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The company said it plans to file for FDA approval for its test through the emergency use pathway.

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said that the 27-nation group 'deeply' regrets the suspension of funds and the WHO is now 'needed more than ever' to combat the pandemic.

Reports state that some non-profits have been refusing food assistance to Hindus and Christians, arguing that the aid is reserved for Muslims alone.

The 566 new deaths reported by the civil protection service take Italy's fatalities total to 20,465 -- officially second in the world behind the United States.

The lack of adequate testing has hampered the US response to the pandemic, which has killed more than 21,600 people in the country and infected more than half a million.

So far, the UN appears to have been largely spared the epidemic raging in New York, the epicenter of the disease in the United States.

South Africa's police minister Bheki Cele says a ban on all sales of alcohol has helped lower crime during a coronavirus lockdown.

The spokesman said 3,696 have been moved to hotels and barracks available on Guam, where the ship has been docked since its former captain blew the whistle on the outbreak.

Olivia and Raul De Freita were the only guests left at an upmarket island resort in March as the hotel began shutting down due to Covid-19.

Mayor Bill de Blasio had ordered public schools shut beginning March 16 to curb the spread of the disease, with an initial goal of reopening by April 20, but the mayor said it soon became clear that date goal was unrealistic as the city emerged as a major...

As governments struggle to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic, billions of people living in countries teetering on the brink of economic collapse are being further threatened by a looming debt crisis, according to a UN report.

Trump issued the memorandum for visa sanctions, which would be effective immediately and valid till December 31, saying the countries denying repatriation of their citizens would be deemed to be causing "unacceptable public health risks for Americans".

The argument between Adrian Yan and his mother escalated and he punched her in the face, police said.

As the lockdown in the United States approaches a month, children in the US talk about how they are coping amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Ren Zhiqiang is a former head of state-run real estate conglomerate Huayuan Group and a party member who has become known for his outspokenness on sensitive topics such as press censorship.

The White House said Grisham would now become spokeswoman and chief of staff for Trump's wife Melania.