WHO warns global shortage of virus protective gear ‘urgent threat’

The dire lack of protective gear for health workers is proving an dire threat to attempts to beat back the COVID-19 pandemic, the World...

China to help Pakistan in setting up of hospital, UNHCR also pledges support

China's Kunming University of Science and Technology has announced to set up a hospital in Lahore for prevention from corona and conducting research on...

British PM Boris Johnson tests positive for COVID-19

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Friday that he is self-isolating after testing positive for COVID-19. "Over the last 24 hours I have developed...

London hospitals overwhelmed with virus patients, risking collapse

Hospital bosses and doctors on Thursday warned of being swamped by a "tsunami" of COVID-19 patients in London, as Britain braced for a peak...

Foreign Direct Investment to get hurt amid the pandemic: UN

The global COVID-19 pandemic is now expected to take a far worse toll on foreign direct investments worldwide than feared just a few weeks...

Amir Khan offers 60,000 sq foot property to treat coronavirus patients

Boxer Amir Khan has offered to donate his 60,000 square foot, 4 story building to the National Health Services to turn it into a...

A new Great Depression in the offing: World leaders will hold crisis talks

World leaders are to hold online crisis talks Thursday on the coronavirus pandemic that has forced three billion people into lockdown and claimed more...

Funerals in Vienna became online as coronavirus fears ramp up

Vienna funeral homes said Wednesday they are now offering to stream ceremonies online after the government restricted gatherings and travel to stem the COVID-19 outbreak. Only up to...

Prisoners must be released to avoid Coronavirus contagion: UN

Countries must protect people held in overcrowded prisons and other enclosed facilities from the new coronavirus pandemic by releasing vulnerable detainees, the UN rights...

Celebrities hit by the coronavirus so far

Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, has joined the growing list of world celebrities who have been hit by the novel coronavirus. Swedish...

Britain’s Prince Charles tested positive for coronavirus

Britain's Prince Charles, 71, heir to the throne has been tested positive for the coronavirus. His wife Camilla is tested negative but the couple...

Coronavirus: One third of humanity under lockdown

India's billion-plus population went into a three-week lockdown on Wednesday, with a third of the world now under orders to stay indoors, as US...
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