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A chemist displays hydroxychloroquine tablets in New Delhi, India.(AP)

Now US also stops hydroxychloroquine trial on COVID-19 patients

Researchers in US’s NIH find the drug, which is widely used in India as well, did not provide any benefit to coronavirus patients

21 Jun 2020 11:17 AM

Policemen prepare to take position at the site of an attack in the Colaba area of Mumbai on November 27, 2008. (File Photo: AFP)

Mumbai terror attacks co-conspirator Tahawwur Rana arrested in Los Angeles

Rana was released from jail after he tested positive for Covid-19, and then rearrested based on the open request for extradition from India

21 Jun 2020 10:29 AM

government has extended the Rs 50 lakh insurance scheme for about 22 lakh healthcare providers. (PTI Photo)

Government Rs 50 lakh Covid cover for healthworkers extended till September

The scheme implemented by New India Assurance was to end on June 30 as part of Rs 1.70 lakh Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan package in March

21 Jun 2020 9:56 AM

US President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the BOK Center on June 20, 2020 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. (AFP)

Trump admits he urged team to slow down COVID-19 testing

Meanwhile, six members of an advance team working in Tulsa ahead of Trump's rally tested positive for COVID-19

21 Jun 2020 9:33 AM

Australia reimposes restrictions in its second-most populous state

Victoria state recorded double-digit increases in COVID-19 cases for a fourth consecutive day

20 Jun 2020 4:03 PM

Butchers selling meat stand at their stall as they wait for customers at a market in Beijing on June 20, 2020. (AFP)

China's latest virus outbreak likely came from Europe: UN

To date, Chinese officials have identified 158 cases in Beijing in the past week

20 Jun 2020 2:43 PM

Visitors wearing face masks to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus sit on benches while maintaining social distancing at a park in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, June 20, 2020. (AP)

South Korea has biggest daily coronavirus rise in 3 weeks

South Korea is seeking to contain a spike in fresh virus transmissions since early May when it eased social distancing rules

20 Jun 2020 2:34 PM

A health official wearing protective gear takes a blood sample of a woman at a screening and testing facility point for the COVID-19 coronavirus, alongside a street in Islamabad. (AFP)

COVID-19 patients turned away from hospitals in Pakistan

Pakistan also reported highest daily virus cases today as infections continue to spiral

20 Jun 2020 2:16 PM

Employee wearing masks as he disinfect to avoid contamination with the COVID-19 virus at the Mohammed V airport in Casablanca, Morocco. (AP)

Morocco reports highest number of daily coronavirus cases

Local media reported the source of the outbreak was a strawberry packing plant in the town of Kenitra

20 Jun 2020 12:45 PM

In this November 29, 2008 photo, an Indian soldier takes cover as the Taj Mahal hotel burns during gun battle between Indian military and militants inside the hotel in Mumbai, India. (AP)

Pak-origin Canadian rearrested in US on India's request for role in Mumbai attack

Tahawwur Rana was recently released from jail on compassionate ground after he told a US court that he has tested positive for the COVID-19

20 Jun 2020 11:39 AM

Workers (L and C) guide a group of people wearing face masks as they wait in a queue to test for COVID-19 coronavirus, in Beijing on June 19, 2020. (AFP)

Beijing reports drop in new coronavirus cases

Officials reported 22 new cases in Beijing on Saturday, along with five others elsewhere in the country

20 Jun 2020 9:42 AM

The medical team of the Brazilian Armed Forces arrives at the Cruzeirinho village, near Palmeiras do Javari, Amazonas state, northern Brazil, on June 18, 2020, to assist indigenous population amid the COVID-19 pandemic.(AFP)

Brazil tops 1 million cases as coronavirus spreads inland

Specialists believe the actual number of cases in Brazil could be up to seven times higher than the official statistics

20 Jun 2020 9:15 AM

Google increased its free advertising initiative by $200 million, with the added funding intended for non-profits “tackling pressing issues like COVID-19 response and recovery—especially in hard-hit developing economies—and fighting racial injustice around the world,” Google Ad Grants head Michelle Hurtado said in a blog post.

Anti-racism and COVID non-profits will get Google ads worth USD 1 billion this year

Since 2003, Ad Grants has provided non-profits with up to $10,000 per month in free ads on internet search results to help attract donors

19 Jun 2020 6:53 PM

Examiners wear face shields and masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19, during end of year secondary school exams at high school Liceo Kennedy, in Rome. (AP)

Italy’s sewage water study suggests COVID-19 was there before China

Traces of coronavirus were found in wastewater collected in Italy during December 2019

19 Jun 2020 4:30 PM

China publishes genome sequencing data of new cluster

Officials suggest they identified a European strain based on preliminary studies

19 Jun 2020 4:10 PM

A boy wearing a face mask sells balloons on a street in Kolkata, India, Friday, June 19, 2020. (AP)

Scientists call to retract study claiming coronavirus spread is mainly airborne

The study also says noted that wearing of face masks in public corresponds to the most effective means to prevent the spread of COVID-19

19 Jun 2020 1:33 PM

Workers wearing protective clothing wait to check the temperature of passengers entering the airport in Beijing. (AFP)

Mainland China reports 32 new coronavirus cases, 25 of them in Beijing

Authorities have restricted the movement of people in the capital and stepped up other measures to prevent the virus from spreading further

19 Jun 2020 9:43 AM

Vendors clean fish at Khlong Toei Market, the biggest fresh market in Bangkok, on June 18, 2020. (AFP)

China finds heavy coronavirus traces in seafood, meat sections of Beijing food market

Experts suspect the area’s low temperature and high humidity may have been contributing factors

18 Jun 2020 7:31 PM

Workers in protective suits take the temperatures of people at a COVID-19 testing site. (AP)

Study shows how quickly coronavirus spreads at home

Researchers estimated 'secondary attack rate', that is, the probability that an infected person transmits the disease to someone else

18 Jun 2020 4:34 PM

Qatar Airways says no new planes in 2020 or 2021. (AFP Photo)

Qatar Airways: no new Airbus, Boeing deliveries until 2021

International Air Transport Association warned in April that air traffic in Middle East would plummet by more than half this year

18 Jun 2020 3:42 PM

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