Online Desk : A total of 10,003 people who tested positive for coronavirus have now died in Spain, according to the country’s health ministry, marking a rise of 950 deaths from Wednesday’s…
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Turkmenistan bans use of the word ‘coronavirus’
Online Desk : Central Asian nation Turkmenistan which has reported zero cases of the novel coronavirus has banned the media from using word “coronavirus.” According to media reports, the word has also…
Japan’s drug firm starts trial of Avigan to treat coronavirus
Online desk ; A Japan’s pharmaceutical firm has begun clinical trials to test the effectiveness of its anti-flu drug Avigan in treating patients with the new coronavirus, after reports of promising results…
UK records over 500 daily coronavirus deaths for first time
Online Desk : Britain reported 563 daily coronavirus deaths on Wednesday, the first time the national toll has exceeded 500, bringing the total fatalities to 2,352, according to official figures. “As of…
Coronavirus: Global death toll rises to 37,814
Online Desk ; The global death toll from COVID-19 disease caused by coronavirus jumped to 37,814 as of Tuesday. It has so far infected 785,712 people around the world, according to worldometer….
Travel insurance policies in UK not paying out in a crisis
Online Desk : Insurance insurers and warranty providers seem to rewrite their terms and conditions to avoid payments during the coronavirus epidemic. The London RP received an invitation from her online travel…
Netanyahu on isolation as aide tests positive for coronavirus
Online desk : Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was self-isolating on Monday after a parliamentary aide tested positive for coronavirus, though an initial investigation determined the 70-year-old was unlikely to have been…
US sees 518 new coronavirus deaths in 24 hours
Online Desk : The US recorded 518 new coronavirus-linked deaths in the span of 24 hours, according to data published Sunday by Johns Hopkins University. The record toll, higher than the previous…
Canadian premier Justin Trudeau’s wife recovers from coronavirus
Online desk : Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau, the wife of Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, has recovered from the novel coronavirus, she said Saturday. “I am feeling so much better and have received the…
Italy death toll passes 10,000 with 889 in a day
Online Desk : The death toll from an outbreak of coronavirus in Italy barrelled past 10,000 on Saturday, a figure that made an extension of a national lockdown almost certain. Officials said…
7 anti-COVID vaccine prototypes developed by Russia’s Medical Biological Agency
Online desk ; Russia’s Federal Medical Biological Agency has developed seven vaccine prototypes against the novel coronavirus, the agency’s head, Veronika Skvortsova, said on Friday. “As of today, the Federal Medical Biological…
More than 600,000 coronavirus cases recorded globally: AFP tally
Online Desk : More than 600,000 cases of the new coronavirus have been officially recorded around the world since the outbreak of the epidemic, according to an AFP tally at 1045 GMT…