WHO reports record daily increase in global COVID-19 cases, up over 284,000

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[caption id="attachment_7396" align="alignnone" width="964"] A paramedic wearing protective gloves prepares to take a blood sample from a woman, to be tested for the coronavirus disease...

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Mexico City mayor warns of potential COVID-19 rebound as hospitalisations rise

July 24, 2020July 24, 2020

[caption id="attachment_7429" align="alignnone" width="962"] FILE PHOTO: Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum holds a news conference in Mexico City, Mexico February 20, 2020. [/caption] MEXICO CITY:...

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WHO scientist sees regulators cooperating to speed COVID-19 vaccine approval

July 24, 2020July 24, 2020

[caption id="attachment_7417" align="alignnone" width="953"] World Health Organization (WHO) Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan attends a news conference in Geneva. [/caption] GENEVA: Regulators that normally work within...

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New South Wales in Australia tightens restrictions as coronavirus clusters grow

July 23, 2020July 24, 2020

People wear protective face masks in Melbourne after it became the first city in Australia to enforce mask-wearing in public as part of efforts...

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Brazil study finds no hydroxychloroquine benefit for COVID-19

July 23, 2020July 24, 2020

[caption id="attachment_7298" align="alignnone" width="946"] Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro shows a box of hydroxychloroquine to supporters outside the Alvorada Palace in Brasilia [/caption] RIO DE JANEIRO:...

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US clears way for drugmakers to share COVID-19 antibody capacity

July 23, 2020July 24, 2020

[caption id="attachment_7286" align="alignnone" width="960"] US Senate hearing on plan to research, manufacture and distribute coronavirus vaccine, on Capitol Hill in Washington. [/caption] WASHINGTON: The US...

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As pandemic accelerates, US surpasses 4 million COVID-19 cases

July 23, 2020July 24, 2020

[caption id="attachment_7276" align="alignnone" width="937"] FILE PHOTO: Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT) arrive with a correctional patient at North Shore Medical Center where the coronavirus disease (COVID-19)...

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Prague club COVID-19 outbreak spreads to 98 people, including football players

July 23, 2020July 28, 2020

PRAGUE: An outbreak of coronavirus in a Czech music club has grown to 98 positive cases, including footballers from several Prague clubs, public health officials...

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US Senate Republicans to unveil COVID-19 proposal next week, McConnell says

July 23, 2020July 24, 2020

[caption id="attachment_7292" align="alignnone" width="978"] US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, wearing a face mask, walks with news reporters, following a series of meetings with members of...

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WHO chief denounces ‘unacceptable’ comments questioning his independence

July 23, 2020July 24, 2020

World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a news conference in Geneva. GENEVA: The head of the World Health Organization said on Thursday...