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Moscow/Sputnik: The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus infection has increased by 4,615 to 61,913 in Germany while the death toll has risen by 128 to 583 in the past 24 hours, the Robert Koch Institute said on Tuesday. more
Coronavirus necessitates global increase in protective equipment, medical supplies: UN health chief

New York/IBNS: The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) is calling for stepped-up production of medical equipment and supplies as health facilities and health workers in many count ...

COVID-19: UN donates 250,000 face masks to NYC health workers

New York : On behalf of the city, the Mayor of New York, Bill de Blasio, was on hand to receive 250,000 face masks donated by the UN on Saturday, destined for health workers in the metrop ...

WHO working closely with Turkey to protect Northwestern Syria from COVID-19 - official

Moscow/Sputnik The World Health Organization (WHO) is coordinating closely with Turkey to prevent the spreading of COVID-19 into northwestern Syria, including on samples processing in Tur ...

COVID-19 death toll in US tops 3,000: Johns Hopkins University

Washington/Xinhua: The death toll from COVID-19 in the United States has topped 3,000, according to the latest tally from Johns Hopkins University's Center for Systems Science and Eng ...

People who are overweight, have diabetes fall in COVID19 high risk group

Moscow/Sputnik: The coronavirus high risk group includes not only the elderly but also people who are overweight and those who have diabetes, Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko told ...

Covid-19: After Spain, now the Netherlands recalls defective masks imported from China

Amsterdam: Joining nations like Spain and the Czech Republic, the Netherlands has now recalled hundreds of thousands of face masks they had imported from China after they were found to be ...

Iran plans to use plasma of recovered people for new COVID-19 patients

Tehran/Xinhua: Masih Daneshvari Hospital in Iran's capital Tehran is considering the use of COVID-19 convalescent plasma in the newly affected patients, Press TV reported on Sunday.

COVID19: WHO shamed again for backing China after official refuses to recognise Taiwan

Geneva/Taipei: The World Health Organization (WHO), which is under fire for its alleged efforts to protect China over the transmission of coronavirus, has been slammed again for its bias ...

COVID-19: After virus, China accused of exporting dud test kits to nations; Spain and Czech Republic learn hard way

Madrid/Prague/JEN: After transmitting coronavirus across the world, now China faces another disgrace: their companies are accused of selling dud test kits to different countries with ...