The foreign secretary, Dominic Raab, who has been deputising for the prime minister, earlier said Johnson was making "positive steps forward". Johnson first revealed that he'd contracted the viru...

Previously , the unclaimed bodies were kept in the storage for 30 days. As per new rules, if the bodies remain unclaimed for over two weeks, they will be sent to Hart Island for burial. Battling t...

He said learning from both the experiences of other countries and back at home, it is clear that there is a "compelling case to proceed in a manner that is cautious and properly collaborated". He expl...

Rev Dan Crouch says: "At a time where every day merges with the next and nobody is sure what day it is, a reminder that Friday is Good Friday". The province has prohibited all organized public event...

He said it is his "fervent hope" that the government will be able in a position to begin to unwind the restrictions in early May but warned it will be done on a phased basis. "The restrictions we intr...

But there is an " alarming acceleration " in other countries including in Africa . A clear manifestation of the latter is that Taiwan has pledged to donate 16 million masks to countries hit hard by C...

The New York governor asserted that ICU admissions have also fallen. Cuomo again likened the pandemic to the lives lost during the September 11, 2001 terror attacks. Cuomo said his criticisms of t...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is said to be improving after he was admitted to intensive care two nights ago, according to Chancellor Rishi Sunak. "We're flattening the curve so far", he said, whil...

It allows users with devices like Apple Watch or fitness trackers such as Fitbit to share data about coronavirus symptoms to track the spread of the pandemic in Germany. Germany has the fourth highe...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson was recently moved from an intensive care unit after he contracted the deadly coronavirus and failed to shake the deadly bug . He said: "This behaviour is totally unaccept...

Deputies arrived to discover both Jesernik and Schriefer dead. "There have been no indicators of a battle, and the house was neat and orderly", authorities stated in a press launch, and the entire h...

President Trump told a press briefing Sunday the USA coronavirus death toll could have reached 2.2 million without social distancing restrictions, and it would signal "we all together have done a very...

The Justice Department and other executive branch agencies recommended Thursday that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) revoke and terminate China Telecom Corp.'s authorizations to provide ...

China subsequently banned the breeding, trading and consumption of wildlife, and revoked all existing licenses. But the wildlife trade is widespread in the country, and previous efforts to curtail th...

Whatever the faults in China's response, many observers saw Trump's blaming of Beijing as a political ploy as he faces criticism for not acting sooner to stop COVID-19, which has killed more than ...

The government also aims to create 30,000 new jobs in the next two years. On November 18, 2019, the High Court in Hong Kong ruled that a ban on masks was "unconstitutional" on the grounds that t...

Google has publicly released a series of COVID-19 Community Mobility Maps, utilising location history data from users around the world to present insights into how people are moving around local ...

The prime minister's announcement came as COVID-19 infections in Tokyo have doubled to about 1,200 in the past five days, accounting for more than a quarter of all cases in the country. Koike urged ...

Damage from Tropical Cyclone Harold to a tourist resort is shown in the Hihifo coastal area of Tonga yesterday. "Assessment of the damage is ongoing, and we will consider any further assistance if...

Eighty-four-year old King Salman is thought to have secluded himself on an island palace near the city of Jeddah on the Red Sea while Crown Prince Mohamed Bin Salman has retreated to the same remote ...

Ardern praised New Zealanders for "breaking the chain of transmission" in the first half of a four-week lockdown. Next week, Ardern will explain which restrictions will be relaxed - and by how much ...

At least 151,000 people have now tested positive for the coronavirus in NY, accounting for roughly 35 percent of the nation's total diagnoses. Almost 2,000 deaths caused by novel coronavirus were ...

Greater than 600 circumstances of COVID-19 and 15 deaths are linked the to the ship, the Ruby Princess . Fuller confirmed that about a thousand crew of various nationalities remain on board the Ru...

Aurora Expeditions reported that of the 217 tests carried out on the ship's passengers and crew, 128 were positive and 89 were negative. Australian and New Zealand passengers on the Greg Mortimer ...

NSW Police Commissioner Mick Fuller said people should be in lockdown wherever their "primary home" is to prevent regional hospitals becoming overwhelmed. NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian speaks to ...

Tripp said that while she regretted that George H.W. Bush had lost his bid for reelection in 1992, she had high hopes for Clinton , the first president to be born during the post-World War II baby...

The Saudi-led military coalition has supported the internationally recognised government since 2015, when the Iran-backed rebels overran the capital, Sanaa. United Nations special envoy Martin Griffit...

Dr Tedros said he had been at the receiving end of racist comments for the past two to three months. It requested Dr Tedros 'immediately correct his unfounded allegations, immediately clarify, and a...

Meanwhile, Conte cautiously portrayed an optimistic tone regarding the immediate future of his country, saying that "Experts confirm that the curve begins to decline and stabilize ..." While winning...

When the U.S. Supreme Court, the ultimate arbiter of justice in our land, is complicit in this partisan hijacking of an election? They were also distributing supplies, including hand sanitiser, to pol...

Yesterday was World Health Day, which marks the day in 1948 on which the World Health Organization (WHO) was established by the United Nations. He categorically denied that World Health Organization h...

Just hours after Pell's convictions were quashed, Pope Francis offered his morning mass for all those who suffer from unjust sentences, comparing it to the persecution of Jesus. Cardinal George Pell ...

The other 137 new asymptomatic cases were also logged. Even as curbs relaxed in Wuhan , restrictions were tightening in Heilongjiang province, a far northern province that borders Russian Federatio...

The coalition statement suggests its unilateral ceasefire was sparked by the very real threat posed by the coronavirus in a country whose health system is barely functioning. Saudi deputy defence mi...

A bridge on a normally busy provincial road in northern Italy has collapsed, but, with virtually no traffic due to the coronavirus lockdown , only two truck drivers suffered minor injuries. A spoke...