Johannesburg: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday announced an easing of some lockdown restrictions imposed due to the coronavirus pandemic beginning next month, citing economic concerns. In the statement, …
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Canberra: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Friday slammed the country’s banks for failing to provide loans to struggling businesses amid the coronavirus pandemic, declaring that the sector need to …
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New York: US President Donald Trump, who has been accused of being scientifically challenged, has tried to play scientist but ended up with a serious flub when he made a …
Trump tried to play scientist, but ends up with science-fiction Read MoreIslamabad: As the number of coronavirus cases in Pakistan has increased to 11,155 with 237 deaths, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) has revealed that 79 per cent of …
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Geneva: All available evidence to date suggests that the novel coronavirus has a natural animal origin and was not a manipulated or constructed virus, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. “Many …
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New York: Sunlight kills COVID-19 while warmer temperatures and humid weather significantly damage the virus, measured in terms of the virus’ half life or the time it takes to cut its …
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Washington: US President Donald Trump while addressing the daily White House coronavirus briefing said “we are very close to a vaccine”, after noting vaccine trials taking place in the US, Germany, …
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London: The first human trial in Europe of a coronavirus vaccine has begun in Oxford. Two volunteers were injected, the first of more than 800 people recruited for the study, the …
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Beijing: US-based Gilead Sciences’ remdesivir, a potential antiviral drug to treat COVID-19 patients and is under several trials around the world, has reportedly failed to produce desired results during a Chinese …
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United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stressed the need to protect human rights in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. “The COVID-19 pandemic is a public health emergency. But it is …
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