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Workers wearing protective gears prepare to spray disinfectant near notices about precautions against new coronavirus in Seoul, South Korea. AP Photo

Coronavirus crisis gives South Korea chance to mend ties with North...

The North has said there hasn't been a single virus case, but the claim is questioned.

28 April 2020 3:12 PM IST

A body wrapped in plastic that was unloaded from a refrigerated truck is handled by medical workers wearing personal protective equipment at Brooklyn Hospital Center in New York City (AP Photo)

Covid-19 lockdown: New York, New Jersey set to strategise exit plan

Cuomo has said that after May 15 businesses like construction and manufacturing might begin to reopen.

28 April 2020 1:24 PM IST

The number of migrants taken into custody at the US-Mexico border is expected to drop by 25 per cent in June, in part due to Mexican efforts to stem the flow, the acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security said on Friday. (Photo: File)

Indian held for illegally crossing US-Mexico border tests positive for...

The Indian national displayed flu like symptoms, following which he was placed in quarantine.

28 April 2020 12:12 PM IST

Passengers wearing face masks at Changsha railway station in China. (AFP Photo)

China closes down special Covid-19 hospital amid rise in cases

The move to shut down the hospital comes afterWuhan recently closed 16 temporary hospitals.

28 April 2020 11:19 AM IST

$The colors of the Italian flag are projected onto the Palazzo Senatorio building on Capitoline Hill (Campidoglio) in Rome on March 17, 2020, as a \sign of hope in this difficult and delicate moment for Rome, our country and the whole world, on the 159th anniversary to the day of the Unification of Italy\, Rome mayor stated. (AFP))$ World

As countries plan to exit shutdown, coronavirus cases cross 3 million...

More than 209,000 people have been killed around the world by COVID-19

28 April 2020 10:26 AM IST

The following day, this morning, I managed to get back a lot of things and now I am fine, Bolsonaro said in a telephone interview with Band television. (Photo: AFP)

Under Bolsonaro, Brazil emerges as major Covid-19 hotspot

The development comes amid President Jair Bolsonaro's insistence that it is just a "little flu''.

28 April 2020 9:40 AM IST

President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Wednesday, April 22, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo)

US coronavirus death toll could reach 70K: Donald Trump

Trump has at times this month cited 60,000 as the estimate Covid-19 death toll.

28 April 2020 9:00 AM IST

President Donald Trump listens during a demonstration of ways NASA is helping to combat the coronavirus, in the Cabinet Room of the White House. AP Photo

Covid-19: Trump rules out any change in November presidential poll...

His likely Democratic opponent Joe Biden last week said Trump was considering changing the date.

28 April 2020 8:27 AM IST

Security stuff wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus at the central station in Munich, Germany. (AP)

Germany faces growing criticism over virus strategy

Largely muted in the crisis until now, Germany's opposition parties are also beginning to grow more critical of the...

27 April 2020 5:04 PM IST

Representational Image. (Photo: Murali Krishna)

Violating fundamental rights in the name of Covid would lead to a...

Police and other security forces using excessive force to make people abide by lockdowns are reported worldwide

27 April 2020 4:45 PM IST

A Russian traffic police officer wearing a face mask and protective gloves stands in front of a municipal vehicle cleaning and disinfecting a street at Vorobyovy Hills observation point in Moscow. (AFP)

Russia coronavirus cases rise to 87,147, surpass China's

Putin postpones annual parade marking the 1945 defeat of Nazi army in World War II due to the growing outbreak

27 April 2020 2:33 PM IST

Women working for the regional public transport company distribute face masks in the main train station in Frankfurt, Germany, (AP)

Latest coronavirus updates from around the world

More than 2.97 million people have been reported to be infected and 205,948 have died, according to a Reuters tally, as...

27 April 2020 1:47 PM IST