Brazilian woman, 97, becomes country’s oldest coronavirus survivor
RIO DE JANEIRO: When 97-year-old Brazilian Gina Dal Colleto was hospitalised on Apr 1 with coronavirus symptoms, few could have thought...
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Spain to keep coronavirus restrictions under review
MADRID: Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Sunday (Apr 12) any further loosening of the country's lockdown restrictions would...
Italy’s daily coronavirus death tally lowest since Mar 19
ROME: Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy rose by 431 on Sunday (Apr 12), down from 619 the day...
Commentary: The battle over office leave has been worsened by the coronavirus
Commentary Commentary Annual leave rosters were always a nightmare to devise but now they have become impossible, says the Financial...
Italy’s daily coronavirus death toll and new cases push higher
ROME: Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy rose by 619 on Saturday (Apr 11), up from 570 the day before,...
In grim milestone, United States logs world’s highest coronavirus death toll
NEW YORK: The United States surpassed Italy on Saturday (Apr 11) as the country with the highest reported coronavirus death toll,...
US has more than 500,000 coronavirus cases, daily death toll reaches record 2,000
NEW YORK: US coronavirus cases topped 500,000 on Friday (Apr 10), according to a Reuters tally, although there are signs that...
New Zealand reports 2 coronavirus deaths, Australia has 56
MELBOURNE: New Zealand said on Saturday (Apr 11) there had been two new deaths due to the coronavirus – its biggest...
Coronavirus found in air samples up to 4 metres from patients: China study
WASHINGTON: A new study examining air samples from hospital wards with COVID-19 patients has found the virus can travel up to...
China reports 46 new coronavirus cases, up from 42 a day earlier
BEIJING: China on Saturday (Apr 11) reported a rise in new coronavirus cases, as authorities try to head off a second...
French coronavirus toll over 13,000 as nursing home deaths jump
PARIS: The number of people who have died from coronavirus infection in France jumped by nearly 987 or 8 per...
Coronavirus death toll passes 1,000 in Brazil
BRASILIA: Brazil, the hardest-hit Latin American country in the coronavirus pandemic, passed the mark of 1,000 deaths on Friday (Apr 10),...
New US projections show summer spike if coronavirus restrictions lifted: Report
WASHINGTON: New US government figures show novel coronavirus infections will spike during the summer if stay-at-home orders are lifted after 30 days...
China’s Wuhan to keep testing residents as coronavirus lockdown eases
WUHAN: China's Wuhan city, where the global COVID-19 pandemic began, is still testing residents regularly despite relaxing its tough two-month...
