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The World Health Organisation said on Tuesday that the U.S. could become the global epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic, which finally forced reluctant organisers to postpone the…

An estimated one million Britons may have been infected by coronavirus by next week, former British Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt claimed on Monday. He said the outbreak is spiralling out of…

While the world is still battling with Coronavirus, another deadly virus, Orthohantavirus popularly referred to as Hantavirus, has emerged from China. The virus has already killed a man from Yunnan Province. He was on a chartered…

Slovakia’s influential Catholic Church on Monday piloted a novel method of using old rituals to fight off the coronavirus pandemic by flying a sacred relic over the country in a plane. In an…

For the second day, United States and Italy broke the tragic coronavirus records, by registering more infections and deaths than on Sunday. Confirmed coronavirus cases in…

          Prime Minister Boris Johnson has toughened his stay-at-home order to Britons to halt the spread of coronavirus, by imposing curbs on everyday life without precedent in peacetime. The tougher tone followed evidence at the…

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia have introduced more restrictions on flights. The Saudis slammed a 21-day curfew restricting their people to curb the spread of the coronavirus. The…

The German government has banned public gatherings of more than two people in a bid to curb the spread of coronavirus.  Angela Merkel, German councillor, announced the development on Sunday. The order prevents people from forming…

Residents of Central China where the coronavirus was first detected are allowed to go back to work and public transport is restarting, as some normality slowly…

A prison riot in Colombia’s capital Bogotá left 23 prisoners dead and 83 injured, the country’s justice minister said on Sunday, as detainees protested about sanitary conditions amid the global outbreak of coronavirus.…

The United States Department of Defense announced on Sunday that 111 members of the military have tested positive for coronavirus. Giving a breakdown on number of positive cases, the…

China has started the first phase of a clinical trial for a novel coronavirus vaccine, records show, as the world’s scientists race to find a way to combat the deadly pathogen. It comes after US health officials said last week they…

It was supposed to be a highlight of the social season in the Uruguayan capital, Montevideo: but a glamorous wedding celebration in the upmarket neighbourhood of Carrasco has gained a different kind of notoriety after it…

An Israeli medical doctor Gai Peleg has told Israeli television that in northern Italy the orders are not to allow those over 60 access to respiratory machines. Israeli doctor Gai Peleg, who…

Republican Senator Rand Paul from Kentucky on Sunday became the first known US senator to test positive for COVID-19. “Senator Rand Paul has tested positive for COVID-19,” Paul’s account tweeted.…

The coronavirus pandemic is hitting the United States too hard with a world record 13,960 new cases recorded on Sunday, spiking the national total to 38,167. The death toll also received a…

Angela Merkel, German chancellor, has quarantined herself at home after having contact with her doctor who tested positive for coronavirus. Steffen Seibert, Merkel’s spokesman, said the German…

The United States of America’s President, Donald Trump has again called for the use of ‘chloroquine and another antibiotic to be approved for use against the novel coronavirus. Trump tweeted on Saturday,…

Cuba said it has dispatched a brigade of doctors and nurses to Italy to help in the fight against the novel coronavirus at the request of the worst-affected region Lombardy. The medical team of 52…

A family in New Jersey, USA, has lost four members to the coronavirus in a matter of days. Vincent Fusco died Thursday morning, according to his sister Elizabeth Fusco and Roseann Paradiso…

Canada’s reported cases of the COVID-19 respiratory illness caused by the coronavirus passed more than 1,000 on Friday. Till date 12 deaths have been recorded and 204 cases reported in a single to take the tally to 1077. The sobering…

A staff member in the office of US Vice President Mike Pence has tested positive for coronavirus, Pence’s spokesperson said Friday  night. “‪This evening we were notified that a member of…

Italy has recorded a total number of 4,032 deaths from the coronavirus outbreak, with an unprecedented increase of 627 in 24 hours. According to the Italian Civil Protection…

United States is in a desperate search for silver bullet drugs against the rampaging coronavirus which has infected 14,000 and killed an estimated 217 Americans. U.S. researchers, following…