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A woman waits to be tested for COVID-19 at a mobile test clinic in the Montreal neighbourhood of Saint-Michel, Canada. (AP)World
Global coronavirus cases surpass 3.5 million

Experts caution that both cases and deaths from COVID-19 are almost certainly underreported in every country

4 May 2020 10:22 AM IST

Corazzieri Guards wearing protective face masks, as they place a wreath at the monument commemorating those killed at work, as people keep away from May Day (May 1) workers celebrations during the countrys lockdown. (Photo taken in Rome and released by the Presidential Quirinale Palace press office)World
Italy begins to emerge from world's longest nationwide lockdown

Italy's staggered reopening is complicated by a highly decentralised system that allows the country's 20 regions to...

4 May 2020 8:53 AM IST

Britains prime minister Boris Johnson displaying his Get Well Soon cards sent in by children while he was ill with the novel coronavirus COVID-19. (Handout image released by 10 Downing Street)World
UK had contingency plans for Boris Johnson's death

Johnson returned to work on Monday, a month after testing positive for COVID-19

3 May 2020 11:45 AM IST

A medical worker waits for visitors to a drive-in novel coronavirus COVID-19 testing facility at the Chessington World of Adventures Resort, in Chessington. (AFP)World
UK right behind Italy as worst hit in Europe

United Kingdom's COVID-19 death toll rose by 621 on Saturday to a total of 28,131 as of May 1

3 May 2020 11:02 AM IST

A municipal worker wearing a protective suit disinfects an office building in Moscow. (AFP)World
Russia reports almost 10,000 new virus cases in a single day

However, the official fatality rate is low in comparison to countries like Italy, Spain and the United States

2 May 2020 3:59 PM IST

Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau. (AFP)World
Canada puts a ban on assault-style weapons in aftermath of mass...

PM Trudeau had previously said that a ban was in the works even before the most recent mass shooting happened almost two...

2 May 2020 1:55 PM IST

Medical staff from Britains NHS (National Health Service) in scrubs walk outside the ExCeL London exhibition centre, which has been transformed into the \NHS Nightingale\ field hospital in London. (AFP)World
Britain hits coronavirus testing target as death toll leaps again

Johnson and his government have been criticised for not stepping up testing, and also for moving slowly on bringing in...

2 May 2020 1:36 PM IST

A medic wearing a protective suit collects a swab sample of a woman for COVID-19 testing. (PTI)World
Indian origin doctors in UK at greater risk of virus infection

While 37 per cent of the UK's doctors are foreign-born, nearly one in 10 are from India, all currently on the frontline...

2 May 2020 12:10 PM IST

A medical worker wearing protective equipment looks through the window at arriving ambulances at the Pokrovskaya hospital in St.Petersburg, Russia. (AP)World
Russia reports record spike in daily Covid cases after PM's infection

The nationwide case tally rose by 7,933 cases and now stands at 114,431, while the official overall death toll stands at...

2 May 2020 10:27 AM IST

A Health Care Worker walks across the parking lot at the Pro Health Urgent Care coronavirus testing site in Wantagh, New York. (AFP)World
Countries must prepare for virus resurgence after easing lockdown: WHO

WHO director-general defended of his and the WHO's timely actions in declaring the new coronavirus an international...

2 May 2020 10:12 AM IST

Healthcare workers applaud in return as they are cheered on outside the Gregorio Maranon Hospital in Madrid. (AFP)World
Spain sees further dip in daily virus death toll

This is the fifth straight day that the number of daily deaths has hovered around 300, with the lowest figure since...

30 April 2020 4:13 PM IST

Medical workers wearing protective gear carry on a stretcher a man, suspected of having the coronavirus infection, at a hospital in Kommunarka, outside Moscow. (AP)World
Russia reports record spike in daily virus cases

Coronavirus cases in the country surged past 100,000 with 7,099 new cases on Thursday

30 April 2020 3:16 PM IST

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