Ramadan is a turbulent month for Muslim-owned businesses in Australia. "I think all of them think that we're rolling in the dollars in Ramadan, well, it's actually the opposite," Mr Cevik told the ABC. Mr Cevik said this year's Ramadan numbers — a 32 per cent drop in business — followed a troubling month with JobKeeper ending in March. Mr …
People with Covid-19 are most likely to be highly infectious in the first five days after they develop symptoms, a new study confirms, highlighting the need for abrupt isolation. “Our findings are in line with contact tracing studies which suggest the majority of viral transmission events occur very early, and especially within the first five days after symptom onset, indicating …
Although the genetic material of the novel coronavirus may still be detected in the respiratory or stool samples of COVID-19 patients for several weeks, no infectious virus particle was found beyond nine days of symptom onset, a new study says. They assessed key factors involved in the period of infectiousness of COVID-19 patients such as viral load, the length of …
Online searches can help countries predict tourist visits more accurately and give governments a better read on economies that depend on the industry, an International Monetary Fund analysis showed. Combining Google Trends data with traditional forecast models improved accuracy of predicted tourist arrivals to the Bahamas from the U.S by about 30%, according to a working paper by IMF senior …
