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People wear face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus as they ride the subway in Taipei, Taiwan. (AP)

Eased curbs result in record number of infection in few countries

South Korea, Egypt and US show spike in virus cases after virus restrictions were lifted, as China now fears of a second wave

14 Jun 2020 1:45 PM

US man receives $1.1 million hospital bill after surviving COVID-19

Michael Flor survived an almost sure death, only to receive a 181-page bill totalling $1,122,501.04 after miraculously recovering

14 Jun 2020 12:41 PM

Dr Reddy’s signs deal with Gilead to register, manufacture and sell Remdesivir in India. (ANI Photo)

Dr Reddy's inks licensing pact with Gilead Sciences for Remdesivir

Gilead Sciences signed similar non-exclusive licensing agreements with Cipla, Hetero Labs, Jubilant Lifesciences, Mylan and Zydus Cadila

14 Jun 2020 9:59 AM

Chinese police guard the entrance to the closed Xinfadi market in Beijing. (AFP)

Could Beijing become another Wuhan?

Concerns grow about a new cluster as China reports highest daily count since April

14 Jun 2020 9:10 AM

Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi. (AFP)

Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi tests positive for COVID-19

Afridi was seen frequently in the midst of charity work as the head of his foundation, as Pakistan grapples with rising number of infections

13 Jun 2020 3:59 PM

A security officer stands guard outside the Xinfadi wholesale food market district in Beijing. (AP)

In asymptomatic patients, the virus could be silently damaging their bodies

Up to 45 per cent of coronavirus infections may be asymptomatic, a new study reveals

13 Jun 2020 3:00 PM

A cemetery worker puts a cranium into a bag while exhuming the body of a person buried three years ago at the Vila Formosa cemetery in Sao Paulo. (AP)

Cemeteries ‘cleaned up’ to bury more in Brazil as virus deaths spike up

Brazil’s biggest metropolis is digging up the bones of people buried in the past to create space for new bodies

13 Jun 2020 12:52 PM

Police move in to disperse protesters that had gathered in Sydney, Friday, June 12, 2020, to support U.S. protests over the death of George Floyd. Hundreds of police disrupted plans for a Black Lives Matter rally but protest organizers have vowed that other rallies will continue around Australia over the weekend despite warnings of the pandemic risk. (AP)

BLM rallies hit Australia for 2nd weekend, some banned

Thousands of people protested in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane against racism and the deaths of Indigenous Australians in custody

13 Jun 2020 11:43 AM

A patient with symptoms related to COVID-19 is brought to the coronavirus unit at San Juan de Dios hospital by firefighters in protective gear in Guatemala City. (AP)

North and South America currently have 4 of the 10 worst hit countries in the world

The disease is 'highly active in Central and South America, says WHO's emergency expert, highlighting problems in Brazil and Mexico

13 Jun 2020 11:17 AM

Activists from the Brazilian NGO Rio de Paz (Peace Rio), stand next to 100 mock graves on Copacabana beach symbolizing deaths from the COVID-19 coronavirus in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (AFP)

Brazil now unenviably the second in virus deaths

Brazil's health ministry recorded 909 deaths in the past 24 hours, putting the total at 41,828, and has now surpassed Britain's death toll

13 Jun 2020 10:37 AM

People gather on the street outside the closed Jingshen seafood market in Beijing on June 12, 2020. - Beijing's Xinfadi meat wholesale market and Jingshen seafood market were closed for disinfection and environmental sample collection after it emerged both were visited by two newly identified coronavirus patients, local media reported. (AFP)

Beijing wholesale market temporarily shut after new coronavirus infections

Authorities had earlier halted beef and mutton trading at the Xinfadi market, alongside closures at other wholesale markets in Beijing

13 Jun 2020 10:20 AM

The Supreme Court directed the Centre and the states not to take any action against companies unable to pay full wages. (PTI Photo)

SC: It's OK to hold up workers' wages. But how can you not pay doctors?

Supreme Court took serious note of the non-payment of salary and lack of proper accommodation to doctors

12 Jun 2020 4:07 PM

Medics collect a swab sample of a sweeper for COVID-19 testing at MCD office, during the ongoing nationwide lockdown, in Patiala. (PTI)

Study reveals COVID-19 threatens entire nervous system

According to the research, nearly half of hospitalised patients have neurological manifestations like dizziness, seizures, strokes and more

12 Jun 2020 4:01 PM

An ambulance is parked at Arizona General Hospital shown in Laveen, Ariz., as Arizona hospitals that are expected to be able to treat new cases of coronavirus without going into crisis mode were above 80% capacity Tuesday, a milestone that should trigger an automatic stop to elective surgeries at affected hospitals. (AP)

Fears of second wave of virus outbreak rise in US

A recent spike in cases raises concerns that the reopening of the US economy may spark a second wave of infections

12 Jun 2020 10:25 AM

US President Donald Trump pumps his fist as he steps off Air Force One upon arrival in Dallas, Texas. (AFP)

If you catch COVID-19 at a Tump rally, it's on you

Donald Trump supporters who attend his election rally must sign a waiver promising not to sue if they catch COVID-19 at the event

12 Jun 2020 10:01 AM

A Colombian Tikuna indigenous woman breastfeeds her child while wearing a face mask, amid concerns of the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Leticia. (AFP)

Poverty may hit another 49 million, says UN chief

Every percentage point drop in global gross domestic product (GDP) means an additional 0.7 million stunted children, Guterres said

11 Jun 2020 11:42 AM

People wear face masks to protect against the coronavirus as they walk at a retail and office complex in Beijing. (AP)

In post-lockdown China, schools grapple with sudden jump in student suicides

The heightened post-lockdown anxiety has become a matter of government concern as domestic media report a spate of suicides by young people

11 Jun 2020 10:24 AM

Health workers wearing protective gear are seen at the Central de Abastos market in Mexico City. (AFP)

Latin America hits 70,000 virus deaths as Mexico reports record daily infections

The World Health Organization has declared that Latin America is the new hotspot for the coronavirus pandemic

11 Jun 2020 9:31 AM

A contract worker from the food, catering and events industry in France, left out of Covid-19 budget measures, put her sign in a coffin during a flash mob on Place de La Concorde in Paris Wednesday June 10, 2020, to call attention to the impact the sanitary crisis is having on their lives. (AP)

Contract workers stage flash-mob protest in Paris over job loss

France spent billions on temporary unemployment benefits but contract workers in the food and special events industry were left out

10 Jun 2020 8:11 PM

A woman reacts as she is sprayed with disinfectant inside a chamber as a precaution against the new coronavirus outbreak before entering a shopping mall in Jakarta, Indonesia. (AP)

Easing restrictions in Indonesia's capital worry its citizens

As Indonesia’s overall virus caseload continues to rise, Jakarta has moved to restore normalcy by lifting some restrictions this week

10 Jun 2020 2:12 PM

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