India Covid-19 deaths hit 50,000
Community health volunteers check the temperature of a baby during a check up campaign for Covid-19 at a slum in Mumbai, India August 16, 2020....
Japan PM Abe enters hospital for examination, media reports
[caption id="attachment_9474" align="alignnone" width="935"] Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe offers a silent prayer for the victims of the 1945 atomic bombing, at Peace Memorial Park...
US coronavirus death toll hits 170,000 ahead of fall flu season
[caption id="attachment_9477" align="alignnone" width="978"] A firefighter tends to a non-Covid-19 patient while wearing protective equipment, against the spread of Covid-19, in Houston, Texas August 15,...
Russia produces first batch of its Covid-19 vaccine
California on Friday became the first US state to surpass 600,000 cases and the Midwest saw several record one-day rises as some states struggled to...
WHO team to assist South Africa in reinforcing Covid-19 response
Over the last three weeks, the number of new confirmed cases in South Africa has dropped from a peak of over 12,000 a day to...
Russia produces first batch of Covid-19 vaccine ‘Sputnik V’: Report
Russia’s Covid-19 vaccine has been named “Sputnik V” in homage to the world’s first satellite launched by the Soviet Union. [caption id="attachment_9304" align="alignnone" width="960"] A...
New Zealand Covid-19 outbreak grows, Australia still struggles
[caption id="attachment_9236" align="alignnone" width="972"] A health worker takes details at a COVID-19 testing station setup at Eden Park, National Sports Stadium, in Auckland August 14,...
Alibaba’s Freshippo says will test all Shenzhen employees for Covid-19
[caption id="attachment_9233" align="alignnone" width="933"] The Shenzhen cases were discovered after a 41-year-old woman, who worked as a yoghurt salesperson at Freshippo, returned to her hometown...
California encouraged by trends even as it passes 600,000 coronavirus cases, most in US
[caption id="attachment_9239" align="alignnone" width="973"] At least 5,271,000 people have contracted the coronavirus in the United States since late January, killing at least 167,278, both figures...
UK govt faces backlash over virus-hit exam grades system
Pupils across Britain were unable to sit summer exams as planned due to the Covid-19 lockdown and instead have received a moderated grade based on...