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A medical worker wearing protective equipment looks through the window at arriving ambulances at the Pokrovskaya hospital in St.Petersburg, Russia. (AP)

Russia reports record spike in daily Covid cases after PM's infection

The nationwide case tally rose by 7,933 cases and now stands at 114,431, while the official overall death toll stands at...

2 May 2020 10:28 AM IST

A Health Care Worker walks across the parking lot at the Pro Health Urgent Care coronavirus testing site in Wantagh, New York. (AFP)

Countries must prepare for virus resurgence after easing lockdown: WHO

WHO director-general defended of his and the WHO's timely actions in declaring the new coronavirus an international...

2 May 2020 10:12 AM IST

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (centre) visiting the completed Suchon phosphate fertilizer factory in South Pyongan Province, North Korea on May 1st. (Released from North Koreas official Korean Central News Agency)

Kim Jong Un reappears in public after weeks of health rumours

The leader's recent absence from public events had triggered a series of fevered rumours and unconfirmed reports over...

2 May 2020 9:42 AM IST

People wear face masks amid concerns of the COVID-19 coronavirus as they walk to the entrance of the Forbidden City, the former palace of Chinas emperors, in Beijing. (AFP)

China takes a holiday from virus anxiety

Millions of Chinese hit the road or visited newly re-opened tourist sites on Friday for an extended national holiday

1 May 2020 4:44 PM IST

Pakistan speaker Asad Qaiser. (AFP)

Pakistan speaker Asad Qaiser tests Corona+

24 people have died in the last 24 hours in Pakistan, taking the death toll to 385

1 May 2020 2:44 PM IST

Medical staff perform a test for the COVID-19 coronavirus on a driver at a drive-through testing site in a Melbourne carpark. (AFP)

Australia plans to end lockdown restrictions earlier than planned

Daily new cases are now close to single figures, while some parts of the country have not seen a case in more than a...

1 May 2020 1:29 PM IST

Pro-democracy protesters wearing face mask raise a Hong Kong colonial flag during a protest at a shopping mall in Hong Kong.(AP)

Hong Kong democracy rallies to make a comeback as pandemic eases

Pro-democracy unions and social media posts have called for people to gather and shout slogans in their neighbourhoods...

1 May 2020 12:33 PM IST

Chinese President Xi Jinping. (AP)

Court documents reveal Chinese journalist jailed for 15 years for...

The charge of "picking quarrels and provoking trouble" is a catch-all that Chinese authorities use against people who...

1 May 2020 11:56 AM IST

US President Donald Trump. (AFP)

WHO is China's PR agency: Trump

Trump administration has launched a probe into the role of the WHO on virus and has temporarily suspended the financial...

1 May 2020 11:05 AM IST

US President Donald Trump. (AFP)

Coronavirus originated from China's Wuhan lab: Trump

The US president says he has evidence linking a Wuhan lab to the contagion

1 May 2020 10:37 AM IST

A hospitalized patients relative takes a break after he wrote a letter as the only way to communicated with the patient, outside a public hospital in Iztapalapa, Mexico City. (AP)

Trump administration suspends immigration court hearings due to virus...

The Justice Department estimated in late February that there were 25,000 people waiting in Mexico for hearings in US...

1 May 2020 9:26 AM IST

South Korean nurses wearing protective gear arrive for their shift to care for patients infected with the COVID-19 coronavirus at Keimyung University Daegu Dongsan Hospital in Daegu. (AFP)

South Korea is an example world should follow on COVID-19 fight: UN

UN Secretary-General Guterres said recovery from the pandemic needs to go hand-in-hand with climate action, just as...

1 May 2020 8:49 AM IST