Australia and New Zealand on Tuesday brushed aside calls for an easing of tough restrictions on travel and public gatherings despite their success in curbing the spread of COVID-19.
The United States may be ready to start gradually reopening next month, the government's top infectious diseases expert said Sunday, as signs grew that the coronavirus pandemic was peaking.
Boris Johnson left hospital on Sunday to convalesce from COVID-19 at Chequers, the country estate of British prime ministers, officials said, a week after he was admitted and then spent three days in intensive care.
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BioNTech and Pfizer Inc have reached further in their collaboration to advance candidates from BioNTech’s mRNA vaccine programme, previously announced on March 17, 2020.
Malaysia’s Covid-19 response which includes the movement control order (MCO) is the fourth strictest among South-East Asian countries as of Friday, according to the University of Oxford’s Blavatnik School of Government.
A total of 197 new coronavirus cases were confirmed in Tokyo on Saturday, a record daily increase for the fourth straight day, the metropolitan government said.
South Korea on Sunday reported 32 more cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing the nation's total infections to 10,512.
The United States recorded 1,920 deaths related to the novel coronavirus over the past 24 hours, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University as of 8:30 pm on Saturday.
Germany will replace most ageing Tornado fighter-bomber jets in its air force fleet with Eurofighter aircraft but buy a share of the replacements from US manufacturer Boeing, media reported Friday.
Any premature lifting of restrictions imposed to control the COVID-19 pandemic could lead to a fatal resurgence of the new coronavirus, the World Health Organisation warned Friday.
G20 energy ministers pledged to work together to ensure oil "market stability", in a statement released on Saturday after a virtual summit hosted by Saudi Arabia that did not mention production cuts.
The global coronavirus death toll topped 100,000 Friday as Easter celebrations around the world kicked off in near-empty churches with billions of people stuck indoors to halt the pandemic's deadly march.
Church doors will be shut and the Vatican sealed off when Pope Francis leads 1.3 billion Catholics in Easter on Sunday celebrations held under a worldwide coronavirus lockdown.
Tentative signs of hope emerged on Thursday that the coronavirus pandemic was peaking, as the European Union sealed a rescue package to help the hard-hit continent.
US President Donald Trump said on Thursday his administration would present a plan this weekend to save the flagging airline industry, which is facing vastly reduced business as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
Iraqi President Barham Saleh nominated spy chief Mustafa Kadhemi on Thursday as the country's third prime minister-designate this year, moments after his predecessor ended his bid to form a government.
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres urged the Security Council on Thursday to display unity as it met to discuss what he called the "fight of a generation" – the global coronavirus pandemic.
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