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The life-threatening coronavirus that has rapidly swept the world can linger in the air of crowded places, researchers today warned. Experts in Wuhan, the Chinese city where the pandemic began, analysed air samples from different […]

Inmates at an El Salvador prison were forced together in a jailhouse lockdown as authorities ignored social distancing rules on Saturday. The Izalco prison inmates were crammed next to each other after President Nayib Bukele […]

A recording spread around the world at the end of March, purportedly featuring a former Vodafone executive claiming to let the public in on a secret that the coronavirus pandemic is cover for a global […]

Everyone entering the UK will be forced to quarantine for a fortnight under plans being drawn up by the Government. The move follows growing pressure for tighter border controls during the coronavirus crisis and would […]

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday said a five-week nationwide coronavirus lockdown would be slowly eased starting from next month. “We have accordingly decided that beyond Thursday the 30th of April, we should begin […]

The UK government’s scientific advisers are considering what to tell ministers about whether the public should wear face masks when out. The Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) has been considering issues like how to […]

The number of deaths from the new coronavirus in the United States topped 40,000 on Sunday, according to a running tally by Johns Hopkins University. It showed fatalities countrywide had reached 40,585, with almost half […]

China further fuelled suspicions today that it under-reported casualties from its coronavirus epidemic when it jacked up by over a thousand, the death toll for Wuhan, the epicentre. An official on Friday announced a major […]

People should dry their hands with paper towels to avoid spreading the new coronavirus, according to the authors of a study published on Friday that finds disposable tissues are better than jet dryers at removing […]

The world’s biggest trial of drugs to treat Coronavirus patients has begun in the United Kingdom at unprecedented speed, and hopes to have some answers within weeks. According to The Guardian, the Recovery trial has […]

The United Kingdom has extended the lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19 in the country by three weeks. Dominic Raab, UK foreign secretary, who announced the development on Thursday, said there have been indications […]

Officials in China reportedly spent a week downplaying the risks of a possible coronavirus pandemic. According to AP, documents and interviews with various officials in the country showed that China detected a likely pandemic in […]

Coronavirus has infected more than two million people across the world, with over 100,000 deaths. Aaccording to statistics from the John Hopkins University, global coronavirus data as of Wednesday evening was 2,023,663 confirmed cases of […]

The government of the United States has suspended its funding of the World Health Organisation. President Donald Trump told journalists on Tuesday that the organisation “failed in its basic duty”. “Today I am directing my […]

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been moved out of intensive care. The BBC quoted a spokesman for the prime minister saying he was moved from intensive care on Thursday. “[He] has been moved this […]

Tiny droplets of saliva that are sprayed into the air when people speak may be sufficient to spread coronavirus, according to US government scientists who say the finding could help control the outbreak. Researchers at […]