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The US has accused of China of delayed action resulting in the pandemic spreading to other countries, an allegation Beijing vehemently refuted.

Inovio Pharmaceuticals's candidate, called INO-4800, is the second potential coronavirus vaccine to begin human trials in the US. Moderna, the Massachusetts biotech firm, began dosing in March for its safety trial.

Britain has no formal succession plan should the prime minister become incapacitated, but Boris Johnson, 55, has asked Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to deputise for him.

Australia's Great Barrier Reef has suffered its most widespread coral bleaching on record, scientists said Tuesday in a dire warning about the threat posed by climate change to the world's largest living organism.

Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro promoted the drug, hydroxychloroquine, in a television interview, a day after Trump publicly put his faith in the drug to lessen the toll of the coronavirus pandemic.

The behaviour and health literacy of men vary greatly from that of women. The probability of men visiting their general physician is less. Further, men are less likely to admit their sickness and seek help.

Locals had demonstrated against the centre because they thought it was too close to their homes and right in the middle of a residential district.

The coronavirus pandemic has hit Germany hard, with more than 90,000 people infected, but the percentage of fatal cases has been remarkably low compared to many neighbouring countries.

The Kabul gurdwara attack claimed the lives of 27 people, including an Indian citizen.

The deceased was reportedly advised not to travel to India for the gathering, but he was adamant to go.

In 1999 John F Kennedy Jr and his wife and sister-in-law died when the small plane he was piloting crashed off the Massachusetts coast.

Trudeau said on Saturday that he expected to speak with Trump in the coming days and that Canadian officials were having "very constructive" discussions with the US administration.

Nearly 6,000 medical masks sent to Alabama had dry rot and a 2010 expiration date. More than 150 ventilators sent to Los Angeles were broken and had to be repaired.

Americans, almost all of them under orders to stay home except for essential outings such as grocery shopping or seeing a doctor, have heard conflicting guidance in recent days about the need for wearing face masks in public.

Gabon authorities banned the sale and eating of bats and pangolins, suspected to be the origin behind the coronavirus pandemic in China, but confirmed the 21 Covid-19 infections in the country did not come from animals.

"Memes and keeping in good spirits are important, but it is important to be responsible about using content online," MTS president Alexei Kornya said in a statement on the company's website.