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US, China Working On Vaccine Against Coronavirus: Expert
US and Chinese medical institutions are working together to develop a vaccine against the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) which has already caused 440 confirmed cases of pneumonia in China, a US vaccine scientist said on Wednesday.....
Trump, Melania To Visit Sabarmati Ashram On 22-km Roadshow
US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump will visit Sabarmati Ashram, the house from where Mahatama Gandhi led his salt 'Satyagraha', 90 years ago. The entire roadshow for the mega event will now be 22 kms long.....
Corona Cases To Reach 1mn In Next Few Days, Toll To Hit 50,000
In the next few days, the world will see confirmed COVID-19 cases reach one million and death tally climb to 50,000, the chief of World Health Organization (WHO) noted on Wednesday.....
40 Cr Indian Workers May Sink Into Poverty Due To COVID-19: ILO
About 40 crore workers in India working in the informal economy are at risk of falling deeper into poverty during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis.....
New York Coronavirus Shutdown Extended To May 15
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has extended till May 15 the shutdown in the state that is the epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic with 223,231 cases and 14,198 deaths.....
2 Italian Companies Could Put COVID-19 Vaccine In Human Trials In September
Potential COVID-19 vaccines being developed by two private research laboratories outside of Rome could enter into a testing phase as soon as in September, according to information from the two companies.....
Russia Registers New Single-day Record Of 10,633 COVID-19 Cases
Russia on Sunday reported a new single-day record with 10,633 COVID-19 cases confirmed over the last 24 hours, raising its total number of infections to 134,687, health authorities said.....
WHO Chief Warns Of Risk Of Returning To Lockdown
As more and more countries consider how to ease the so-called lockdown restrictions, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that the exit measures should be done extremely carefully.....
Xi, WHO 'conspired' To Spread COVID-19 Across Globe: Plea In Bihar Court
A complaint has been filed in a Bihar court against Chinese President Xi Jinping and World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus for allegedly conspiring to spread coronavirus worldwide.....
US Doesn't Expect Political Favours From India For Covid Help: Official
The US help to India to meet the Covid-19 surge is unconditional and does not expect political favours in return, State Department Spokesperson Ned Prince has declared. ....
