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New York : Italy has been hit hard by the COVID-19 outbreak, with nearly 28,000 confirmed cases of the disease and 2,503 deaths, according to latest statistics from the World Health Organization (WHO).  While a national quarantine has the country in lockdown, it has not halted the work of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), based in the capital, Rome. more
Beijing reports 21 imported COVID-19 cases

Beijing/Xinhua: Beijing reported 21 newly confirmed cases of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) from other countries Wednesday, the municipal health commission said Thursday.

Number of people infected with novel coronavirus globally exceeds 191,000 - WHO

Moscow/Sputnik: Over 15,100 people have gotten infected with the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) globally over the past day, bringing the total number of confirmed cases above 191,10 ...

Chile declares state of catastrophe over COVID-19

Santiago/Xinhua: Chilean President Sebastian Pinera declared a 90-day state of catastrophe to step up the government's action to combat the COVID-19 epidemic that has so far infected ...

Turkey registers second death from coronavirus - Health Minister

Ankara/Sputnik:  The second death from the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has been registered in Turkey, the total number of infected people nearly doubled over the past 24 hou ...

COVID-19: the immune system can fight back, says research

Melbourne: Melbourne researchers have mapped immune responses from one of Australia’s first novel coronavirus (COVID-19) patients, showing the body’s ability to fight the viru ...

Talking to your children about coronavirus: Let them know you’re listening, remind them you care

New York : As many adults are overwhelmed and anxious about the coronavirus pandemic, the United Nations shined a light on how children may be feeling and urged parents to have open, supp ...

COVID-19: Agencies temporarily suspend refugee resettlement travel

New York: A “vital lifeline” for vulnerable families forced to flee their homelands has fallen victim to the COVID-19 pandemic as two UN agencies announced on Tuesday that the ...

South-East Asian countries urged to ‘do more’ to fight COVID-19

New York : With South-East Asia reporting more than 480 cases of COVID-19 and eight deaths, the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday called for countries to “act now” an ...

China's Hubei cleared of suspected COVID-19 cases

Wuhan/Xinhua: Central China's Hubei Province reported zero new suspected case of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) for two consecutive days, the provincial health commission sa ...