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Tokyo sees record increase in daily cases

Japan's confirmed cases exceeded 3,000 over the weekend - excluding those related to the Diamond Princess cruise ship - a jump from less than 500 a month ago. T...

Italy records lowest virus death toll in over two weeks

In Lombardy, the epicentre of the outbreak, the daily death toll was slightly lower than the day before, coming in at 351 against 367 on Thursday, but new infec...

Covid-19: India mulls Trump's request to lift ban on hydroxychloroquine export

Despite Fauci's warning, some believe the anti-malaria drug may excel the speed of recovery for those infected with the coronavirus. "What do you have to lose?"...

Police in Australia launch criminal probe into coronavirus-stricken ship

The Ruby Princess cruise ship, carrying more than 1000 crew, docks at Port Kembla with an unknown number infected with coronavirus . The Ruby Princess' hospi...

German authorities accuse US of 'piracy' by seizing face masks

In a statement Berlin's state minister of the interior, Andreas Geisel, said 200,000 highly sought-after FFP2 masks, made by an American firm in China and des...

Emergency Response Benefit accepting applications starting Monday

He said he would tell the president both countries were interlinked in ways that would hurt the two nations if supply chains were cut. Canadian health care wo...

Donald Trump recommends Americans wear face masks in public

However, Trump said he will not follow that guidance. Trudeau plans to use these examples to ensure the American president understands the inter-connectedness...

Second positive COVID-19 case found in Asia's largest slum

The deceased lost his life at Sion Hospital and had symptoms like fever, cough and respiratory issues. His family members & 23 colleagues were asked to quaranti...

A tiger at the Bronx Zoo tests positive for coronavirus

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), which manages the zoo, identified the tiger as Nadia, a 4-year-old Malayan tiger . Only one of the cats was test...

Top Health Official Busted for Not Following Her Own Advice

Whatever her reasons for doing so, it was wrong and she knows that. The First Minister paid tribute to Dr Calderwood, saying she was a "transformational" chie...

British PM Boris Johnson's pregnant fiancée contracts coronavirus

A Downing Street spokeswoman said: "On the advice of his doctor, the prime minister has tonight been admitted to hospital for tests ". British Prime Minist...

Boris Johnson's pregnant fiancee is recovering from coronavirus symptoms

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his fiancée Carrie Symonds leave the Commonwealth Day Service 2020 at Westminster Abbey on March 9, 2020 in London, Engl...

Virus-hit U.S. girds for 'Pearl Harbor moment' as death toll spikes

The US trails behind Italy and Spain - both of which grappled with earlier outbreaks - for the highest number of cumulative deaths, according to the tally. "Thi...

WHO nudges world to aid COVID-19-plagued developing countries

WHO's COVID-19 technical lead Dr Maria Van Kerkhove said there were still many unknowns about why young people were dying. According to Coronavirus COVID-19 G...

Sir Keir Starmer elected leader of UK Labour Party

It looks as if Sir Keir has chose to appeal to the same group of voters as Corbyn, and that will make it very hard to win back working-class voters. Meanwhile...

Trump Orders 3M to Make More Masks

At a White House briefing on the CCP virus pandemic earlier on Thursday, Trump announced he had signed a DPA order for 3M to produce face masks . "We're anti...

Trump defends firing Inspector General Michael Atkinson

Trump withdrew Mr. Ratcliffe's name from consideration shortly after he was nominated, but then re-nominated him again in February. He did not elaborate, exc...

Why Air India evacuating foreign nationals, asks Congress

The Captain thanked him for this response from Pakistan. "Earlier, Air India had ferried Israeli nationals to Tel Aviv as well in a chartered flight", it adde...

NY state virus toll spikes as officials plea for volunteers

But I'm not going to be in a position where people are dying and we have several hundred ventilators in our own state somewhere else If you don't get the ventil...

President Trump To Have Conference Call With Every Major Sports League Commissioner

Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the United States have increased by 100,000 in the past three days as the death toll stretched over 8,000 on Saturday. "We have...

Bill gates called the key steps in the fight against coronavirus

In an op-ed for The Washington Post published Tuesday , Gates said there has to be "a consistent nationwide approach to shutting down". He said that despite...

'Shameful': Dems Hit Trump for Firing of Intel IG Atkinson

The whistle-blower complaint handled by Atkinson, which was eventually released publicly, revealed that Trump had asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy ...

Queen to make rare broadcast to rally nation

Reflecting on how the nation has reacted to the pandemic, she will say: "I hope in the years to come everyone will be able to take pride in how they responded t...

U.S. deaths exceeds 1300 in a single day

The death toll in the United States now stands at 7,141 with over 276,995 confirmed COVID-19 patients or nearly a quarter of the world's total cases. Andrew C...

Romans-sur-Isère: Two killed and others wounded in France knife attack

Other reports say the suspect is an asylum seeker. "He was found on his knees on the pavement praying in Arabic", the prosecutor's office said. He was not...

One Hundred Thousand Sign Petition To Reinstate Coronavirus Hero Captain Crozier

Also on Friday, Senate Democrats called for a formal investigation into the Navy's response to the virus outbreak as well as its decision to remove the captain...

China slams US` remarks on COVID-19 data, information

Coronavirus: Which countries have verified cases? Hua Chunying, spokerperson to Ministry of Foreign Affairs said , during a daily briefing, China has been...

Florida threatens to deny Coral Princess entry

Before disembarking from the ships, passengers received instructions to wear face masks at all times when travelling and to go immediately into 14 days of sel...

Will Continue Self-Isolation

Johnson announced a positive test result on March 27, the first leader of a major power to do so. Johnson said Friday he had tested positive for COVID-19 af...

Saskatchewan foodservice sector lost 25000 jobs in one month

Almost a third of the 800,000 food service jobs lost in Canada so far due to the coronavirus were lost in Ontario , a new survey finds. Almost one out of 10 ...

Indian Couple Name Twin Babies Covid And Corona

Ms Verma said she and her husband chose the names to remind them of all the hardships they faced ahead of the delivery. "We have named them Covid [boy] and ...

UK Covid-19 deaths climb by record 708

It brings total deaths in United Kingdom hospitals to 4,313. However there are some signs that the rate of infection may be slowing. The government has put Br...

Trump defends firing U.S. intel chief Atkinson

He did not elaborate, except to say that 'it is extremely important that we promote the economy, efficiency and effectiveness of federal programs and activities...

UK's Labour names Keir Starmer leader as party trails in polls

In his victory speech, Holborn and St Pancras MP Sir Keir said he will tear out the "poison" of anti-Semitism "by its roots" as he apologised to Jews and vowed ...

Trump says 'toughest' weeks ahead as coronavirus spreads

This, according to a report from ESPN's Adam Schefter . "Today, President Donald J. Trump spoke by telephone with commissioners of major league sports to d...