Washington: An influential COVID-19 model produced by the University of Washington revised its projections, estimating over 134,000 COVID-19 deaths in the United States through August. The model, from the Institute for …
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Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said that the government had decided to gradually ease the lockdown in the coming days, keeping in view the ground realities, especially the economic situation …
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Geneva: World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that the ultimate measure of success in fighting COVID-19 will not be how fast the tools are developed but how equally …
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Tehran: Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said that a recent US move to cut funding to the World Health Organization (WHO) hampers global fight against the novel coronavirus, official IRNA news agency …
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Tokyo: The Japanese government on Monday officially announced its decision to extend the nationwide state of emergency imposed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, by nearly a month until May 31. Prime …
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Canberra: Australians affected by COVID-19 travel restrictions have been encouraged to take legal action against airlines which exchanged tickets on disrupted flights for vouchers. On Monday, law firm Slater and …
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Washington: The number of global coronavirus cases have surpassed the 3.5 million mark, according to the Washington-based Johns Hopkins University. As of Monday morning, the overall number of cases worldwide …
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Washington: US President Donald Trump expressed confidence that the country would have a COVID-19 vaccine by the end of the year and revised the number of deaths due to the …
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Washington: The US government has “enormous evidence” that the novel coronavirus originated in a laboratory in the Chinese city of Wuhan, where the pandemic erupted last December, Secretary of State Mike …
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Brasilia: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro exacerbated tensions with top institutions in the country by participating in another protest amid a political crisis that began after a former Minister alleged that the …
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