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WHO report on Wuhan virus mission expected soon

WHO: 1 in 10 people may have contracted COVID-19

8:09 pm October 5, 2020

Geneva: The head of emergencies at the World Health Organisation says its “best estimates” indicate that roughly one in 10 people worldwide may have been infected by the coronavirus. Dr Michael Ryan, speaking Monday to a meeting of the WHO’s 34-member executive board focusing on COVID-19, said the figures vary from urban to rural, and […]

India’s COVID-19 death toll crosses one lakh

11:54 pm October 2, 2020

New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 death toll crossed one lakh on Friday night, while the caseload climbed to over 64 lakh and recoveries surged to 54,15,197, according to data from states and union territories. Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday 8 am showed a single-day spike of 81,484 infections, taking the country’s COVID-19 tally of […]

India’s COVID-19 tally of cases crosses 60-lakh mark

11:14 pm September 27, 2020

New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 caseload sprinted past the 60 lakh on Sunday night, 12 days after it crossed the 50-lakh mark, while the total number of recoveries too surged to 50,02,959, according to data from states and union territories. The Union health ministry data updated on Sunday 8 am showed a single-day spike of 88,600 […]

Donald Trump set to return to the spotlight with CPAC speech

Trump praises his efforts in handling virus

11:56 pm September 22, 2020

Washington: US President Donald Trump says he has “done an amazing” and “incredible job” handling the coronavirus, even as the country surpasses 200,000 virus deaths. Trump boasted of his administration’s efforts in an interview with WJBK FOX 2 Detroit at the White House Tuesday just before Johns Hopkins University announced the confirmed US death toll now tops 200,000 people — the […]

‘Unfathomable’: US death toll from coronavirus hits 200,000

11:03 pm September 22, 2020

Washington: The US death toll from the coronavirus topped 200,000 on Tuesday, a figure unimaginable eight months ago when the scourge first reached the world’s richest nation with its sparkling laboratories, top-flight scientists and stockpiles of medicines and emergency supplies. “It is completely unfathomable that we’ve reached this point,” said Jennifer Nuzzo, a Johns Hopkins University public health […]