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UN condemns killing of WHO staffer in Myanmar transporting COVID-19 samples

4:03 pm April 22, 2020

United Nations: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has condemned the death of a World Health Organisation (WHO) worker in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state who was killed while driving a vehicle carrying COVID-19 samples. Myanmar has reported 121 COVID-19 cases, including five deaths. Pyae Sone Win Maung died after being wounded in a security incident in […]

Cohen's book foreword: Trump 'wouldn't mind if I was dead'

Ex-Trump lawyer Cohen being released from prison

2:33 pm April 17, 2020

Washington: President Donald Trump’s former lawyer and longtime fixer Michael Cohen will be released from federal prison to serve the remainder of his sentence in home confinement amid the coronavirus pandemic, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. Cohen is currently locked up at FCI Otisville in New York after pleading guilty […]

Health officials warn NYC could run out of virus test swabs

1:52 am April 14, 2020

New York: New York City is in danger of running out of swabs for COVID-19 tests and should only test hospitalized patients, the city health department said in a memo to health care providers over the weekend. As the swab supply continues to decline, there is a real possibility hospitals will completely run out, the […]

Fauci says 'rolling reentry' of US economy possible in May

New York reports record coronavirus deaths for 3rd day in row, but curve ‘flattening’: Governor

12:24 am April 10, 2020

New York: New York recorded the highest single day death toll for the third consecutive day as 799 people died due to COVID19, Governor Andrew Cuomo said, but added there is “good news” that the state is “flattening the curve” and seeing a drop in hospitalisations, ICU admissions and intubations. The state recorded 799 deaths […]

MP records 1,357 new coronavirus cases, ten deaths

11 Indians die of coronavirus in US

3:11 am April 9, 2020

Washington: At least 11 Indians have died of COVID-19 in the United States with another 16 testing positive for the infection which has claimed more than 14,000 lives and afflicted more than four lakh people in the US. All Indian citizens who have succumbed to the deadly infection in the US are male, with ten […]