A top aide to US Vice-President Mike Pence has tested positive for Covid-19 one day after another White House staff member was diagnosed with the virus. Mr Pence's press secretary Katie Miller tested positive on Friday, a day after President Donald Trump's valet. The White

India has confirmed 1,787 deaths and  53,045 cases from coronavirus till Thursday, according to latest data from worldometer. However, a total of 15,331 COVID-19 patients have recovered in the country. According to the health ministry data updated in the morning, the highest

At least eight people have been killed and several hundred hospitalised after a gas leak at a chemicals plant on the east coast of India, police said Thursday. They said that the gas had leaked out of two 5,000-tonne tanks that had been unattended due to India's coronavirus

Israeli scientists have a “significant breakthrough” in developing an antibody to the novel coronavirus that can attack the virus and neutralise it within the bodies of infected persons. Defence Minister Naftali Bennett confirmed the invention saying Israel’s main biological

The US coronavirus death toll climbed by 2,333 in the past 24 hours, a tally by Johns Hopkins University showed Tuesday, more than twice as many as the day before. The Baltimore-based university said as of 8:30 pm (0030 GMT Wednesday) that the country had suffered a total of 71,022

US President Donald Trump has confirmed the White House coronavirus task force will be winding down, with Vice-President Mike Pence suggesting it could be disbanded within weeks. "We are bringing our country back," Trump said during a visit to a mask-manufacturing factory in Arizona.

India has reported 1,694 deaths and 49,400 cases from coronavirus till Wednesday. However, a total of 14,183 Covid-19 patients have recovered in the country. Starting Thursday, India will operate 64 flights until May 13 and use three Navy ships, as part of first phase of an

Novel coronavirus deaths in the United States rose by 1,015 in the past 24 hours, a tally by Johns Hopkins University showed Monday — the lowest one-day figure in a month. The Baltimore-based university had recorded more than 1.17 million cases in the country as of 8:30 pm Monday

The World Health Organization said Monday that Washington had provided no evidence to support “speculative” claims by the US president that the new coronavirus originated in a Chinese lab. “We have not received any data or specific evidence from the United States government

The US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, claimed on Sunday there is “enormous evidence” the coronavirus outbreak originated in a Chinese laboratory – but did not provide any of the alleged evidence. Pompeo’s claims, made in an interview with ABC’s This Week, represented an

US President Donald Trump has warned that as many as 100,000 people could die of coronavirus in the US. Speaking at a two-hour virtual "town hall", Mr Trump also denied that his administration had acted too slowly. More than 67,000 people have already died with Covid-19 in the US.

US President Donald Trump has said he is "glad" that Kim Jong-un has re-emerged and appears to be healthy. "I, for one, am glad to see he is back, and well!" Trump tweeted, after the North Korean leader reportedly attended the opening of a fertiliser plant. It was Kim's first

Japan plans to ship the anti-flu drug Avigan also known as Favipiravir to 43 countries after its holiday period ends next Wednesday. The drug is seen as a potential treatment for people infected with the Covid-19. Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu said on Friday that nearly 80

Kim Jong-un has appeared in public for the first time in 20 days, North Korean state media says. KCNA news agency reports that the North Korean leader cut the ribbon at the opening of a fertiliser factory. It adds that people at the factory "broke into thunderous cheers of hurrah"

India has reported 1,154 deaths and 35,043 cases till Friday, according to latest data from worldometer. A total of 9,068 corona patients have recovered in the country. Ahead of May 3, when the lockdown is scheduled to end, India Union Health Secretary Preeti Sudan has asked state

The United States recorded more than 2,000 coronavirus deaths in a 24-hour period for the third day running, according to the latest real-time tally Thursday reported by Johns Hopkins University. The country — hardest hit by the pandemic in terms of the number of fatalities —

US President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened China with fresh tariffs as he stepped up his attacks on Beijing over the coronavirus crisis, saying he had seen evidence linking a Wuhan lab to the contagion. The diatribe from the Republican incumbent came as data showed the United

US President Donald Trump has said China "will do anything they can" to make him lose his re-election bid, stepping up his criticism of Beijing amid the coronavirus pandemic. In a White House interview with Reuters news agency, he said Beijing faced a "lot" of possible consequence from

India has reported 33,062 cases and 1,079 deaths till Thursday, according to latest data from worldometer. A total of 8,437 people have recovered from the disease in the country. The total number of cases include 111 foreign nationals. Out of the 66 deaths reported since Wednesday

India has reported 29,451 cases and 939 deaths till Tuesday, according to latest figures from worldometer. A total of 7,137 people have recovered from the disease. The recovery rate of Covid-19 patients in the country was a little more than 23 percent. Besides, the global death