael Nadal has said he views the rest of this year as "practically lost" for tennis and would even be relieved if the sport returned as normal at the start of 2021.

PARIS — China reported its first cases of the new coronavirus in December. But was COVID-19 already silently circulating? To find out scientists are looking for "patient zeros" by tracking the evolution of the virus itself.

PARIS — To reopen, or not to reopen with social distancing? That is the question haunting theatres and cinemas that were shuttered overnight by coronavirus lockdowns.

RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories — President Mahmud Abbas renewed a coronavirus lockdown in Palestinian-ruled areas of the West Bank for a further month late Monday, though some measures will be eased.

CAPE TOWN — Doctors at Tripoli University Hospital have managed to restore the eyesight of a 30-year-old woman who lost her vision due to health complications.

MANAMA — After turning a car park into an intensive care unit for coronavirus patients, Bahrain has set up its second field hospital -- on a man-made island.

AMMAN — Activists and local organisations on Tuesday called on the government to allow the daycare sector and other childcare facilities to return to work to ensure women’s continued active participation in the labour market.

AMMAN — A quantitative survey study, targeting civil society institution leaders in Jordan as well as local community and national activists, has shown that 51.7 of respondents found the government’s response plan to combat the spread of the coronavirus, generally, “very effective”, while 39.7 per cent found it “effective”.

AMMAN — Each evening at 6pm, sirens echo throughout Jordan announcing the curfew, which, during the month of Ramadan, lasts until 8am each morning. The Kingdom has been under lockdown since mid-March as a result of the COVID-19 crisis.