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A COVID-19 QR code attached to a barrier for patrons to scan as people enter a stadium ahead of the Super Rugby Aotearoa rugby game between the Highlanders and Chiefs in Dunedin, New Zealand. (AP)

New Zealand military to oversee border control after expats test...

A 24-day run with no cases was broken on Tuesday when it emerged two women who recently arrived from Britain tested...

17 Jun 2020 9:36 AM IST

A health brigade gets ready while on door-to-door visits to carry out COVID-19 tests in Mexico City. (AFP)

Coronavirus has claimed more American lives than WWI

Meanwhile Trump administration insists there will be no shutdown of the economy if a second full-blown wave of the...

17 Jun 2020 9:02 AM IST

Medical staff members (R and L) in full protective gear carry signs to assist people who live near or who have visited the Xinfadi Market, a wholesale food market where a new COVID-19 coronavirus cluster has emerged, for testing at the Guangan sports centre in Beijing on June 16, 2020.(AFP)

Beijing schools closed again as city finds 31 more virus cases

The new cases have raised fears of a second wave of infections as China had largely brought its domestic outbreak under...

17 Jun 2020 8:27 AM IST

A health worker preserves a nasal swab sample of a person. (AP)

Self-swabbing for COVID-19 tests also gives accurate results: Study

Allowing people to collect their own sample has many advantages, like increasing testing capacity by distributing more...

17 Jun 2020 8:35 AM IST

security personnel wearing a protective suit stands guard at a residential area under lockdown near Yuquan East Market in Beijing on June 15, 2020.(AFP)

Beijing locks down more districts as new virus outbreak gathers pace

After nearly two months with no new infections, Beijing now has 79 cases reported linked to a single wholesale food...

15 Jun 2020 5:43 PM IST

Demonstrators take party in a rally advertised as a Law and Order Rally that was also supporting President Donald Trump. (AFP)

Record spike in virus cases in US as states push ahead with reopening

Many state health officials partly attribute the increase to gatherings over the Memorial Day holiday weekend in late...

15 Jun 2020 10:24 AM IST

Employees of a funeral parlour carry the coffin of a COVID-19 victim into a vehicle, outside the Carlos Van Buren Hospital in Valparaiso. (AFP)

Chile to add 'probable' coronavirus deaths to official toll

A report by an investigative journalism organization showed huge differences between death toll announced to citizens...

15 Jun 2020 9:29 AM IST

A voter casts his vote during a mock election to test the guidelines implemented against the COVID-19 coronavirus in Ingiriya of Kalutara District in Western Province on June 14, 2020. (AFP)

Sri Lanka holds mock election to test virus measures

The island nation of 21 million people has steadily lifted its lockdown restrictions, although a night curfew remains

14 Jun 2020 8:28 PM IST

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Pride events kick off in Shanghai

Social distancing restrictions, imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, have largely been lifted in Shanghai in recent...

14 Jun 2020 3:48 PM IST

Russian President Vladimir Putin (right). (AP)

Russia's low death toll raises suspicion

The way Russia counts fatalities could be one reason why its official death toll of 6,829 is far below many other...

14 Jun 2020 2:22 PM IST

People wear face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus as they ride the subway in Taipei, Taiwan. (AP)

Eased curbs result in record number of infection in few countries

South Korea, Egypt and US show spike in virus cases after virus restrictions were lifted, as China now fears of a second...

14 Jun 2020 1:45 PM IST

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US man receives $1.1 million hospital bill after surviving COVID-19

Michael Flor survived an almost sure death, only to receive a 181-page bill totalling $1,122,501.04 after miraculously...

14 Jun 2020 12:41 PM IST