Virus

Virus death toll tops 3,000 as airlines cut flights

  by Nina Larson with Dave Clark in Brussels and Laurent Thomet in Beijing Agence France Presse GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP)…

WHO says, world in uncharted territory as US virus toll rises

by Laurent Thomet with Issam Ahmed in Washington PEQUIM, China (AFP) -- The world has entered uncharted territory in its…

Italy faces recession as coronavirus hits economy

by Céline CORNU MILAN, Italy (AFP) -- Italy's economy performed woefully in 2019 and is set to do even worse…

OPEC to try to stem oil price plunge amid coronavirus slowdown

by Benoît PELEGRIN LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- The OPEC club of oil-producing countries meets Thursday in Vienna as they…

S. Korea coronavirus cases approach 5,000

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- South Korea's coronavirus case total -- the largest in the world outside China -- approached…

Global sport heavily disrupted by coronavirus

by Guy JACKSON PARIS, France (AFP) -- The coronavirus is disrupting sport around the world with the MotoGP races in…

Coronavirus treatments could be available by summer: Pence

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Drugs to treat the novel coronavirus could be available by this summer or fall, US…

US coronavirus death toll rises to six, all in Washington state

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- The number of US deaths from the novel coronavirus rose to six on Monday,…

Iran reports 12 more coronavirus deaths, raising total to 66

TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) -- Iran said Monday that novel coronavirus had killed 12 more people in the Islamic republic, raising…

58 quarantined in Nigeria over coronavirus contacts

ABUJA, Nigeria (AFP) -- Nigeria is monitoring 58 people who had contact with an Italian man infected with the new…

Egypt detects second coronavirus case

CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) -- Egypt on Monday reported its second case of a novel coronavirus, more than two weeks after…

Thai man dies from coronavirus infection complications

BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) -- A Thai man has died from complications doctors say were due to the deadly coronavirus, though…

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