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Poor countries at high risk if virus spreads unchecked: UN chief

Guterres said the focus should be on helping the most vulnerable: low income workers and small and medium-sized...

20 March 2020 9:39 AM IST

US President Donald Trump speaks next to Vice president Mike Pence during a teleconference with governors at the Federal Emergency Management Agency(FEMA) headquarters in Washington,DC. AFP Photo

World bearing the brunt of China's delay over virus response: Trump

The United States warned against international travel due to the pandemic and advised citizens to come home if possible

20 March 2020 9:04 AM IST

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Two cruise ships not allowed to disembark in Honolulu

Two vessels were rerouted to Miami after they were turned away from their home port in Puerto Rico

19 March 2020 5:02 PM IST

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Coronavirus layoffs in US spark surge in state unemployment claims

Jobless claims are surging across the U.S. after government officials ordered millions of workers, students and shoppers...

19 March 2020 11:13 AM IST

Deaths due to Covid-19 crossed 150 in America, while about 10,000 people have been infected. (AFP)

Two US Congressmen test positive for coronavirus

Republican Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart and Democratic Congressman Ben McAdams quarantined

19 March 2020 10:16 AM IST

In this file photo, democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden delivers remarks at his primary night election event in Columbia, South Carolina. AFP Photo

After Florida and Illinois, Biden wins Arizona primary in presidential...

Biden now has more than half of the total delegates needed to be declared the Democratic presidential candidate

18 March 2020 9:49 AM IST

Nurses process a sample for COVID-19 after a patient was screened at an appointment-only, drive-up clinic set up by the University of Washington Medical Center Northwest Outpatient Medical Center in Seattle, Washington. AFP Photo

Death toll in US crosses 100 as virus spreads to all 50 states

The first fatality from COVID-19 was reported from the Washington state on February 26

18 March 2020 9:33 AM IST

US President Donald Trump speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, DC. AFP Photo

Trump warns Covid19 outbreak could last till August

As of Monday evening, at least 85 people have died of coronavirus with the confirmed cases crossing 4,500 in the US.

17 March 2020 12:53 PM IST

Covid19 outbreak: United Nations cancels meetings to contain outbreak

Covid19 outbreak: United Nations cancels meetings to contain outbreak

The council was

17 March 2020 11:08 AM IST

Adam Carver, 38, wears a mask to protect against coronavirus while on a nearly empty Delta flight from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, JFK.

US moves closer to shutdown to contain virus outbreak

Governors and mayors were closing restaurants, bars, and schools as the nation sank deeper into chaos over the crisis

16 March 2020 10:29 AM IST

A guard checks the main entrance of a state shelter where passengers suspected of been infected with Coronavirus are quarantined as a preventive measure in the face of the global COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. AFP Photo

State of emergency declared in El Salvador over Covid19

The measures include a restriction on free movement and assembly for a period of 3a0 days

15 March 2020 12:02 PM IST

President Donald Trump speaks during a briefing on coronavirus in the Brady press briefing room at the White House. AP Photo

White House says Trump tests negative for Covid19

The White House released the test results just hours after Trump told reporters that he had been tested

15 March 2020 9:58 AM IST