LONDON, June 11 (Thomson Reuters Foundation): The coronavirus pandemic is boosting both nationalism and community spirit, unleashing shifts in attitudes that would usually takes years to trickle down, according
LONDON, June 10 (Reuters): Population-wide face mask use could push COVID-19 transmission down to controllable levels for national epidemics, and could prevent further waves of the pandemic disease when co
BRASILIA, June 9 (Reuters): Brazil's top court waded into the controversy surrounding official reporting of coronavirus death and infection rates, as a Supreme Court justice ruled the Health Ministry m
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Gilead Sciences Inc's antiviral drug, remdesivir, prevented lung disease in macaque monkeys infected with the new coronavirus, a study published in medical journal Nature showed on Tuesday.
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LONDON, June 9 (Reuters): The coronavirus might have been spreading in China as early as August last year, according to Harvard Medical School research based on satellite images of hospital travel patterns
GENEVA, June 9 (Reuters): A United Nations human rights expert voiced alarm on Tuesday at "widespread food shortages and malnutrition" in North Korea, made worse by a nearly five-month border clo
LONDON, June 9 (Reuters): Disease experts on Tuesday questioned a statement by the World Health Organization that transmission of COVID-19 by people with no symptoms is "very rare", saying this g
DIMAPUR, JUNE 9 (MExN): A special Shramik train carrying people of Nagaland from Gujarat and Maharashtra arrived at Dimapur Railway Station at around 1:00 am on June 9.
A DIPR report informed that the pass
JAKARTA, June 9 (Reuters): Indonesia has resumed domestic flights for all passengers provided airlines operate at 70% capacity and follow strict rules brought into force on Tuesday, when the country announ
GENEVA, June 8 (Reuters): The World Health Organization (WHO) urged countries on Monday to press on with efforts to contain the novel coronavirus, noting the pandemic was worsening globally and had not pea
LONDON, June 8 (Reuters): Wide-scale lockdowns including shop and school closures have reduced COVID-19 transmission rates in Europe enough to control its spread and may have averted more than three million dea
ISLAMABAD, June 8 (Reuters): Authorities in Pakistan have stepped up enforcement of government safety measures after a rise in the daily number of coronavirus infections pushed total cases to more than 100
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The novel coronavirus has killed more than 110,000 people in the United States, according to a Reuters tally on Sunday, as nationwide protests against racial injustice spark fears of a resu
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Global deaths from the novel coronavirus topped 400,000 on Sunday, as case numbers surge in Brazil and India, according to a Reuters tally.
The United States is responsible for about one
KUALA LUMPUR, June 7 (Reuters): Malaysia on Sunday said it would reopen nearly all economic activity and allow interstate travel starting June 10, lifting coronavirus restrictions imposed nearly three mont
Washington, June 7 (Reuters): Republicans are more pessimistic about the country's direction than at almost any other time during Donald Trump's presidency, as a trio of crises – the coronavirus p
Guwahati, June 5 (PTI): With an inmate of the Guwahati Central Jail testing positive for COVID-19, the district authorities on Friday have sealed the complex with immediate effect to contain spread of the virus
Kohima, June 5 (MExN): A meeting between spokespersons of the government for combating COVID-19 pandemic, Neiba Kronu, Minister for Planning & Coordination, Land Revenue and Parliamentary Affairs, and Mmhon
BRASILIA/SAO PAULO, June 5 (Reuters): Coronavirus is spreading fast through Brazil's indigenous populations, with deaths caused by the disease increasing more than five-fold in the past month, accordin
NEW DELHI, JUNE 5 (IANS): Ride-hailing major Ola on Friday pledged Rs 500 crore over the next year towards various initiatives globally to enhance safety in mobility amid Covid-19.
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