Virus

Big fall in COVID-19 deaths in France

PARIS, France (AFP) -- France reported a big fall in its coronavirus toll on Sunday, with 242 deaths in 24…

US records 1,330 coronavirus deaths in 24 hours: Johns Hopkins

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The United States recorded 1,330 more novel coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours, according…

French watchdog warns about use of Trump-backed virus drug

PARIS, France (AFP) — The French drugs agency warned doctors for a second time Saturday about using hydroxychloroquine, the drug…

Tunisia hopes novel methods will aid virus fight

by Caroline Nelly Perrot Agence France-Presse TUNIS, Tunisia (AFP) — The feared impact of coronavirus on Tunisia's fragile public health system…

Spain’s daily virus death toll drops to 288, lowest in a month

  MADRID, Spain (AFP) -- Spain's daily coronavirus death toll dropped to 288 on Sunday, the lowest since March 20,…

RITM has resumed full operations, says DOH

(Eagle News) – The Research Institute of Tropical Medicine (RITM) has resumed full operations after downscaling for about a week,…

Back from the COVID dead in Ecuador, after hospital mixup

  QUITO, Ecuador (AFP) -- An Ecuadoran woman who was pronounced dead of COVID-19 suddenly woke up in the hospital,…

Beijing bans ‘uncivilized’ behaviour to improve public hygiene

  BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Beijing has banned "uncivilized" behaviour such as not covering the mouth and nose when coughing…

Locked in by virus, Iraq hit with new pandemic: domestic abuse

by Ammar Karim Agence France Presse BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) -- "More morphine!" Malak's mother cried, her 20-year-old daughter hospitalized after…

WHO warns over virus immunity as global death toll tops 200,000

  by Gaël Branchereau with AFP bureaus Agence France Presse The World Health Organization warned on Saturday that recovery from…

COVID-19 deaths worldwide near 200,000 as UN pushes for global vaccine effort

  by Paul Handley with AFP bureaus Agence France Presse The global coronavirus death toll approached 200,000 on Saturday as…

Canada says 1 million masks from China did not meet its standards for frontline workers

  MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) -- The Canadian government said Friday that one million KN95 masks imported from China did not…

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