‘Emergency Use’ Coronavirus Test With Capacity Ot Deliver Results 45 Mins Allowed By FDA

The rapid molecular test for point-of-care patients developed by Cepheid has been authorized by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on an emergency basis and now can be used for detecting coronavirus in just 45 minutes This test is the first of its kind that can be used entirely at the point of…

UK Companies Asked To Delay Issuing Of Financial Statements Due To Coronavirus

Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority said on Saturday that UK companies should defer publishing of the preliminary financial statements by at least two weeks to enable them to better understand how their business is being affected by the coronavirus pandemic. “The FCA will be writing tonight to companies it is aware were intending to publish preliminary…

A Quarter Of American Ordered To Stay-At-Home To Prevent Covid-19 Spread

Tens of millions of American in the states of New York state, Illinois and Connecticut were directed to stay home on Friday – following a similar order by California as a part of the social distancing measures being implied in the United States to try and prevent the spread of the coronavirus pandemic through person…

UK Retailers To Hire Thousands To Cope With Demand Surge Due To Virus Panic Buying

 Supermarkets and retailers in the United Kingdom are now hiring thousands because a sudden increase in demand due to the coronavirus pandemic. After sudden and huge increase in demand resulted in empty shelves, announcement hiring thousands of staff to cope with the demand was made by UK supermarkets and retailers Tesco, Asda, Aldi, and Lidl.…

Apple limits online purchases of iphones to 2 per person midst Wuhan coronavirus outbreak

A check on Apple’s website on Friday revealed, Cupertino is limiting customer purchases of iPhones over its online stores to two handsets per person. The measure is applicable to many countries including the United States and China. The development comes in the wake of the Apple closing all of its brick-and-mortar stores outside China, even…

Tesla to suspend production at California & NY factory to curb spread of Wuhan coronavirus

In a statement Tesla Inc said, starting from March 24 it will suspend production at its California vehicle factory so as to comply with local orders aimed at curbing the spread of coronavirus. Tesla’s New York factory will also temporarily suspend production, while operations at its Nevada plant will continue. “Despite taking all known health…

Anthony Levandowski pleads guilty for taking Google’s self-driving tech to Uber Technologies Inc

Anthony Levandowski, who has been closely associated with advancing self-driving car technology in the last decade, has agreed to plead guilty for taking sensitive documents from Google, his former employer, before he joined rival Uber Technologies Inc. As part of the plea deal with federal prosecutors, he will serve no more than 30 months in…

Airline industry will require state support if Wuhan coronavirus lasts for long time: Lufthansa

In a statement, German airline Group Lufthansa said, if the Wuhan coronavirus which has gone pandemic lasts for a long time, it would be very difficult for the airline industry to survive without state help. Lufthansa, which has slashed flight capacity, suspended its dividend and has introduced short-time working, said it was impossible to forecast…

Work-from-home creates perfect opportunities for cyber criminals, corporates spies and hackers: cyber security experts

With companies temporarily closing their offices and with more people working from home with company data because of the Wuhan coronavirus, hackers are likely to take advantage of the situation, said cyber security experts. Government officials from the United States and Britain along with others have warned on the cyber security dangers of working remotely…

Non-Essential Items Not To Stocked In Amazon Warehouses For Now

Amazon.com has temporarily stopped stocking of some specific items in its warehouses in order to cater to the overwhelming demand for household essentials as more and more people rush to stock them up as more cities worldwide are put under lockdown because of the coronavirus pandemic. This decision of the company could result in some…