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A former American counter-terrorism specialist and military intelligence officer of the CIA have said that the “Coronavirus did not occur naturally through mutation but rather was produced in a laboratory, possibly as a biological warfare agent.” Since the novel coronavirus outbreak began in China last December, it has infected more …

In Geneva, the director of the World Health Organization said there’s a “long list of countries not doing enough” to combat the virus. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: “We’re concerned that some countries have either not taken this seriously enough or have decided there is nothing they can do. … This is …

As cases of the new coronavirus, aka COVID-19, continue to appear in more U.S. states and lead to more deaths, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the whole situation. While, no, you shouldn’t be panicking—it’s not time to start avoiding public transportation, and unless you’re a healthcare provider on the …

More than 290 million students have been affected by school closures across 13 countries to curb the coronavirus outbreak, the UN said Thursday. “While temporary school closures as a result of health and other crises are not new, unfortunately, the global scale and speed of the current educational disruption is …

Oil prices climbed higher on Thursday ahead of an OPEC meeting in which Saudi Arabia is expected to push the group and its allies including Russia to agree to further output cuts to support the market. Prices were also supported by a lower-than-expected rise in crude oil inventories in the …

The administration of Imam Hussian Holy Shrine decided on Thursday not to hold Friday prayers tomorrow in the holy shrine in response to what Karbala Health Department called for, in conjunction with the high number of Coronavirus infections in Iraq. A statement from Imam Hussian Administration said, “Given the current …

California has declared a state of emergency after the first US death from the coronavirus outside of Washington state that brought the total number of fatalities to eleven nationwide. California Governor Gavin Newsom announced the emergency on Wednesday, saying “the state is working around the clock to keep our communities …

Iraq’s Kurdistan Region’s Ministry of Health on Wednesday confirmed that a 63-year-old man died after he tested positive for coronavirus. The man, said to be an Islamic preacher, was from Sulaymaniyah where five other people are diagnosed with the new virus COVIT-19. Family sources said that he was also suffering …

Finance ministers from the Group of Seven leading economies are holding talks Tuesday to discuss how to respond to a coronavirus outbreak that has brought cases to at least 70 countries. The G-7 talks come as South Korean President Moon Jae-in sought funding in his country to help with medical …

Two people sickened with the novel coronavirus have died in the United States, as the global death toll from the viral outbreak that began in China nears 3,000. Both patients who succumbed to the newly identified virus, known officially as COVID-19, were residents of Washington state’s King County, officials said. …

Iraq Iraq detected two new coronavirus patients, both of whom had recently visited Iran, the Health Ministry said on Monday, bringing the total cases recorded so far to 21. The two new cases were detected in Baghdad and had recently returned from Iran, the ministry said in a statement. The …

A member of Iran’s Expediency Council died Monday from coronavirus, according to the official IRNA news agency. Mohammad Mirmohammadi, 76, lost his life from the virus at a hospital in the capital Tehran, IRNA said. Mirmohammadi was a former member of parliament for Qom province. In 2018, he was appointed …

A scientific team affiliated with the Iraqi company “Biomade” announced the production of a decisive treatment for the emerging coronavirus. The company said in a statement obtained by a copy of it, “Al-Ghadeer”, that it can put the medicine within the reach of patients in Iraq within a period of …

China is currently producing large amounts of favipiravir, a first antiviral drug approved to fight the Covid-19 outbreak, from which about 1,770 people have already died and the other 70,548 have been infected. According to China Daily, this is a generic version of the anti-catarrhal fapilavir and the National Medical …

France’s health minister has announced the first coronavirus death in Europe. Minister Agnes Buzyn says Saturday that “I was informed last night of the death of an 80-year-old patient who had been hospitalized … since Jan. 25.” The patient, a Chinese tourist from the province of Hubei, had a lung …

-China reported 121 new deaths on Friday, bringing the toll to 1,380. Another 5,090 new cases were confirmed, pushing up the number of infected patients to 63,851. -In Hubei province, the epicentre of the outbreak, daily new cases jumped by 4,823, while the number of new deaths rose by 116. …

The Chinese province at the center of the coronavirus outbreak reported a record rise in deaths and thousands of more infections using a broader definition on Thursday, while Japan became the third place outside mainland China to suffer a fatality. The epidemic has given China’s ruling Communist Party one of …

China reported on Wednesday its lowest number of new coronavirus cases in nearly two weeks, lending weight to a forecast by its foremost medical adviser for the outbreak to end by April – but a global expert warned it was only beginning elsewhere. The 2,015 new confirmed cases took China’s …

The death toll from the novel coronavirus outbreak surged past 1,000 in China on Tuesday as the World Health Organization warned that the epidemic poses a “very grave” global threat. The WHO is holding a conference in Geneva on combatting the virus as Beijing struggles to contain a disease that …

People across China trickled back to work on Monday after an extended Lunar New Year holiday as the government eased restrictions imposed to counter the coronavirus, but the World Health Organization said the number of cases outside China could be just “the tip of the iceberg”. The death toll from …