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Mike Pompeo urges ‘entire world’ to stand up to China

United States Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo speaks at Lancaster House, London on Tuesday.

Updated on Jul 21, 2020, 10:57 PM IST

Grim milestones: 77k new cases in US, Brazil infections hit 2 million

People walk at a popular shopping street amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease in Sao Paulo, Brazil

Published on Jul 18, 2020, 6:28 AM IST

1 million Covid-19 infections in India, toll nears 25,600

A BMC health care worker checks the temperature of the resident at Dharavi during Covid-19 pandemic in Mumbai on Thursday.

Updated on Jul 17, 2020, 12:56 AM IST

Covid-19: What you need to know today

A health worker of Special Mobile Surveillance team in PPE coveralls attempts to collect a swab sample from a child for Covid-19 rapid antigen test at Model Town in New Delhi on Wednesday.

Updated on Jul 16, 2020, 10:37 AM IST

Covid-19 vaccine update: Latest on Gilead’s remdesivir, Moderna’s experimental candidate and others

Gilead Sciences Inc’s remdesivir is at the forefront of the efforts to treat the disease after it helped shorten hospital recovery times in a clinical trial.

Updated on Jul 15, 2020, 8:46 AM IST

Covid-19: Swiss doctor pans plastic visors after virus hits restaurant workers

Swiss restaurants don’t require all workers to wear protective facial coverings, though some have adopted them. (Representational Image)

Updated on Jul 15, 2020, 8:25 AM IST

Covid-19 shot derived from tobacco-like plant tested in humans

A number of pharmaceutical companies are pursuing a plant-based approach to the novel coronavirus. (Representational Image)

Updated on Jul 14, 2020, 8:06 PM IST

India’s number of undernourished people declines by 60 million to reach 14 %: UN

The two subregions showing reductions in undernourishment -- eastern and southern Asia -- are dominated by the two largest economies of the continent -- China and India.. (Photo by Vageesh Lall/ Hindustan Times)

Published on Jul 14, 2020, 3:26 PM IST

10 million children may never return to school after Covid-19 pandemic: Charity

A girl colours a sketch made to educate children on Covid-19 in Bangkok, Thailand.

Updated on Jul 14, 2020, 1:07 AM IST

Lockdown life: Coronavirus surge in Eastern Europe prompts new restrictions

Virus deaths are rising in the US, especially in the South and West, with the seven-day rolling daily average increasing from 578 two weeks ago to 664 on Friday. (Representational Image)

Updated on Jul 13, 2020, 7:36 PM IST

WHO registers another highest one-day jump with over 230,000 Covid-19 cases

An electronic sign directs motorists to a drive up Covid-19 testing site at the Orange County Convention Center on Sunday in Orlando, Fla.

Updated on Jul 13, 2020, 1:49 AM IST

Ventilation key to mitigating Covid-19 risk

An increasing number of outbreaks implicate the role of aerosols in the spread of infection, which can be spread by presymptomatic and symptomatic people.

Updated on Jul 12, 2020, 10:05 PM IST

The big questions, and answers, on Covid-19, writes Karan Thapar

India needs to keep expanding testing till the positivity rate is below 5%

Updated on Jul 12, 2020, 5:37 AM IST

WHO sees infections rise by record 228k in one day

A visitor wearing a face mask takes a selfie in front of Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece Mona Lisa at the Louvre Museum in Paris.

Updated on Jul 11, 2020, 4:34 AM IST

Who’s WHO? The World Health Organization under scrutiny

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus arrives at a news conference at the WHO headquarters in Geneva Switzerland July 3, 2020.

Published on Jul 10, 2020, 8:46 PM IST

WHO advance team on way to China to set up probe into coronavirus origin

A pedestrian in protective suit rides an escalator near an overpass with an electronic board showing stock information, following an outbreak of the novel coronavirus in the country, at Lujiazui financial district in Shanghai, China.

Published on Jul 10, 2020, 3:33 PM IST

Covid-19: A New Year’s feast spread the virus and now it divides scientists

Some scientists point to the fact that the new pathogen hasn’t spread explosively across hospitals as evidence that it isn’t as contagious by air as flu or measles. (Representational Image)

Updated on Jul 10, 2020, 2:11 PM IST

85% Covid-19 deaths in 45-plus age bracket: Govt data

Government data showed that 85% of all people who have died due to Covid-19 in the country were over the age of 45 years.Photo by Keshav Singh/Hindustan Times

Updated on Jul 10, 2020, 6:03 AM IST

India’s Covid-19 recoveries overshoot active cases, rate climbs to 62.09%

The increased testing across the country has also contributed to the high number of cases being reported from several states over the last few weeks.

Updated on Jul 9, 2020, 7:43 PM IST

India’s Covid-19 deaths per million among lowest globally: Health Ministry

India on Thursday saw a steep single-day surge of 24,879 coronavirus infections which pushed the nationwide Covid-19 caseload to 7,67,296.

Updated on Jul 9, 2020, 5:03 PM IST

Is Covid-19 airborne? Indian experts react to latest finding, say there is no need to panic

Over 230 scientists from 32 nations have written to the WHO, saying there is evidence that coronavirus is airborne and even smaller particles can infect people.

Updated on Jul 9, 2020, 7:50 AM IST

Covid-19: Japan supercomputer suggests changes to travel, work amid airborne virus threat

The World Health Organization (WHO) acknowledged ‘evidence emerging’ of airborne transmission, but said it was not definitive. (Representational Image)

Updated on Jul 8, 2020, 7:28 PM IST

US formally withdraws from WHO: Senator

Donald Trump has formally withdrawn the United States from the World Health Organization

Updated on Jul 8, 2020, 12:26 AM IST

Keep toll low, suppress Covid-19 transmission: Centre to states

All states have been told to conduct minimum of a 14 tests per 100,000 people.

Updated on Jul 7, 2020, 12:31 AM IST

Months of trial and error in the ICU offer clues on how to save Covid patients

Swiss army soldier Julien (R) helps a medical worker to treat a patient in the intensive care unit (ICU) of a hospital during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Payerne, Switzerland.

Published on Jul 6, 2020, 10:29 PM IST

China reports suspected case of ‘Black Death’ plague. All you need to know

People wearing face masks are seen at the Sanlitun shopping area, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in Beijing, China.

Updated on Jul 6, 2020, 8:29 PM IST

May I have a word, please?

It usually takes a couple of years before new words make it into dictionaries. One word, Covid-19, made it in in just a month.

Updated on Jul 5, 2020, 7:51 AM IST

WHO says first alerted to coronavirus by its office, not China

WHO director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a press conference on April 20 the first report had come from China, without specifying whether the report had been sent by Chinese authorities or another source.

Updated on Jul 4, 2020, 10:58 AM IST

Global coronavirus cases rise to more than 11 million

Some countries are experiencing a resurgence in infections, leading authorities to partially reinstate lockdowns, in what experts say could be a recurring pattern into 2021.

Published on Jul 4, 2020, 7:28 AM IST

Ensure dignity of dead and alive is maintained while cremating Covid patients: Bombay HC

The court made the observations while hearing a public interest litigation (PIL), raising concerns over the lack of safety precautions at Shivaji Park, Chandanwadi and Sion crematoriums, which have been receiving many bodies of Covid-19 patients every day for cremation. (HT photo)

Updated on Jul 4, 2020, 7:48 AM IST

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