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US President Donald Trump has fuelled racism against the Chinese by insisting on calling the novel coronavirus COVID-19 the Chinese virus, despite being told that Chinese American citizens were being subjected to hate speech and racism. (Photo | AFP)

Trump speaks to Modi, seeks Hydroxychloroquine tablets from India

Trump administration has made Hydroxychloroquine as part of its Strategic National Stockpile.

5 April 2020 1:37 PM IST

A representation of the structure of COVID-19, released by the United States Centers for Disease Control ( Photo | CDC)

NYT report: Over 4L flew from China to US in early days of Covid...

It added that testing at the airports and follow-ups with travellers coming from China was not stringent enough.

5 April 2020 11:37 AM IST

$In this Feb. 10, 2020 photo released by Xinhua, Chinese president Xi Jinping gestures near a heart shaped sign and the slogan Race against time, Fight the Virus during an inspection of the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention in Chaoyang District in Beijing. As the rest of the world grapples with a burgeoning virus outbreak, Chinas ruling Communist Party has turned to its propaganda playbook to portray its leader as firmly in charge, leading an army of health workers in a \peoples war\ against the disease. (AP)$ World

China: 30 new coronavirus cases; 9 Wuhan districts 'low-risk'

Fourty seven new asymptomatic cases were also reported.

5 April 2020 10:42 AM IST

A body is moved to a refrigerator truck serving as a temporary morgue outside of Wyckoff Hospital in the Borough of Brooklyn, New York. AFP Photo

Trump says US heading into toughest weeks ahead as virus death toll...

There will be a lot of death, unfortunately, Trump said in a somber start to his daily briefing on the pandemic

5 April 2020 9:50 AM IST

A general view a temporary field hospital set at Ifema convention and exhibition of in Madrid, Spain, Thursday, April 2, 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo)

Coronavirus deaths mount at alarming speed across US, Europe

Italy recorded 760 more deaths, for a total of 13,900, the worst of any country, but new infections continued to level...

3 April 2020 3:24 PM IST

China to observe national mourning to honour Covid19 frontline workers

China to observe national mourning to honour Covid19 frontline workers

Fourteen frontline workers in Central China's Hubei Province, including "whistleblower" doctor Li Wenliang, were...

3 April 2020 12:30 PM IST

Containing virus outbreak in refugee camps a daunting task, officials warn

Containing virus outbreak in refugee camps a daunting task, officials...

There have been no reported cases of infection in the camps yet, but officials remain concerned

3 April 2020 10:00 AM IST

Covid19 cases climb to 10,000 in South Korea

South Korea said about half of the new cases came from the densely populous Seoul, where imported cases have been on the...

3 April 2020 9:14 AM IST

$Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Britain would \massively increase testing\ amid a growing wave of criticism. (Photo- AFP))$ World

UK mulls massive testing for coronavirus amid wave of criticism

There have also been reports of staff being turned away from drive-in test centres because they did not have the correct...

2 April 2020 5:28 PM IST

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Global virus cases near million as US baby dies

The death toll from COVID-19 continued its relentless march upwards, with more than 46,000 people known to have died...

2 April 2020 3:29 PM IST

Pakistani police surround handcuffed Omar Sheikh as he comes out of a court in Karachi. (AFP file photo)

Pakistan: Death sentence of Daniel Pearl's killer overturned by court

Sheikh's defence lawyer Khawja Naveed told that his client's sentence had been reduced to seven years in prison

2 April 2020 3:24 PM IST

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Covid deaths in New York total 1900

New York's COVID-19 death count more than doubled in 72 hours to 1,941

2 April 2020 3:08 PM IST