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Coronavirus tracing app a test for privacy-minded Germany

8:55 pm June 16, 2020

Berlin: Germany launched a coronavirus tracing app Tuesday that officials say is so secure even government ministers can use it, though developers acknowledge it isn’t perfect yet. Smartphone apps have been touted as a high-tech tool in the effort to track down potential COVID-19 infections. Experts say finding new cases quickly is key to clamping […]

Global death toll from COVID-19 passes 400,000

11:10 pm June 7, 2020

London: The worldwide death toll from COVID-19 has surpassed 400,000, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University that health experts say is still an undercount because many who died were not tested for the virus. The milestone was reached Sunday, a day after the Brazilian government stopped publishing a running total of coronavirus deaths […]

COVID-19: India is not in community transmission stage, says ICMR

Coronavirus: Matterhorn mountain in Swiss Alps lights up with Indian flag in show of solidarity

3:47 pm April 18, 2020

Geneva: Switzerland has expressed solidarity with India in its fight against the coronavirus pandemic by projecting the tricolour on the famous Matterhorn mountain in the Swiss Alps to give “hope and strength” to all Indians. Swiss light artist Gerry Hofstetter has been lighting up the 4,478-meter pyramidal peak straddling between Switzerland and Italy with spectacular […]

Trump slams media for 'blocking' alleged graft cases against Biden

Trump directs halt to payments to WHO during coronavirus pandemic

8:01 am April 15, 2020

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he was cutting off U.S. payments to the World Health Organization during the coronavirus pandemic, accusing the organization of failing to do enough to stop the virus from spreading when it first surfaced in China. Trump, who had telegraphed his intentions last week, claimed the outbreak could have […]

Fauci says ‘rolling reentry’ of US economy possible in May

3:37 pm April 13, 2020

Washington: New cases of the coronavirus are certain to arise when restrictions imposed to limit the spread of the virus are eased, said Anthony Fauci, the top infectious disease expert for the US. But Fauci said Sunday that the economy in parts of the country could have a “rolling reentry” as early as next month, […]