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People wearing face masks walk through an underground shopping area in Seoul. (AFP)

Eased restrictions bring new cases in South Korea, virus fears in...

4 million people have been confirmed infected by the virus so far, and more than 279,000 have died worldwide

10 May 2020 4:27 AM

Police officers stand guard outside the Lal mosque which is sealed as its cleric denies a government-imposed nationwide lockdown to help contain the spread of the coronavirus in Islamabad. (AP)

Pakistan sees highest single day spike in covid cases

Pakistan's coronavirus tally records 19,52 new cases; death toll raised to 440

3 May 2020 8:22 AM

US President Donald Trump. (AFP)

Coronavirus originated from China's Wuhan lab: Trump

The US president says he has evidence linking a Wuhan lab to the contagion

1 May 2020 5:07 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...

13 Jun 2020 5:07 AM

Health workers carry a COVID-19 patient on a stretcher made with pipe tubes and and using kitchen gloves in Puerto Carreno, Colombian Amazon, on the border with Peru, on July 3, 2020. (AFP)

Global coronavirus cases rise to more than 11 million

The number of cases is more than double the figure for severe influenza illnesses recorded annually, according to World...

4 July 2020 3:42 AM

Shoppers walk around Garden State Plaza in Paramus, N.J., as New Jerseys indoor shopping malls reopened Monday from their COVID-19 pause.(AP)

US reports more than 50,000 new coronavirus cases in single day

President Donald Trump reiterated his belief that the contagion will 'at some point... sort of just disappear, I hope'

2 July 2020 3:43 AM

Women working for the regional public transport company distribute face masks in the main train station in Frankfurt, Germany, (AP)

Latest coronavirus updates from around the world

More than 2.97 million people have been reported to be infected and 205,948 have died, according to a Reuters tally, as...

27 April 2020 8:17 AM