To date, 78 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed among the United Nations (UN) staff worldwide, a UN official said here Friday. Alessandra Vellucci, Director of the United Nations Information Servi
More than 90 passengers and crew members on a flight to Japan's Narita airport from Chicago were given entry to the country without being requested to self-quarantine
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Germany increased by 5,780 within one day to 42,288, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced on Friday. The death toll from the novel coronavirus incr
The Jack Ma Foundation and Alibaba Foundation donated a consignment of laboratory diagnostic test kits to Botswana to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The consignment which arrived at Sir Seretse
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government on Friday announced new social distancing measures to curb the spread of COVID-19, such as limits on gat
Logos of Borussia Dortmund (left top), RB Leizpig (right top), Bayer Leverkusen (left bottom) and Bayern Munich (right bottom). /VCG The COVID-19 pandemic has not only shut down the European f
Australian Prime Minister (PM) Scott Morrison announced that everyone who arrives in the country from Sunday onwards will be forced into quarantine for two weeks. Amid growing concerns over arrivals
Medical personnel work in the ICU of Istituto Clinico Casalpalocco, in Rome, Italy, March 25, 2020. (Photo by Alberto Lingria/Xinhua) The man, referred to only as "Mr. P.", is believed to be the olde
Starlink, the satellite branch of Elon Musk’s SpaceX company, has come under fire in recent months from astronomers over concerns about the negative impact that its planned satellite clusters have rep
It was only a week ago that Google said it would hit pause on Chrome and Chrome OS releases “due to adjusted work schedules” in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, however, the company
Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between.This morning we’re taking a look at Slack’s customer growth in the cur
01:32 The staff at a care home in France have been left shocked after 21 elderly people died since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in France.The senior citizens' residence is locate
Director General of Health Services at the Ugandan Ministry of Health Dr Henry Mwebesa speaks during an event on updating the country about the latest on the spread of the coronavirus. /Photo Cou
In the "very near future," coronavirus antibody tests that could determine who has already had an infection would be available, said Christian Drosten, head of the Ins
U.S. President Donald Trump in a past event.Coronavirus cases have risen to over 60,000 in the United States according to the latest reports./Reuters The U.S. has confirmed 60,115 COVID-19 cas
Millions of new coronavirus testing kits could be ready to order on Amazon in days, rather than weeks or months, according to Public Health England.Prime Minister Boris Johnson has previously spoken
The move to shut down Parliament comes as Prime Minister Boris Johnson has ruled to put the UK on lockdown, ordering people to stay at home, banning public gatherings a