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Abuja: A team of Nigerian scientists are claiming they have created a vaccine which may help prevent the novel coronavirus infection, media reports said. more
Beijing reports 9 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases

Beijing/Xinhua: Beijing reported nine newly confirmed domestically-transmitted COVID-19 cases, two suspected cases and five asymptomatic cases Sunday, the municipal health commission said ...

PepsiCo suspends production at Beijing factory after recording COVID-19 case

Beijing/Sputnik: PepsiCo suspended production at its Beijing facility after detecting a case of the coronavirus infection on site, Fan Zhimin, the director of corporate affairs at PepsiCo ...

Experts find convalescent plasma safe for diverse patients with COVID-19

New York: Mayo Clinic researchers and collaborators have found investigational convalescent plasma to be safe following transfusion in a diverse group of 20,000 patients. 

Environmental conditions found to affect stability of virus that causes COVID-19: Study

New York: A new study led by Marshall University researcher M. Jeremiah Matson found that environmental conditions affect the stability of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronaviru ...

COVID-19: UN health agency warns of ‘new and dangerous phase’ as cases mount

New York : The world is entering “a new and dangerous phase” of the COVID-19 pandemic, as infection rates continue to climb, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday ...

Pakistan: Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) Minister for Agriculture Janbaz Khan dies due to COVID-19 infection

Quetta:  Another key Pakistani regional minister has died after he was infected by COVID-19, media reports said.

Number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Brazil surpasses 1 Million – Health Ministry

Moscow/Sputnik: The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Brazil has increased within the past 24 hours by 54,771 to 1,032,913, the national Ministry of Health said on late Friday.

World Health Organisation Says Global Coronavirus Tally Topped 8.3Mln

Moscow/Sputnik: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has estimated the overall number of coronavirus cases globally at 8,385,440, with 450,686 people having died from the disease.

Study from Chinese city of Guangzhou provides key insights on how COVID-19 spreads in households

Beijing: New modelling research, published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal, suggests the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) that causes COVID-19 may spread more easily among people living ...