W. Ian Lipkin, director of the Center for Infection and Immunity at Columbia University, who traveled to China weeks ago to study the coronavirus epidemic before going into quarantine for two weeks,
The Chinese embassy in Britain has provided Chinese students studying here with health packs containing an anti-epidemic guide and medical kits, as the number of COVID-19 cases has topped 8,000 as of
The coronavirus pandemic has claimed 6,820 lives in locked down Italy as of Tuesday with the cumulative total number reaching 69,176, according to new data released by
Washington, D.C., the U.S. capital, will order all nonessential businesses to close so as to curb the spread of the coronavirus, the city's mayor said Tuesday. Muriel Bowser said during a press confe
01:10 First responders around the world are on the front lines to help fight COVID-19, making them vulnerable to catching the virus.In Washington, D.C., at least seven firefighters hav
The Minister of Health of Libya's UN-backed government, Ehmid Bin Omar, on Tuesday announced the first novel coronavirus infection in the country. "On Tuesday, the first infection of the novel corona
UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock./AFP Health Secretary of United Kingdom Matt Hancock says they are looking for 250,000 "NHS volunteers" to help national health service employees with "shoppin
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the world's most extensive national lockdown amid the novel coronavirus pandemic Tuesday. India's 1.3 billion — who accoun
According to the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Centre, 43,214 people have contracted COVID-19 in the United States, and 533 people have died.The United States has
The total number of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Taiwan has increased by 20 to 215, the island's epidemic monitoring agency said Tuesday. All of the n
A startup behind one of the world’s most successful tech platforms for doctors has launched a new initiative to try and track the spread of the Coronavirus, initially in the UK but soon in the US.Deve
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is making use of its Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) powers to expand the pool of available COVID-19 testing resources in the U.S., and now you can add a
Iran on Tuesday announced 122 new deaths from the novel coronavirus, raising the death toll to 1,934 across the country, official IRNA news agency reported. Kianush Ja
Japan's health ministry and local governments said Tuesday the total number of COVID-19 cases in Japan stood at 1,172, with 32 new cases including 17 cases in Tokyo as
Chinese research groups have conducted autopsies on 29 COVID-19 patient bodies and found the novel coronavirus remains in their lungs after death, a Chinese expert said
China is capable of preventing an imported virus outbreak with "three defense lines" as growing imported novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases have been reported
Japan's health ministry and local governments said Tuesday the total number of people infected with COVID-19 in Japan stood at 1,141 as of 11:00 a.m. local time here.