Facing an empty auditorium, four musicians of the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra (SSO) played the first note of a livestreamed chamber concert Saturday evening as their formal resumption of work. Theme
The coronavirus epidemic claimed 368 lives in locked down Italy on Sunday, according to new data released by the Civil Protection Department. Speaking at a nightly tele
Algerian women wearing protective masks are pictured in front of El-Kettar hospital's special unit to treat cases of novel coronavirus in the capital Algiers on February 26, 2020. /AFP Algeria
Photo taken on March 13, 2020 shows an empty departure hall at Terminal 2E of Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport in Roissy, near Paris, France.(Photo by Jack Chan/Xinhua) The French government declare
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) leader Kim Jong Un has made his second public appearance this week to oversee military drills, despite concerns about t
Pedestrians wearing masks walk in the street at Ginza in Tokyo, Japan, on March 6, 2020. (Xinhua/Du Xiaoyi)Japan's health ministry and local governments said Thursday
Italy accused the EU and its member states of not responding to the commission's call for ensuring extra supplies of medical equipment amid the outbreak of the COVID-19, urging to take "quick, con
People have been wearing face masks to try to prevent infection of the virus /Nicolas Asfouri/AFP The symptoms for COVID-19 can be similar to that of the common cold or the flu. They become ap
A view of the Pincio Hill in Rome, Italy, on the first day of the lockdown of the country, March 10, 2020. (Xinhua/Cheng Tingting) Novel coronavirus sparks total lockdown in Italy. ROME, March 1
A total of 109,578 confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been reported worldwide as of 10:00 CET Monday, an increase of 3,994 infections from the previous day, according to
People wearing a protective mask in Cairo, Egypt, on March 8, 2020. (Photo by Islam Safwat/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Egypt's Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly decided on Monday to suspend all c
A woman wearing a mask arrives at Hua Lamphong Railway Station in Bangkok, Thailand, March 6, 2020. /AP The number of tourist arrivals in Thailand plummeted 44.3 percent in February compared w
All provinces on the Chinese mainland, except for Hubei, have begun to see the pause in local transmissions.According to the National Health Commission, the four cases
Moscow city authorities threatened prison terms of up to five years on Sunday for people failing to self-isolate in their homes for two weeks after visiting countries h
File Photo: People wearing masks walk on street in Bangkok, Thailand, March 5, 2020. (Xinhua/Rachen Sageamsak) Thailand's Ministry of Public Health on Friday confirmed one more case of COVID-19, rai
Prejudice can't win the battle against viruses, but even-handed information can, a Brazilian daily newspaper's columnist, Flavia Lima, have said in a recent article he
A man wearing a face mask walks on a street amid the novel coronavirus outbreak in Tehran, Iran, March 2, 2020. /Xinhua There have been 10,566 confirmed cases of the COVID-19 from 72 countries