WHO slams French doctors for racist comments, Also says masks alone not enough
The WHO said Monday that asking the general public to wear facemasks could be justified in areas where hand-washing and physical distancing were difficult,...
Coronavirus: EU is facing the biggest crisis since its founding, Merkel
The coronavirus pandemic is the biggest test that the European Union has faced in its history, Chancellor Angela Merkel said Monday, stressing that Germany...
Coronavirus in France on downturn: Reports lowest cases in weeks
France on Sunday reported 357 coronavirus deaths in hospital in 24 hours, the lowest daily increase in a week, bringing the country's toll to...
Police chief insults COVID-19 patients
With France reeling from the Covid-19 pandemic, the head of the Paris police force has been rebuked for suggesting that the worst-affected patients have...
Streets of Ecuador filled with dead bodies of Covid-19 patients
As the coronavirus pandemic rips through Ecuador, some cities are struggling to cope with a deluge of fatalities, pushing residents to make harrowing pleas...
Trump telephones Macron: Urge UNSC gathering to contain coronavirus spread
US President Donald Trump and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on Friday urged top-level UN talks on the coronavirus crisis, with France pushing for...
Save lives or save jobs? WHO, IMF explains
The WHO and IMF chiefs insisted Friday that saving lives was a "prerequisite" to saving livelihoods in the coronavirus pandemic -- a crisis they...
Fighting COVID-19: Half of humanity being asked to isolate themselves
Half of the world’s population is being told to stay home in an effort to slow down the coronavirus pandemic, according to a staggering...
Could homemade masks help stop infected people spreading virus?
Is a homemade mask better than nothing at all? With an unknown number of asymptomatic virus carriers, some experts are advising people to fashion...
Five things we still don’t know about the coronavirus!
Despite extensive study by doctors and scientists across the world since the new coronavirus first appeared in China three months ago, much about the...
Lock-downs in Europe could have saved 59,000 lives: Study
Strict containment measures might have already saved up to 59,000 lives across 11 European countries battling the spread of the new coronavirus, experts in...
$6.6 million painting stolen from Dutch museum amid lockdown
Thieves stole a painting by Dutch master Vincent van Gogh early Monday in a daring heist from a museum that was closed to the...