Pakistan has reported a total of 34,337 coronavirus cases, with 12,610 in Sindh, 5,021 in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, 2,158 in Balochistan, 475 in Gilgit-Baltistan and 759 in Islamabad, a health official said on Wednesday. ....

America's top infectious diseases expert Dr. Anthony Fauci cautioned on Tuesday that it would be a "bridge too far" to think that COVID-19 treatment or vaccines would be ready in time for the Fall 2020 reopening of schools, urged everyone to be extremely careful with children and warned of "really serious" consequences if states lift stay-at-home orders too quickly, even as President Donald Trump pushes them to act against the backdrop of a free-falling economy. ....

The number of coronavirus cases in Russia has increased to 232,243 on Tuesday, the 2nd highest number of infections in the world surpassing the tallies in Spain and the UK, the country's anti-coronavirus crisis centre said. ....

The global death toll due to the novel coronavirus pandemic has surpassed the 280,000 mark, while the cases have surged to over 4.1 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. ....

Global confirmed COVID-19 cases topped 4 million on Saturday, reaching 4,004,224 as of 4.32 p.m., according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. ....

Loss of taste or smell is now among the new coronavirus symptoms that the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has added to its official list and now, a new study says that loss of the sense of smell is most likely to occur by the third day of infection with the novel coronavirus. ....

As many as 190,000 people across Africa could die in the first year of the coronavirus pandemic if crucial containment measures fail, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Friday. ....

Pubs are among UK businesses that have been hardest hit during the coronavrius pandemic and as many as 15,000 might not survive until the lockdown is lifted, an industry expert warned on Friday. ....

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday said the coronavirus pandemic has "unleashed a tsunami of hate and xenophobia". ....

South Korean health authorities have warned against an increase in new COVID-19 cases, as the country reported yet another cluster infection on Friday after easing social distancing. ....