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World coronavirus dispatch: No lockdown exit strategy in sight in the UK

From governors in the US weighing reopening of states, to Asia struggles with its lockdowns, and the challenges of post-Covid-19 care - read these and more in today's world dispatch

Covid-19: Global tally reaches 2.8 million; US death toll surpasses 51,000

The US states of Georgia and Oklahoma have reopened with a green light from their Republican governors, who have eased their lockdown orders despite health experts' warnings

Covid-19 global update: Italy shows virus growth, UK to ramp up tests

US President Donald Trump has also started batting for gradual easing of lockdown as unemployment rate in the US swelled up to a record high

World coronavirus dispatch: Chinese can now book tests on e-commerce sites

From China allowing users to book coronavirus tests on e-commerce sites, to $484-billion US relief package, and another pandemic that may follow Covid-19 - read these and more in today's dispatch

Italy PM signals longer lockdown; France's Covid-19 death toll at 20,796

Italy's virus death total of 24,648 is still Europe's highest and second globally after the United States

Coronavirus global update: The worst-hit nations and UNGA vaccine plan

193 members of the UN General Assembly have adopted by consensus a resolution that calls for "equitable, efficient and timely" access to any future vaccines developed to fight Covid-19

Trump's plan to reopen virus-ravaged US economy: Will others follow suit?

Globally, more than 145,516 people have died from Covid-19 so far and the number of confirmed infections has reached 2,182,058, according to Worldometer data

Covid-19 Factoid: US suffers its highest single-day death toll yet

From the US' continuing pains, to some good news coming from Iran and Italy, and Madhya Pradesh's rising number of coronavirus cases - here are some data trends to help to grasp the situation better

World coronavirus dispatch: Europe recovering; Trump may ease curbs in US

From some European nations seeing recovery, to the US' industrial output contraction, and how Japan and China are trying to revive economic activity - read these and more in today's world dispatch

Covid-19: Govt's response has been panic, with political leadership absent

The unfolding coronavirus crisis could be the toughest test yet for PM Modi. His government failed to recognise the potentially devastating consequences of the pandemic early enough, its actions have

Story in Numbers: India's Covid rate is far lower than other countries

But for every 100 tests conducted, fewer tests in India are showing positive compared to other countries.

What other nations can learn from Italy during coronavirus pandemic

The proportion of the population older than 65 years is 9.5 per cent in Alaska as compared with 19.1 per cent in Florida and 23.1 per cent in Italy, they explained.

At 20,000 deaths, US toll overtakes Italy's as Midwest braces for surge

With the New York area still deep in crisis, fear mounted over the spread of the scourge into the nation's heartland.

Covid-19: EU ministers agree on half a trillion euro economic rescue plan

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte warned that the EU's very existence would be under threat if it could not come together to combat the Covid-19 pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus

Covid-19 Factoid: Rising deaths in US, low recovery, and other data trends

The coronavirus crisis seems to be getting worse globally, but the US particularly is now seeing its fatality rate growing at faster rate than infections; three in every 10 deaths now are in the US

Covid-19 impact: World watches Italy as firms press govt to reopen economy

About 150 Italian academics have published a letter in financial daily Il Sole-24 Ore, owned by the Italian business lobby Confindustria, urging the government to unblock the economy

World coronavirus dispatch: Second US stimulus, and West Asia's burial woes

From Covid-19 deaths in China coming down to zero, to many West Asian countries facing a disruption in burial rituals, and the US' deal for masks - read these and more in today's international digest

Covid-19 Factoid: Spain tops US in fatality, and three other data trends

While Spain has gone past the US in number of deaths and become second only to Italy, and in India a spike in Nizamuddin-related cases has made Delhi the second most affected

In Italy, the right antibodies may be needed to go back to work

Having the right antibodies to the virus in one's blood - a potential marker of immunity - may soon determine who gets to work and who does not, who is locked down and who is free

Covid-19: US death toll crosses 5K, sees highest single-day toll of 1,000

The number of confirmed infections rose by over 25,000 in a day.