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London/Xinhua: The number of coronavirus cases in Britain rose by 3,395 on Thursday with 21 more deaths as the country is struggling to cope with test shortages. more
Covid-19: Death toll reaches 4,859 as 36 more die within 24 hours in Bangladesh

Dhaka: Bangladesh has reported another 36 deaths due to covid-19, according to Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

UK may implement curfews in London to contain possible 2nd wave of COVID-19 - Official

Moscow/Sputnik: Curfews may be imposed in London to prevent a second wave of COVID-19, Kevin Fenton, the London director of Public Health England agency, said in an interview with the Eve ...

Nearly 550,000 children in U.S. test positive for COVID-19

Washington/Xinhua: Nearly 550,000 children in the United States have been diagnosed with COVID-19 since the onset of the pandemic, according to a new report of the American Academy of Ped ...

Bangladesh: Covid-19 death toll crosses 4,800, 43 more die in 24 hours

Dhaka: The deadly novel coronavirus has claimed 43 more lives in Bangladesh in the last 24 hours, according to official data.

Countries must ‘get their hands dirty’ to stem COVID and prevent future pandemics

New York: The COVID-19 pandemic has upended a world embroiled in chaos, unleashing catastrophic health, social and economic consequences along with irreparable harm to humanity, according ...

WHO warns against potential Ebola spread in DR Congo and beyond

New York: Ebola is spreading in a western province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), raising fears that the disease could reach neighbouring Republic of Congo and even the ca ...

COVID-19: 11 patients discharged from hospitals on Chinese mainland

Beijing/Xinhua: The National Health Commission said Tuesday that 11 COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery on the Chinese mainland Monday.

New Zealand prolongs COVID-19 restrictions for one more week

Wellington/Sputnik: New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced on Monday an extension of coronavirus restrictions for one more week, until September 21.

Punctured lung affects almost one in a hundred hospitalised Coronavirus patients

New York: As many as one in 100 patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 develop a pneumothorax – a ‘punctured lung’ – according to a study led by Cambridge res ...