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The United States has agreed to buy from Russia ventilators, medical supplies and other personal protection equipment needed to treat patients infected with COVID-19, a top official has said, as the country wrestles with the coronavirus pandemic that the White House has warned could kill up to two lakh people during the next fortnight. The […]
India reported three deaths and over 370 new cases on April 1 — the highest-ever single-day increase in its COVID-19 tally.This brought the total confirmed cases to 1,637 and took the death toll to 38. One hundred and thirty two persons have been cured/discharged from hospitals after recovery, the Union Health Ministry said at its […]
Singapore has reported its fourth death due to the novel coronavirus, the Health Ministry said on April 2, a day after 74 new COVID-19 infections, including seven Indians, were confirmed in the country. The ministry said that a 68-year-old male Indonesian national, who was a Singapore Work Pass holder, passed away from complications due to […]
The U.S. has begun repatriation of its stranded nationals, who want to return home, from India which is undergoing a 21-day lockdown to stem the spread of coronavirus pandemic, a senior American diplomat has said, praising the Indian government for extending full support to undertake this “important mission“. The repatriation from India is part of […]
A six-week-old infant has died of complications relating to COVID-19, the governor of the U.S. State of Connecticut said Wednesday, in one of the youngest recorded deaths from the virus. Also read | COVID-19 worst crisis since World War II, says U.N. chief Governor Ned Lamont tweeted that the newborn was “brought unresponsive to a […]
The United Nation’s COP26 Climate Change Summit due to take place in the Scottish city of Glasgow in November has been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, the British government said on Wednesday. Coronavirus | Putin working remotely after doctor he met with tests positive “In light of the ongoing, worldwide effects of COVID-19, holding […]
United States and Spain continue to bear the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic with consistent increases in the number of new cases recorded in the past week. Over 54% of the 48,757 new cases recorded on March 31 were from the U.S. The U.S. is also witnessing an exponential increase in the number of new […]
Welcoming Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani’s decision to form a team for intra-Afghan negotiations that will include the Taliban, the government said this is a “positive step” for the process of reconciliation in the country. “We view the formation of the team as a positive step which would lead to a peaceful and stable future for […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin has decided to handle his duties remotely, the Kremlin said Wednesday, after the head of the country’s main coronavirus hospital tested positive following a meeting with the president. Denis Protsenko, who met with Putin last week as the Russian leader visited the Kommunarka hospital in Moscow, said on Tuesday that he […]
The heads of three global agencies warned on Wednesday of the risk of a worldwide “food shortage” if authorities fail to manage the ongoing COVID-19 crisis properly. Many governments around the world have put their populations on lockdown causing severe slow-downs in international trade and food supply chains. Panic buying by people going into confinement […]