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Practice physical distancing even during Ramadan: WHO

New Delhi: As the holy month of Ramadan this year falls between late April and late May amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) has urged people to keep maintaining physical distancing. “Practice physical distancing by strictly maintaining a distance of at least 1 metre (3 feet) between people at all times,” the […]

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Kartarpur Darbar Sahib Shrine's Domes Collapse, Pakistan Blamed Of Using Cheap Substandard Material

New Delhi/Islamabad: The nature’s fury has exposed Pakistan government’s sham at the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur when thunderstorms smashed some of its newly renovated domes. Local sources in Islamabad confirmed the social media reports that at least eight domes of the recently renovated Sikh shrine, collapsed during rain and thunderstorm on Friday evening, causing […]

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Lifting lockdown restrictions is not end of epidemic: WHO

Geneva: World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Sunday that lifting lockdown restrictions for COVID-19 is not the end of the epidemic, it’s just the beginning of the next phase. Speaking at the Group of 20 (G20) Health Ministers virtual meeting from Geneva, the WHO chief said it’s vital in this next […]

COVID-19: IMF, World Bank urge countries to keep trade open
COVID-19: IMF, World Bank urge countries to keep trade open

Washington: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group (WBG) have called on countries to keep trade open as the world battles the COVID-19 pandemic, warning that export controls on medical supplies and other essentials could backfire. At a virtual press conference during the just-concluded spring meetings of the two multilateral institutions, IMF […]

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US Oil Prices Turn Negative For The First Time In History; Wall Street Tumbles

New York: US oil prices turned negative on Monday for the time in history. West Texas Intermediate crude for May delivery shed more than 300 per cent to settle at -37.63 USD per barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. What it means is that oil producers are paying the buyers to take the commodity […]

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Oxford Varsity COVID-19 Vaccine Human Trials From Thursday: UK Health Secretary

London: The UK government on Tuesday announced that the human trial of a potential COVID-19 candidate vaccine being developed by researchers at the University of Oxford will begin from Thursday. Scientists at the University of Oxford last week promised a super-fast vaccine during a virtual press conference, saying the vaccine will be available by September. […]

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Trump suspends issuing of new Green Cards for 60 days

Washington: President Donald Trump has said that he will halt issuing new Green Cards or legal permanent residency for the next 60 days as part of his executive order to temporarily suspend immigration into the US. However, the move will not have any impact on those entering the country on a temporary basis, Trump said […]

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Coronavirus Vaccine Could Be Available This Year, Says UK Scientist

London: Two scientists who are leading the charge for a coronavirus vaccine in the UK have been speaking about their projects. Professor Sarah Gilbert is head of a team at the University of Oxford. Trials, which have had 5,000 volunteers, are set to begin on Thursday, the BBC reported. “We just start with two people […]

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Coronavirus Will Be With Us For A Long Time: WHO Chief

Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) Chief said on Wednesday that the coronavirus continues to be extremely dangerous and will remain for a long time. “Make no mistake: We have a long way to go. This virus will be with us for a long time,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of WHO, said at the daily briefing […]

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Beijing Prohibits US From Visiting China To Probe COVID-19 Origin

New Delhi/Washington: Beijing has denied permission to American scientists to visit Wuhan Institute of Virology or any other part of China to investigate the origin of the novel coronavirus. US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo revealed this on Wednesday while speaking to Fox News about why greater transparency from the  Xi Jinping government was required. […]

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First patients injected as UK begins human trial of coronavirus vaccine

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 BBC reported. Half will receive the COVID-19 vaccine, and half a control vaccine which protects against meningitis but not coronavirus. The design of the […]

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Fighting COVID-19: US is very close to a vaccine, says Donald Trump

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, the United Kingdom and China. He was joined by Vice-President Mike Pence and Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus taskforce co-ordinator, the BBC reported. […]

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Novel coronavirus has not been manipulated or constructed in labs: WHO

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 researchers have been able to look at the genomic features of SARS-CoV-2 and have found that evidence does not support that SARS-CoV-2 is a […]

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US FDA approves first at-home test for diagnosing COVID-19

Washington: US Food and Drug Agency approved the first “at-home test” for diagnosing COVID-19, said Dr. Stephen Hahn, who heads the agency. He said the president tasked him with cutting down “as many barriers as we possibly could to get products into the medical community”, the BBC reported. “We have done that, of course recognising […]

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COVID-19: FDA Warns Against Use Of Hydroxychloroquine Pills

Washington: At a time when hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is being touted as a ‘wonder drug’ to treat critical Covid-19 patients, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday issued fresh guidelines, cautioning people against over-the-counter use of hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine for Covid-19 outside of the hospital setting or a clinical trial due to the risk […]

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