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Spread of coronavirus from people without symptoms is 'rare': WHO

Van Kerkhove said many of them turn out to have mild disease, or unusual symptoms

Coronavirus vaccine update: Covid drug, AstraZeneca vaccine current status

Coronavirus vaccine latest update: AstraZeneca has approached Gilead Sciences over a potential merger. It also says it is on track to roll out 2 billion doses of coronavirus vaccines in September

It's not over: WHO on increasing Covid-19 cases as nations ease lockdowns

The epicentre of the pandemic is currently in countries of Central, South and North America, particularly the US, WHO spokeswoman Margaret Harris said

WHO finally endorses masks to prevent transmission

Since the beginning of the pandemic, surprisingly, the WHO had refused to endorse masks

Stop being partisan political organisation or Brazil leaves WHO: Bolsanaro

Speaking about loosening the social distancing order, WHO spokeswoman Margaret Harris said a key criteria for lifting lockdowns should be slowing transmission

Covid-19 opportunity for India to speed up Ayushman Bharat, says WHO chief

After India, Pakistan is the worst affected in South Asia with 89,249 Covid-19 cases, and 1,935 fatalities

Coronavirus LIVE: UK death toll crosses 40,000 mark, highest in Europe

Covid 19 tracker: 5 Indian states with the biggest 24-hour jump in total cases on Friday were Maharashtra, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, and Bengal. Catch coronavirus update and other related stories

World coronavirus dispatch: Rumours, fear and rising deaths in Pakistan

From the pandemic hitting black voters' incomes the hardest, to the status of Brexit, and how Covid-19 hit Malaysia's palm oil industry - read these and more in today's world dispatch

Coronavirus: Lancet retracts study claiming death risk from use of HCQ

Based on this development, we can no longer vouch for the veracity of the primary data sources, the retraction statement noted

Coronavirus LIVE: Centre issues SOPs for religious places, eateries

Covid 19 tracker: 5 states with the biggest 24-hour jump in total cases are Maharashtra, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, and West Bengal. Catch coronavirus update and other related stories

World coronavirus dispatch: Brazil's daily new deaths, cases at record high

From how Prince Charles 'got away lightly', to cheap beach holidays targetting locals, and why Africa has to weather the storm without massive stimulus - read these and more in today's world dispatch

Steep death graph, no peak yet: Why India is behind the curve on Covid-19

While the mortality rate seems to be plateauing in UK , Spain and Italy after peaking, in India he bad news is that it hasn't reached the high point after which it can start tapering off

Single-day cases in India cross 9,000-mark: Coronavirus updates, highlights

India has recorded 9,304 new cases in the last 24 hours, its biggest single day spike, taking the country's official to 216,919

Coronavirus LIVE updates: Defence Secretary tests positive, say reports

Covid 19 India: Maharashtra, Punjab, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh have extended lockdown till June 30. Catch coronavirus, lockdown updates and other related stories here

India's caseload tops 200K-mark, reports biggest single day spike

In other big news, the recordings obtained by the Associated Press, showed the World Health Organization struggled to get required information from China during early weeks of January

Coronavirus LIVE: Three states report biggest single-day jump in cases

Covid19 tracker: 5 most affected states are Maharashtra (70,013), Tamil Nadu (23,495), Delhi (20,834), Guj (17,200), Rajasthan (8,980). Catch coronavirus, lockdown updates and other related stories

Asia needs India for post-Covid cooperation

India's pivotal position in South Asia, its strong economic ties with ASEAN+6 countries and its presence in the G20 make its participation critical

China delayed releasing genome of deadly coronavirus, frustrating WHO

Strict controls on information and competition within the Chinese public health system were largely to blame

Covid-19 has not changed in terms of transmissibility, severity: WHO expert

The statement came in the wake of the recent media reports, citing Alberto Zangrillo, the head of the San Raffaele Hospital in Italy's Milan, that the novel coronavirus was losing its potency

Coronavirus vaccine update: Importance of Covid-19 drug, current status

Chinese biopharmaceutical company Sinovac Biotech has said that it is 99% sure that their Covid-19 vaccine will work. Track latest coronavirus vaccine updatesFchina