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Guests dine in-house at a restaurant in Phoenix. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has allowed the reopening of restaurants in-house dining, gyms, spas and community swimming pools since Monday. (AP)

Experts warn virus spikes could emerge even weeks after US reopening

The tension in balancing people's safety against severe economic fallout is playing out across the world

14 May 2020 9:05 AM IST

US president Donald Trump. (AFP)

Trump presses for schools to reopen despite Fauci's warnings

Trump, speaking to reporters at the White House, said he found Fauci's latest call for a highly cautious reopening "not...

14 May 2020 8:56 AM IST

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Australian church fined for selling bleach as virus cure

The development comes weeks after US president Donald Trump was criticised for suggesting Covid patients could be...

13 May 2020 3:05 PM IST

A woman runs across London Bridge, backdropped by Tower Bridge, as she exercises in central London. (AFP)

Work and exercise restrictions ease in England

The pandemic has killed more than 36,000 people in Britain, according to official statistics

13 May 2020 2:52 PM IST

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. (AFP)

UN chief urges faith leaders to challenge hate speech

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on faith leaders to promote solidarity based on human rights and human...

13 May 2020 2:13 PM IST

A medical worker takes a swab sample from a woman to be tested for the COVID-19 novel coronavirus in Wuhan. (AFP)

Wuhan to test all residents after handful of new infections

A cluster of six new cases was found in one part of the city, the first local infections reported in Wuhan since the...

13 May 2020 1:57 PM IST

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South Korea raises age of sexual consent from 13 to 16

Previously, teenagers aged 13 or older were held to be legally capable of consenting to sex, resulting in controversial...

13 May 2020 11:54 AM IST

A medical staff member prepares to collect samples from a woman at a COVID-19 testing centre set up in the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France. (AFP)

French coronavirus death toll overtakes Spain's

France now stands as world's fourth-highest number of fatalities after the United States, Britain and Italy

13 May 2020 11:33 AM IST

Health professionals hold candles during a symbolic protest and tribute for health workers who have died of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (AFP)

Brazil registers spike in daily Covid-19 deaths

Brazil, the Latin American country hit hardest in the pandemic, appears to be quickly becoming a new global flashpoint

13 May 2020 11:21 AM IST

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases speaks remotely during a virtual Senate Committee for Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP)

Fauci warns of disaster if US reopens too fast

The blunt warning from the country's top infectious disease expert is a sharp contrast to Trump, who pushes to right a...

13 May 2020 10:17 AM IST

Maria Branyas fought the respiratory illness off in isolation in her room at a care home. (Screengrab of Youtube video)

113-year-old Spanish woman survives coronavirus

Maria Branyas is likely to be the world's oldest person to have survived the the pandemic

13 May 2020 9:29 AM IST

People wait for their turn outside a shop at a market after the government eased the lockdown in Islamabad. (AFP)

Pakistan decides not to enforce indefinite lockdown

Pakistan has also reduced the quarantine period before Covid-19 tests for inbound air passengers from 48 hours to the...

13 May 2020 8:34 AM IST