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Workers in a laboratory in China examine specimens following an outbreak of the novel coronavirus [File: China Daily via Reuters] Hong Kong, China – The blame game between China and the United States on the origin of the coronavirus pandemic has fuelled a host of theories, some more believable than others. At the start of the […]

The second phase in Italy’s Coronavirus emergency could last between “six and eight months”, an Italian health expert warned on 8 April, reports Italian news agency ANSA. The government is currently in talks with its panel of medical experts as it draws up Phase Two of the nationwide lockdown – termed as “living with the virus” – which is expected […]

A man searches through a bin during a countrywide lockdown to combat the spread of coronavirus in Sidon, Lebanon, April 1, 2020. © Ali Hashishoa, REUTERS  The fallout from the coronavirus spread that has killed more than 83,000 people and wreaked havoc on economies around the world could push around half a billion people into poverty, Oxfam said […]

File Photo: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization speaks during a news conference on updates regarding COVID-19   –   Copyright  Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP, file  The World Health Organisation’s chief warned leaders not to politicise the coronavirus pandemic when the world needs to work together. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was reacting to comments made […]

A girl wears a protective face mask amid fears of the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Sanaa. (Reuters) The Arab Coalition declares a complete ceasefire in Yemen for two weeks starting Thursday noon, according to a coalition statement as part of efforts to combat the spread of the deadly coronavirus pandemic, the coalition […]

Virus Outbreak Britain   –   Copyright  AP Photo/Frank Augstein The UK reached a grim milestone on Wednesday as it recorded an increase of 938 deaths due to COVID-19 in one day. The total death toll in the UK has reached 7,097 and there are 60,733 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the country.  It comes after Prime Minister Boris Johnson […]

FILE PHOTO: A Somali policeman attempts to disperse revellers swimming in the Indian Ocean near Lido beach, as part of measures to prevent the potential spread of coronavirus (COVID-19), in Mogadishu, Somalia April 3, 2020. REUTERS/Feisal Omar/File Photo MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Somalia has registered its first death from coronavirus, the Horn of Africa country said […]

  Migrants run away as Greek anti-riot police officers use tear gas in the buffer zone at the Turkey-Greece border, at Pazarkule, Turkey’s Edirne province, Feb. 29, 2020. (AFP Photo)  Almost 149,000 asylum-seekers and other migrants have crossed Turkey’s northwestern border to enter Greece since Feb. 28, Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said Wednesday. Some 148,763 […]

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders campaigns in St. Paul, Minnesota, on March 2, 2020. Andy Clayton-King/AP WASHINGTON – Sen. Bernie Sanders, whose call for a progressive agenda galvanized millions of followers, has dropped out of the presidential race, giving former Vice President Joe Biden a clean path to the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. Sanders’ exit comes after a […]

A patient is moved into an ambulance at the Severo Ochoa hospital in Leganes.BERNAT ARMANGUE / AP The number of daily coronavirus deaths in Spain was 757 on Wednesday, according to official figures released by the Health Ministry. This represents a small rise over Tuesday, which also saw a slight spike in overnight fatalities, to […]