Coronavirus

172 countries engaging with global COVID-19 vaccine plan: WHO

Aug 25, 2020 01:09

Some 172 countries are engaging with the COVAX facility designed to ensure equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines, the World Health Organization says, but more funding is needed and countries need now to make binding commitments.
FDA authorizes COVID-19 plasma treatment amid Trump pressure

Aug 24, 2020 04:24

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized COVID-19 plasma treatment after President Donald Trump put the agency under pressure.
Rohingya Muslims voice fears over coronavirus outbreak at Myanmar's “apartheid” camps

Aug 23, 2020 11:57

Myanmar's persecuted Rohingya Muslims have expressed fears of coronavirus outbreak reaching their overcrowded camps in conflict-wracked Rakhine state, where they face state-sponsored violence and apartheid-like conditions.
At least 13 crushed to death as Peru police raid clandestine club party

Aug 23, 2020 06:38

At least 13 people were crushed to death or asphyxiated as playgoers tried to flee a Lima nightclub raided by police because it was open in violation of restrictions imposed to fight the coronavirus pandemic, officials said.
Iran says e-commerce activities surged by 236% during pandemic

Aug 23, 2020 01:37

Iranian government authorities say the spread of the coronavirus pandemic and restrictions imposed to contain the virus have caused a major boom in electronic commerce in the country.
WHO chief hopes coronavirus can be over in two years

Aug 22, 2020 00:52

The World Health Organization hopes the coronavirus crisis can be over in less than two years, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.
Officials are optimistic of overall positive trend of infections across the UK

Aug 21, 2020 11:53

Despite the large spike in the number of positive tests reported by England's test and trace service earlier, the level of coronavirus in the community has remained stable during the past week according to the Office for National Statistics.
Coronavirus in Iran: Daily death toll on decline

Aug 21, 2020 09:38

The daily death toll from COVID-19 in Iran continues to fall, the Health Ministry said.
Latin America passes 250K COVID-19 death toll amid warning of poverty surge

Aug 21, 2020 07:32

The number of coronavirus fatalities across Latin America has surpassed the 250,000 mark as the pandemic continues to overwhelm the region that has become the world’s worst-hit so far.
Russia to begin COVID-19 vaccine trials on 40,000 people next week

Aug 20, 2020 11:14

Mass testing of Russia's first potential COVID-19 vaccine to get domestic regulatory approval will involve more than 40,000 people and will be overseen by a foreign research body when it starts next week, backers of the project said on Thursday.