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President Donald Trump speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House, Sunday, April 5, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo)

US surpasses Italy in Covid-19 death toll; country's figure crosses...

Coronavirus has so far killed more than one lakh people across the globe.

12 April 2020 11:50 AM IST

Home care doctors, nurses and health staff take part in the morning meeting at a clinic in Barcelona, Spain. AP Photo

Spain reports lowest Covid19 death toll in more than two weeks

The update raised the overall number of fatalities to 15,843 in Spain

10 April 2020 4:04 PM IST

Customers queue up to buy fresh meat at a wet market. AFP photo

US asks China to shut down wet markets to prevent further infection

A zoonotic disease is an illness that can be passed from an animal to a human

10 April 2020 1:22 PM IST

A Montefiore Medical Center employee walks past signs thanking the medical staff in New York. AFP photo

Global covid death toll crosses 94,000

The economic catastrophe became clearer with the IMF warning of a Great Depression and data showing 17 million Americans...

10 April 2020 12:32 PM IST

$Britains Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab and Britains Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak take part in a national \clap for carers\ to show thanks for the work of Britains National Health Service (NHS) workers and frontline medical staff around the country as they battle with the novel coronavirus pandemic, outside the Foreign Office in London. AFP photo$ World

UK covid toll nears 8,000, Boris Johnson out of ICU

Johnson was the first world leader to be hospitalised with coronavirus, forcing him to hand control of the economy to...

10 April 2020 11:15 AM IST

Hospital beds are pictured inside a field hospital that had offered beds for COVID-19 coronavirus patients during the height of the crisis in Wuhan in Chinas central Hubei province. AFP photo

Indians in Wuhan: Strict lockdown, social distancing only ways to...

India evacuated about 700 Indians and foreigners through two special Air India flights

9 April 2020 3:31 PM IST

Britains Health Secretary Matt Hancock arrives at 10 Downing street in central London. AFP photo

Indian origin coronavirus survivor in UK recalls nightmare

The UK also has over 55,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19, putting immense pressure on the country's medical system

9 April 2020 2:16 PM IST

Medical workers putting on PPEs at the beginning of their shift at the emergency field hospital run by Samaritans Purse and Mount Sinai Health System in Central Park, New York. AFP photo

WHO urges global unity on virus post Trump's attack

The UN's health agency has faced criticism in the past both for overreacting and for moving too slowly in fighting...

9 April 2020 1:58 PM IST

People, wearing face masks as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, shop for food items in the Geylang Serai market in Singapore. AFP photo

Covid claims life of an Indian in Singapore

With 142 cases reported on Wednesday, Singapore has a total of 1,623 COVID-19 infections

9 April 2020 12:56 PM IST

Medical personnel transport a body from a refrigerated container at Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center in Brooklyn borough of New York. AP photo

11 Indians in US die of coronavirus

All Indian citizens who have succumbed to the deadly infection in the US are male, with ten of them from New York and...

9 April 2020 12:09 PM IST

A video screen displays a message urging people to stay home, at Piccadilly Circus in London. AP photo

Global covid cases top 1.5 million

Of the 1,502,478 infections, 87,320 people have died across 192 countries and territories since the epidemic first...

9 April 2020 11:49 AM IST

Spain outbreak is the worlds second deadliest. (Photo- AFP)

Coronavirus cases cross 7,50,000 in worst-hit Europe

This accounts for more than half of the cases identified worldwide so far.

8 April 2020 7:27 PM IST