Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe holds a news conference on Japan's response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at his official residence in Tokyo, Japan on March 28. (REUTERS Photo)
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A protective mask, which is widely used as a preventive measure against the coronavirus (COVID-19), is pictured on a table world globe in this illustration taken on March 17, 2020. (REUTERS File Photo)
U.S. envoy for peace in Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad speaks during a debate at Tolo TV channel in Kabul, Afghanistan on April 28, 2019. (REUTERS File Photo) KABUL, March 28 (Reuters): Afghanis
Vehicles for tourists are seen parked at an ancient city wall in Jingzhou, after the tourist attraction reopened as the lockdown was eased in Hubei province, the epicentre of China's coronavirus disease (COVID-
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani delivers a televised speech on the occasion of the Iranian New Year Nowruz, praising doctors and nurses for their courage in fighting against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19),
Wuhan, March 28 (ANI): About 3 to 10 per cent of recovered coronavirus patients in China have tested positive again after being discharged from the hospital. Doctors from Tongji hospital on the fro
London, March 28 (IANS) Another six months in lockdown should be expected in order to prevent a second outbreak of the coronavirus in the UK, warned the country's deputy chief medical officer. Jenny Har
Members of the medical staff in protective suits treat patients suffering from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in an intensive care unit at the San Raffaele hospital in Milan, Italy, March 27, 2020. REUTERS/Flav
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is flanked by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) as she displays the $2.2 trillion coronavirus aid bill during a signing ce
Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a news conference on the situation of the coronavirus (COVID-2019), in Geneva, Switzerland, February 28, 2020. RE
REACT EMS paramedic Brian Myers, wearing a protective mask and gloves, loads up a potential coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patient for transport in Shawnee, Oklahoma, U.S. March 26, 2020. REUTERS/Nick Oxford
BEIJING, March 27 (Reuters): Chinese President Xi Jinping told U.S. President Donald Trump during a phone call on Friday that he hopes the United States will take substantive action to improve bilateral ti
WUHAN, China, March 27 (Reuters): Chinese President Xi Jinping told U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday that he would have China's support in fighting the coronavirus, as Wuhan, the Chinese city where th
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street, as the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues. London, Britain, March 25, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah Mckay/Files LONDON, Ma
Vatican City, March 27 (IANS): Mass testing has been carried out in the Vatican after a priest living at the Popes residence tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Msgr. Gianluca Pezzoli, 58, head o
Members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) look on before their deployment ahead of a nationwide lockdown for 21-days to try to contain the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Johannesb
TOKYO, March 27 (Reuters): Residents of the Japanese capital formed long queues at supermarkets and stores on Friday, in preparation for a weekend at home, after Tokyo's governor urged them to stay indoors
MOSCOW, March 27 (Reuters): Russia ordered its vast network of state-run hotels, resorts and recreational facilities to shut down from March 28 until June 1, as its number of confirmed coronavirus cases ro
PARIS, March 27 (Reuters): A spike in coronavirus patients means hospitals in and around Paris will reach saturation point within 48 hours, the head of the French Hospital Federation said on Friday, with t
KUALA LUMPUR, March 27 (Reuters): Malaysia reported 130 new coronavirus cases on Friday and a total of 2,161 infections, the highest total in Southeast Asia. The number of deaths from the virus outbreak
