Health
Moscow/Sputnik: Over 2 million tests for COVID-19 have been conducted in Russia, with 135,000 people across the country remaining under medical monitoring as they are suspected of being infected, the national public health watchdog, Rospotrebnadzor, said on Monday. more
South Korea reports 13 more COVID-19 cases, 10,674 in total

Seoul/Xinhua: South Korea reported 13 more cases of the COVID-19 compared to 24 hours ago as of midnight Monday local time, raising the total number of infections to 10,674.

South Africa reports 124 new COVID-19 cases, two more deaths

Cape Town/Xinhua: South Africa on Monday reported 124 new COVID-19 cases and two more deaths, bringing the total infections to 3,158 including 54 deaths.

Chinese mainland reports 12 new confirmed COVID-19 cases

Beijing/Xinhua: Chinese health authority said on Monday that it received reports of 12 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on the mainland on Sunday, of which eight were imported.

COVID-19 cases in Pakistan may rise by mid-May: Imran Khan

Islamabad:  Pakistan PM Imran Khan has warned that the number of COVID-19 cases in his nation might increase by middle of May.

Pakistan govt agrees to keep mosques open during Ramadan despite spike in COVID-19 cases

Islamabad: Surrendering to the hardline clerics and their demands even at a time when the country is witnessing a spike in the number of COVID-19 cases, the Pakistan government has allowe ...

Nobel Prize-winning virologist Luc Montagnier believes COVID-19 was developed in Wuhan laboratory

Paris: A Nobel Prize-winning French virologist has said he believes that the COVID-19  was developed in a laboratory in the Chinese city of Wuhan.

US must improve COVID-19 strategy to keep tens of millions from falling into poverty, urges rights expert

New York : The United States must take urgent additional steps to prevent tens of millions of middle-class Americans hit by the COVID-19 pandemic from being “plunged into poverty&rd ...

Coronavirus pandemic threatens crises-ravaged communities, UN appeals for global support

New York : A psychosocial counsellor in Jordan's Azraq refugee camp  informed the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) on Thursday that during the first four days of the COVID-19 lockdown ...

COVID-19 storm strengthens across Europe, controlling transmission everywhere, essential: Tedros

New York : The storm clouds of COVID-19 still hang heavily over Europe, a senior World Health Organization (WHO) expert said on Thursday, with reported cases in the last 10 days alone, do ...