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Italy’s national tally of cases of novel coronavirus contagion has increased to 31,506, with 2,503 deaths, the Civil Protection Agency says in its daily bulletin on Tuesday. Compared to Monday, the…

The Archbishop of Canterbury on Tuesday announced that public worship is ‘suspended until further notice’ amid fears over coronavirus. In a joint letter, the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, Justin…

            US President Donald Trump has found himself being dragged on Twitter after calling the raging coronavirus the Chinese virus. Trump had in a broadcast last week called the  virus a foreign virus and merely stepped up his…

Hundreds of prisoners broke out of four Brazilian jails on Monday, the day before their day-release privileges were due to be suspended over the coronavirus outbreak, Sao…

With 983 new coronavirus cases recorded in the last 24 hours, the United States began restricting citizens’ movements Monday and taking other stringent measures. The measures were a major escalation of…

After years of urging its terrorists to attack major European cities, ISIS is now telling them to steer clear due to the coronavirus. Any sick jihadists already in Europe, however, should stay there — presumably to sicken infidels,…

U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday told the public to stop panic-buying food and other supplies amid the coronavirus crisis, as his response to the outbreak came under…

Joe Biden smiled and reached his elbow out to touch his rival Bernie Sanders’ arm on Sunday, an unusual greeting to start a Democratic presidential debate during the coronavirus pandemic. Sanders…

The U.S. Federal Reserve slashed rates back to near zero, restarted bond buying and launched other measures from its crisis-era toolkit, along with other central banks. The move was meant…

The coronavirus continued its assault on Italy, the hardest hit country outside of China, with officials yesterday reporting the number of deaths rose to 1,809. It is a 25 per cent increase…

Economic stimulus plans worth $40 billion have been rolled out by the central banks of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia, the two largest Arab economies. The plans were rolled out on Saturday to ease the impact of the…

The Donald Trump administration offered "large sums of money" to get exclusive access to a coronavirus vaccine being developed by a German company, Die Welt reported Sunday.…

Saudi Arabia on Sunday announced the detention of hundreds of government officials, including military and security officers, on charges involving bribery and exploiting public office, and…

The South China Morning Post said a 55-year-old individual from Hubei province in China may have been the first person to have contracted COVID-19, the disease caused by the new…

President Donald Trump has tested negative for the coronavirus, according to a statement from the White House. Trump took the test on…

Saudi Arabia on Saturday said it would suspend international flights for two weeks in response to the coronavirus outbreak. “The Kingdom’s government decided to suspend international flights for two weeks (Starting from Sunday, March…

Europe has now become the new epicentre for the ongoing Covid-19, the World Health Organisation declared on Friday. As of Friday, new confirmed cases in China where the disease originated from in December has dropped as low index…

President Donald Trump declared Sunday, March 15, 2020, as a National Day of Prayer. The United States is dealing with a nationwide pandemic caused by the coronavirus officially named COVID-19, but informally known as the Wuhan…

Donald Trump says he has taken a coronavirus test. According to Metro UK, the US leader took the test on Friday night and is still awaiting the results. He made the admission during a press conference in which he also defended…

A NEWBORN baby in England has tested positive for coronavirus — the world’s youngest victim. The child’s mother had been rushed to a London hospital days earlier with suspected…

US President Donald Trump said Friday he would “likely” be tested soon for the novel coronavirus, although he stressed he is “displaying no symptoms.” Trump was pressed repeatedly during a White House news conference on whether…

President Donald Trump has declared a state of emergency in the US over the coronavirus outbreak which has led to over 5000 deaths across the world. As of Friday, the US had surpassed 1,700 cases of the…

Chinese billionaire businessman Jack Ma on Friday offered the United States 500,000 coronavirus test kits and a million masks, as the country faces a shortage of kits for diagnosing the potentially deadly disease. In a statement…

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has tested positive for coronavirus, the country’s Journal O Dia, reported. Bolsonaro’s aide Fabio Wajngarten tested positive for it on Wednesday. Both men dined with President Donald Trump at his…