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Washington/Xinhua: US President Donald Trump announced on Friday two men will lead his administration's new effort for COVID-19 vaccine development. more
Support stepped up for Rohingya camps as first COVID-19 infections are confirmed

New York : After confirmation that the first cases of COVID-19 infection have been identified in a vast and overcrowded refugee camp in Bangladesh, UN humanitarians on Friday announced ad ...

Afghanistan confirms record 414 new COVID-19 cases as Gov't increases testing - Reports

Moscow/Sputnik :  Afghanistan has registered a record 414 new cases of the coronavirus over the past 24 hours — the second-highest daily increase — as the authorities exp ...

Slovenia becomes the first European country to call off COVID-19 pandemic

Ljubljana(Slovenia): Slovenia has become the first European nation to call an end to Coronavirus pandemic after a joint assessment by its government and healthcare professionals.

Pregnant women are not at greater risk of severe COVID-19 than other women: Study

London : Researchers from the University of Oxford, in collaboration with the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, the Universities of Leeds and Birmingham, Kings and Imperi ...

UN leads call to protect most vulnerable from mental health crisis during and after COVID-19

 New York : Decades of neglect and underinvestment in addressing people’s mental health needs have been exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN said on Thursday, in a call for ...

Over 25 percent of the UK likely to have had COVID-19 already: Study

London: A team of researchers from The University of Manchester, Salford Royal and Res Consortium, have shown that a significant proportion of people in the UK- over 25% - is likely to ha ...

Germany records 913 new COVID-19 cases, total tops 1,73,000: Robert Koch Institute

Berlin/Sputnik: Germany has confirmed 913 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, with the total count reaching 173,152, the Robert Koch Institute said on Friday.

South Sudan: Coronavirus cases confirmed inside UN civilian protection site

New York : The South Sudanese Government has confirmed that two cases of COVID-19 have been identified inside a Protection of Civilians (PoC) site in the capital, Juba, although the world ...

People living longer and healthier lives but COVID-19 threatens to throw progress off track, warns WHO

Geneva : All over the world, the COVID-19 pandemic is causing significant loss of life, disrupting livelihoods, and threatening the recent advances in health and progress towards global d ...