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World coronavirus dispatch: WHO chief says no return to 'old normal' soon

Singapore's GDP falls 12.6%, UK economy shrinks by a fifth, California under lockdown as cases surge and other pandemic-related news across the globe

US grapples with coronavirus pandemic as WHO warns 'no return to normal'

Tensions mounted over how the United States is grappling with a resurgent outbreak, as global health officials warned that the pandemic will only intensify worldwide

Covid-19: No community transmission yet; 26,500 new cases in 24 hours

Recent spike in Covid-19 cases has halted the revival in Surat's synthetic textiles hub. With roughly 215 daily cases, business activity across the textile value chain has come to a near-standstill

China defends WHO; biggest one-day jump in cases in India: Covid updates

Gilead Sciences Inc said it has started an early-stage study of its antiviral Covid-19 treatment remdesivir that can be inhaled, for use outside of hospitals

China slams US for withdrawing from WHO, calls it 'unilateralism'

Reacting to the move, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said, 'this is yet another example of US upholding unilateralism, withdrawing from treaties and groupings'

'Deeply concerned' about impact of Covid-19 on global response to HIV: WHO

He stated that progress in reducing AIDS-related deaths can be "accelerated by stepping up efforts to tackle comorbidities and opportunistic infections including TB, Hepatitis and Covid-19"

Covid news: 11k 'Make In India' ventilators dispatched; WHO's new timeline

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan informed that so far, 11,300 'Make In India' ventilators have been dispatched, of those 6,154 are delivered to hospitals

WHO claims its regional office alerted about virus in Wuhan, not China

The new revelation differs from the one released in April where the organisation had maintained that the first report of the virus came from China

Covid-19:Is RAT testing hiding Delhi's true pandemic story?

After rapid antigen tests (RATs) adoption, Delhi's positivity rate has come down. Earlier WHO had warned that RAT might not detect more than half the positive cases

Unlock 2.0 guidelines and vaccine update in Coronavirus highlights

Another piece of sobering data suggests researchers in China have discovered a new type of swine flu that is capable of triggering a pandemic, according to a study in the US science journal PNAS

WHO urges respectful discourse on COVID-19 amid Trump's Kung Flu remarks

The World Health Organisation (WHO) would like to avoid any discrimination in the discussions over the coronavirus, Executive Director of WHO Health Emergencies Programme Michael Ryan said Monday.

'Worst is yet to come': WHO chief warns over coronavirus pandemic

It has now been six months since the first cases of a mysterious pneumonia-like illness were reported in Wuhan, China

France says no link between origin of Covid-19, China's Wuhan lab

France has supported a resolution brought up by the European Union to the World Health Assembly in May, which requested the World Health Organisation (WHO) to continue its work

India, world coronavirus numbers of last 24 hours, takeaways explained

The COV-IND-19 study group, led by Bhramar Mukherjee, a biostatistics professor from the University of Michigan, forecasts that India could see between 770,000 and 925,000 cases by 15 July

Covid-19: $30 bn needed to develop tests, treatments, vaccines, says WHO

The WHO is working with a large coalition of drug-development, funding and distribution organisations under what it calls the ACT-Accelerator Hub

UN chief criticises lack of international cooperation in tackling Covid-19

Covid-19 started in China, moved to Europe, then to North America and now to South America, Africa and India, he said

Coronavirus pandemic well-established at global level now: WHO expert

Some of that increase may be attributed to increased testing, but the WHO does not believe that testing is the main reason

WHO suggests usage of dexamethasone steroid for critical Covid-19 cases

The preliminary trial was conducted over random 2,100 hospitalised Covid-19 patients, and about 4,300 hospitalized Covid-19 patients who were randomized to receive the usual standard of care

Covid-19 crisis: Delhi now second worst-hit, crosses Tamil Nadu tally

Even by death count till Sunday, which stood at 2,175, Delhi is on the second spot among the list of worst-hit states.

Shot of Hope: Equal access a hurdle after race to coronavirus vaccine

The second of a two-part series examines challenges linked to IPR and monopoly once Covid-19 vaccine is created