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With over 212,000 cases and 8,700 deaths in 164 nations, emergency lockdowns and injections of cash unseen since WWII

Those treated with the drug fared no better than those Covid-19 patients who received standard care

Local commercial banks will allow loans to be rolled over for small businesses if they cannot afford to pay them off

New package includes two rounds of direct payments to Americans, totaling $250 billion each

Total number of confirmed cases in mainland China stands at 80,928, with the overall death toll at 3,245

X-rays also showed improvements in the lung condition of coronavirus patients after having the medication

Altaf Ahmed Bhat says Kashmiris have never surrendered and kept on fighting for the right to self-determination

Investors have started factoring in new accumulation of non-performing assets due to adverse impact of coronavirus

Zalmay Khalilzad’s demand comes as deadlock on prisoners swap still persists between Afghan government and Taliban

This is a part of government's policy to contain the COVID-19 pandemic

An overwhelming 70 per cent said that the global pandemic presented a major threat for the US economy, says research

People only allowed to leave their homes for well-justified reason, all non-essential shops, restaurants closed

There are currently no vaccines or drugs approved to treat or prevent COVID-19

COVID-19 has nearly 200,000 and killed almost 8,000 people around the world

1,192 new infections were confirmed in the past 24 hours, raising the Islamic Republic’s total to 17,161

There have been 1,950 confirmed cases and 71 deaths in Britain

Woman was the second elderly patient in Iran to have survived the disease

Most of the country is now slowly lifting restrictions, people are returning to work

Country has with 187 COVID-19 cases and 14 deaths

Another officer has been quarantined at a military institute in Pune with symptoms of the pneumonia-like virus

US President Donald Trump provocatively brands COVID-19 as ‘Chinese virus’

She says measures that seemed drastic two or three weeks ago, need to be taken now

Biden was ahead by 23 percentage points in Illinois, with 89 per cent of precincts reporting

He was arrested for arranging transfers of money and SD cards loaded with stolen data

He says there are likely to be 15,000 cases or more by the end of the month

Trudeau's government is also considering using the Emergency Measures Act, an extremely rare measure

White House is looking at sending direct payments to all Americans, as well as aid to embattled airlines

Attackers are also playing on sympathies with fake crowdfunding pages purported to be for people who have fallen ill

Morrison also orders a halt to 'non-essential' indoor gatherings of more than 100 people

China also reported 11 deaths on Wednesday (today), raising its toll to 3,237

The virus is detectable for up to four hours on copper, two to three days on plastic and stainless steel

Michael Levitt says most people are naturally immune, statistics show the virus is on a downturn

Alvi meets Chinese President Xi, Premier Li and others during two-day Beijing visit

Emergency central bank rate cuts globally have only added to investor panic

A health ministry directive orders people to stay at home unless going out to buy food or medicine

Thieves targeted hospital logistics center amid coronavirus-inspired shortage, soaring prices

Spain’s confirmed case number surges to over 11,000, with virus killing 491 people so far

64-year-old man in Mumbai dies in hospital after testing positive for COVID-19

WHO Europe includes 53 countries as diverse as Russia and Andorra, Germany and Tajikistan

As novel coronavirus balloons across the globe, new vocabulary associated with the illness is taking hold

Concord was the only one of 25 Russians and three Russian companies charged by Mueller to be brought to trial

UN agency will enable online users to be automatically directed to WHO's website to stop false news about COVID-19

Shows by magician David Copperfield and the Cirque du Soleil troupe are off

Region has suffered 43 fatalities

Tehran province records the highest number of new infections with 273 fresh cases

Door handles, elevator buttons and other surfaces regularly exposed to crowds are also disinfected several times a day

Dozens of other monuments, museums, religious sites have been closed

Countries have imposed curfews and shut down restaurants, bars, cinemas to combat the spread

President Moon Jae-is increasingly confident that South Korea will overcome the virus

Researchers discover that people’s immune systems respond to coronavirus in the same way it typically fights flu