Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome

Residents of 19 of Portuguese capital's districts to be home-bound again from July 1

This came as result of intensive contacts between two countries, says Israeli premier

World Health Organisation warns that several European countries will also face dangerous upticks

Strict hygiene and safety measures have been put in place for the re-opening

Officials say 92 people had died in the last 24 hours

More than 465 doctors in the province have been infected with coronavirus

Uptick in new infections has seen thousands of people seek Covid-19 tests

Next of kin of deceased can also participate in the final ablution wearing PPE

With a vaccine still far away, the WHO has called for a rapid increase in production of the steroid dexamethasone

Social distancing rules were relaxed after a public holiday in early May

Company says it has the capacity to produce up to 1 billion doses a year of its recombinant vaccine

Researchers and companies are testing six experimental shots in humans

3 Japanese universities along with pharma company work out test to detect coronavirus from saliva in about 25 minutes

Russia sees drop in number coronavirus cases, fatalities

Country has a total of 1,085,038 confirmed coronavirus cases

WHO had welcomed initial clinical trial results of dexamethasone from UK

Total cases now stand at 170,485, with 20,394 fatalities

Pandemic has killed more than 34,500 people in the country

Total cases reach over 165,000 as 5,662 new infections confirmed over the past 24 hours

About 68 per cent of the world's refugees come from Syria, Venezuela, Afghanistan, South Sudan and Myanmar

City authorities have locked down entire residential areas and advised companies to let employees work from home

194 people had died in the last 24 hours, bringing the official death toll to 7,478

At least 12,400 violations of SOPs were recorded in the last 24 hours

More than 1,512 markets, 14 industries and cautioned, fined, sensitised or sealed

Science minister says the kits will considerably bring down the cost of coronavirus tests in the country

WHO says positivity ratio of daily tests increases to 22%

PPP leader's son blames NAB and the prime minister for his father contracting the virus

Government has said the real number of infected people is likely significantly higher than the official count

Country's total Covid-19 tally now stands at 308,993

Veteran politician Mohammed Nasim dies of cardiac arrest after contracting Covid-19

About 3,110 were on duty elsewhere whereas 748 of them were working in intensive care centres

Brazil, second worst hit country globally with more than 820,000 cases, 41,000 deaths

Country's death toll drops significantly as fight against coronavirus comes under control

Sadiq is the latest PML-N leader to have tested positive for Covid-19

An MoU was also signed between the Ministry of Science and Technology and Ministry of Health

The country has 3,125 confirmed cases and 58 fatalities

Coronavirus deaths in the country exceed 6,500, recoveries rise to over 260,000

WHO declared Pakistan the country at most risk to the pandemic after Afghanistan

Some 1.15 million tests have been conducted in the country to date

Country’s coronavirus crisis response centre said 216 people had died from the virus in the past 24 hours

Dr Zafar Mirza says WHO only assessing situation through ‘health lens’

Health ministry indicated that the death toll had risen by 1,272, to a total of 38,406 in the country

Sindh CM's appeal comes as the province reports 1,748 new cases – majority of them in Karachi

The kingdom has more than 250,000 coronavirus cases, according to Reuters tally

Pest infestation now covers an area of 57 million hectares in the country, says DG Crop Protection

Potential for presymptomatic transmission underscores the importance of social distancing, says WHO expert

Early infection rates of SARS-CoV-2 grew by 68% a day in Iran without anti-contagion policies

Country reports 2,134 new cases over past 2 days, bringing tally to 96,462

Dr Azra says lawmakers above 55 or those with comorbidities should not attend assembly session

Hospitalisations fall, new infections slow down