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PARIS: Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis: Death toll tops 800,000 The pandemic has killed at least 800,004 people worldwide since surfacing in China late last year, according to a tally from official sources compiled by AFP at around 1100 GMT Saturday. More than 23 million cases have been registered in 196 […]

Covid-19 virus with D614G mutation detected in Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Institute for Medical Research has detected a D614G type mutation as a result of isolation and culture tests on three cases from the Sivagangga patient-under-investigation (PUI) Cluster and one case from the Ulu Tiram Cluster. Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said this means the community has to be more […]

US developing coronavirus strain for human ‘challenge’ trials

WASHINGTON: US scientists are developing a strain of the coronavirus that could be used to deliberately infect volunteers in so-called “challenge studies,” a government agency said Friday. The work is preliminary and the government is continuing to prioritize randomised clinical trials of vaccine candidates, the National Institute for Allergies and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) said. Several […]

Latest global Coronavirus developments

Covid global

PARIS: Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis: US hits five million cases The United States has registered more than five million cases in the coronavirus pandemic, Johns Hopkins University’s real-time tally showed Sunday, with more than 162,000 deaths as the country struggles to control the disease. The US tally reached 5,000,603 cases […]

Latest global Coronavirus developments

PARIS: Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis: Nearly 722,000 deaths The coronavirus pandemic has now claimed 721,902 lives since December when it first surfaced in China, according to a global tally compiled by AFP at 1100 GMT Saturday. There have been nearly 19.5 million cases officially recorded in 196 countries and territories, […]

Countries tighten measures as global virus death toll tops 700,000

PARIS: France and the Netherlands are gearing up for stricter mask-wearing rules to fight the coronavirus as the global death toll from the pandemic tops 700,000. Paris, Toulouse and other cities announced that the wearing of masks would be compulsory in particularly busy streets and squares. People already have to wear them inside most private […]

Coronavirus— latest global developments

Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis: More than 633,000 dead The pandemic has killed more than 633,000 people worldwide since it surfaced in China late last year, with more than 15.5 million people infected, according to an AFP tally at 1100 GMT on Friday based on official sources. The United States has […]

US records 63,872 new virus cases in 24 hours

WASHINGTON: The United States on Sunday recorded 63,872 new coronavirus cases in the previous 24 hours, Johns Hopkins University reported in its real-time tally. That put the total number of cases in the US, the nation hardest hit by the global pandemic, at 3,762,081, the Baltimore-based university said at 8.30 pm local time. Another 514 […]

California records highest single-day spike in new cases

BEIJING: The following are the updates on the global fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, reported Xinhua news agency: LOS ANGELES — The number of Covid-19 cases has totalled 173,324 in the US state of California as it recorded its highest single-day spike in coronavirus infections on Sunday. According to the data from the California Department […]

Declared coronavirus cases top seven million globally

PARIS: Declared coronavirus infections topped seven million globally, some two-thirds in Europe and the United States, according to an AFP tally of official figures at 0700 GMT Monday.  At least 7,003,851 cases have been officially recorded around the world, including 402,867 deaths, and Europe is the hardest-hit continent with 2,275,305 cases and 183,542 deaths. The […]