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India’s coronavirus caseload is approaching 1 million with a surge of 29,429 in the past 24 hours, prompting authorities to reimpose lockdowns in high-risk areas in nearly a dozen states. The new confirmed cases took the national total to 936,181. The Health Ministry on Wednesday also reported another 582 deaths …

President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered an end to Hong Kong’s special status under U.S. law to punish China for what he called “oppressive actions” against the former British colony, prompting Beijing to warn of retaliatory sanctions. Citing China’s decision to enact a new national security law for Hong Kong, …

Three of the largest U.S. banks said on Tuesday they had set aside a whopping $28 billion for loan losses, in a stark reminder that much of the economic pain from the coronavirus pandemic is still to come. Borrowers have been propped up by trillions of dollars in government and …

Basra Children’s Hospital which specialises in cancer treatment has cut admissions by half since May due to the novel coronavirus, its director said, and is battling to keep children safe from infection with a new isolation ward and testing of staff. Hospital director Ali Abulhussein al-Idani said that since June, …

The Iraqi Ministry of Health and Environment registered, on Tuesday, 95 deaths and more than 2000 new cases of Covid-19 over the past 24 hours in Iraq. In a statement received by AlghdeerTv, the Ministry said that 15540 tests were conducted in all the specialized laboratories in country, bringing the …

People who have recovered from COVID-19 may lose their immunity to the disease within months, according to research suggesting the virus could re-infect people year after year, like common colds.  In the first longitudinal study of its kind, scientists analyzed the immune response of more than 90 patients and healthcare …

The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the prospect of returning to normal life will not be possible for the “foreseeable future” as many countries have untimely eased restrictions in their fight against the new coronavirus pandemic. WHO’s Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus raised the alarm on Monday and …

A top member of the White House coronavirus task force said Tuesday that “none of us lie” to the public, an accusation President Donald Trump had retweeted, and that while kids need to be back in school as Trump insists, “we have to get the virus under control.” Adm. Brett …

EN DIRECT | Une Nation engagée, unie et solidaire : suivez la cérémonie du #14juillet. https://t.co/Plcl8n2aoo — Élysée (@Elysee) July 14, 2020 Medics in white coats replaced uniformed soldiers as stars of France’s Bastille Day ceremonies Tuesday as the usual grandiose military parade in Paris was recalibrated to honor medics …

The Iraqi Ministry of Health and Environment announced, on Tuesday, that almost 3784 Covid-10 patients achieved full recovery, which is the highest recovery case count since the beginning outbreak in the country. The number of recoveries worldwide has reached 50782.

While US President Donald Trump obsesses about his reelection hopes in his White House bubble, state and local leaders are frantically reversing state reopenings that he demanded, which turned America into the world’s biggest coronavirus hotspot. As emergency rooms filled and the virus quickened its relentless march across southern and …

As the race to find a novel coronavirus vaccine continues across the globe, Russia has reportedly become the first country to complete clinical trials of a vaccine candidate, with the potential to be distributed from around mid-August. A vaccine could be rolled out across the U.K. by the first half …

Covid-19: 2229 new cases and 2274 recoveries in Iraq today The Iraqi Ministry of Health and environment registered today, Monday, 2229 new cases, 2274 recoveries and 100 fatalities of Covid-19. In a statement received by AlghderTv, the ministry said that 15380 tests were performed today, raising the total number performed …

A move by Donald Trump’s administration to discredit the nation’s top infectious diseases expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, by accusing him of being frequently “wrong” about the coronavirus pandemic has been derided as “atrocious” by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff. The Democrat told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer the smear “is so …

The number of infections with the novel coronavirus has surpassed 13 million worldwide with the deaths exceeding 571,000 and recoveries over 7.58 million, according to Worldometer figures. According to the latest figures on Monday morning (+3:00 GMT), 13,069,861 people have so far been infected with the novel coronavirus globally, with …

The imf’s energy producers are expected to earn $270 billion less in oil revenue compared to last year as the region’s economic heavyweight, Saudi Arabia, sinks deeper into recession amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to the International Monetary Fund’s outlook released Monday. The international lender expects an overall economic contraction …

Confronted by surging hospitalizations due to COVID-19, South Africa is considering a return to tighter restrictions to combat the disease, which officials say may soon overwhelm the country’s health system. President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced he will speak to the nation about the crisis on Sunday evening after top health …

Denmark has launched what is thought to be the first Covid-19 passport in Europe for use when traveling abroad and domestically. Citizens there can download the official document if they have tested negative for the illness within the last seven days. The innovation is different from the more controversial immunity …

The Iraqi Ministry of Health and environment registered today, Sunday, 2312 new cases, 1645 recoveries and 95 fatalities of Covid-19. The ministry said in a statement received by AlghdeerTv, that 11154 tests were performed today, raising the total number of performed since the beginning of the outbreak in the country …

Enough coronavirus vaccine doses for everyone in UK ‘in first half of next year’ if trials succeed, research chief says Enough vaccine doses are being made for everybody in the UK in “the first half of next year”, says the head of the team at Imperial College – if trials …