MUMBAI: India has recorded 92,071 new cases of the coronavirus, taking total cases to 4.85 million, the federal health ministry said today. The world’s second-most populous country lags only the United States globally in overall number of infections, but it has been reporting more daily cases than the United States […]
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JERUSALEM: Israel said it will reimpose a national lockdown to battle a coronavirus surge, as the number of daily infections around the world reached a record high. Britain, France, Austria and the Czech Republic also reported spikes, as global cases rapidly approached 29 million with more than 921,000 Covid-19 deaths, […]
WELLINGTON: New Zealand will lift coronavirus restrictions across the country on September 21, except in its biggest city, Auckland, which is the epicentre of a second wave of infections, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said today. Ardern said Auckland’s restrictions would be reviewed next Monday. She also said the government would […]
GENEVA: The World Health Organidation reported a record one-day increase in global coronavirus cases yesterday, with the total rising by 307,930 in 24 hours. The biggest increases were from India, the United States and Brazil, according to the agency’s website. Deaths rose by 5,537 to a total of 917,417. India […]
MELBOURNE: The virus that causes Covid-19 can survive on banknotes, glass and stainless steel for up to 28 days, much longer than the flu virus, Australian researchers said today, highlighting the need for cleaning and handwashing to combat the virus. Researchers at Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, found that at […]
YANGON: Myanmar reported 115 new coronavirus cases today, a day after imposing sweeping new lockdown measures in its battle on a second wave of infections. The tally stands at 2,265 cases and 14 deaths after infections quadrupled over the last month, since the virus resurfaced in the western state of […]
MANILA: The Philippines’ health ministry today reported 4,040 new coronavirus infections, the highest daily increase in 12 days, and 42 more deaths. In a bulletin, the ministry said total confirmed cases had increased to 252,964, the most in South-east Asia, while confirmed deaths have reached 4,108.
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump acknowledged to a journalist early in the coronavirus pandemic that he played down the danger of the health crisis despite having evidence to the contrary, according to a new book. “I wanted to always play it down,” Trump told author Bob Woodward on Mar 19, […]
SYDNEY: Australia is not worried about AstraZeneca Plc’s decision to put on hold its Covid-19 vaccine trial, its deputy chief medical officer said today, as daily cases nudged higher in the country’s coronavirus hot spot. AstraZeneca yesterday said it has paused a late-stage trial of one of the leading Covid-19 […]
MUMBAI: India recorded its highest daily deaths from the coronavirus in more than a month today, even as new infections slowed, data from the health ministry showed. The health ministry said 1,133 people had died of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, the highest since July, taking total mortalities to […]