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Workers in protective suits take the temperatures of people at a COVID-19 testing site. (AP)

Study shows how quickly coronavirus spreads at home

Researchers estimated 'secondary attack rate', that is, the probability that an infected person transmits the disease to...

18 Jun 2020 4:34 PM IST

Qatar Airways says no new planes in 2020 or 2021. (AFP Photo)

Qatar Airways: no new Airbus, Boeing deliveries until 2021

International Air Transport Association warned in April that air traffic in Middle East would plummet by more than half...

18 Jun 2020 3:42 PM IST

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Blood type could determine your COVID-19 risk: Study

Type A blood were more likely to have severe disease while those with Type O were less likely

18 Jun 2020 12:45 PM IST

A lab technician looks fills a test tube during research on coronavirus, COVID-19, at Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceutical in Beerse, Belgium. (AP)

Race for virus vaccine could leave some countries behind

Rich countries are rushing to place advance orders for the inevitably limited supply to guarantee their citizens get...

18 Jun 2020 12:01 PM IST

People eat at a restaurant on June 17, 2020, in Washington, DC. (AFP)

US will not lock down again amid rising coronavirus cases

We won't be closing the country again. We won't have to do that, said the president

18 Jun 2020 10:50 AM IST

A worker places trays of food in the seafood section of a supermarket in Beijing on June 17, 2020. (AFP)

Beijing says it must improve hygiene in markets after new outbreak

The resurgence of COVID-19 in the country's capital over the past week has been linked to the city's massive Xinfadi...

18 Jun 2020 10:01 AM IST

A quarantine center with 300 beds set up for treating COVID-19 patients during the ongoing nationwide lockdown, at Nagpada area in Mumbai. PTI photo

BMC to Bombay High Court: We will ramp up COVID-19 contact tracing in...

Over 78 lakh such people have been screened so far, says BMC

18 Jun 2020 2:28 AM IST

Students in a kindergarten class stand inside social distancing markings on the floor on the first day of the reopening of the International Pioneers School in Bangkok. (AFP)

Thailand marks 23 days without domestic transmission

On Wednesday, the country reported third consecutive day of no new coronavirus cases or deaths

18 Jun 2020 9:16 AM IST

A health official (L) collects a swab sample from a kid to test for the COVID-19 coronavirus at a mobile testing centre after authorities eased restrictions imposed as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Chennai. (AFP)

CCMB develops low-cost testing method for COVID-19

The method that can enhance the country's existing capacity of RT-PCR screening several folds, has been sent to the ICMR...

17 Jun 2020 2:55 PM IST

AIIB approves USD 750 mn loan to India. (AFP Photo)

China-backed AIIB approves $750 million loan for India's COVID-19...

The support to India aims to ensure economic resilience to prevent long-term damage to the productive capacity of the...

17 Jun 2020 1:29 PM IST

An employee posts a sign to suspend indoor facilities at the newly-opened Yomiuriland amusement park in Tokyo. (AP)

Japanese researchers find coronavirus presence in wastewater plants

The findings mirror similar studies in Australia, the United States, and Europe

17 Jun 2020 12:57 PM IST

Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez. (AFP)

Honduran president infected with coronavirus

His wife, the first lady, and two aides are all being treated after testing positive for the virus

17 Jun 2020 12:04 PM IST