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US criticizes WHO for ignoring Taiwan virus warnings

President Donald Trump has gone on an offensive with threats to withhold funding for the WHO, which is at the forefront of fighting the pandemic that has infected more than 1.5 million people worldwide since emerging in Wuhan, China late last year. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2VhyO2r

Covid-19 pandemic provides 'window' into how bio-terrorist attack might unfold in world: Guterres

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Pope guides locked-down world through virtual Easter

Church doors will be shut and the Vatican sealed off when Pope Francis leads 1.3 billion Catholics in Easter Sunday celebrations held under a worldwide coronavirus lockdown. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3c7FQgU

Pakistan's coronavirus cases rise to 4,474, Punjab remains worst affected

Punjab has the highest number of coronavirus cases in Pakistan with the provincial tally at 2,224, Dawn reported citing official data. Nearly half of the cases in the country are from Punjab. Sindh, the second-worst affected province after Punjab, recorded 1,128 cases so far. According to official data, 572 people across the country have also recovered from the disease. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3aTpBE5

16.8mn Americans seek unemployment aid amid Covid-19 pandemic

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Donald Trump's coronavirus briefing room antics entertain — and appall

"Nasty," Donald Trump calls one reporter, "third-rate," he brands another. The US president seems to loathe journalists but at his tempestuous coronavirus press conferences he just keeps coming back for more. Every day for weeks now, Trump has spent up to two hours of primetime television delivering his unique blend of insults, jokes and cheerful boasts. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2RrVhsv

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu thanks India for delivering hydroxychloroquine to Israel

The Israeli's PM's thanked India two days after a plane carrying materials used to make medicines for treating coronavirus patients arrived in Israel from India on Tuesday. The five tonne shipment included ingredients for drugs chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, being seen worldwide as the best possible cure as of now for treating Covid-19 patients. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2wtgjjf

UN chief calls for unity of Security Council over COVID-19

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UN chief warns Covid-19 threatens global peace and security

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned the U.N. Security Council on Thursday that the coronavirus pandemic is threatening international peace and security - "potentially leading to an increase in social unrest and violence that would greatly undermine our ability to fight the disease." from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Rs4XDd

UN chief warns Covid-19 threatens global peace and security

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned the U.N. Security Council on Thursday that the coronavirus pandemic is threatening international peace and security - "potentially leading to an increase in social unrest and violence that would greatly undermine our ability to fight the disease." from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Rs4XDd

‘How Do I Get Help?’ Dying Coronavirus Patient Asked Alexa

When a cousin gave the sisters Lou Ann Dagen and Penny Dagen each an Amazon Echo Show last year, they would keep each other company for hours on end. And when Lou Ann Dagen, 66, became gravely ill with COVID-19, she turned once again to Alexa. Penny said she found the recordings Monday, two days after Lou Ann died of complications from the virus. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2JZoO8B

US death toll crosses 16,500; 11% under 25 years testing positive: White House

Data on those under 25 years were drawn from a universe of 200,000 tests while more than half a million people in the 25-45 years age group and in the 45-65 age group have been tested, according to Dr. Deborah Birx, who is coordinating the White House response to the pandemic. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2xlSdY7

Over 16,000 Americans die of coronavirus in US

The deadly coronavirus pandemic claimed lives of more than 16,000 Americans and infected over 4.6 lakhs of them, devastating the US economy and rendering a record 16 million workers jobless in just three weeks. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2Rpq9K0

'You can't relax': Vigilance urged as New York sees signs of coronavirus progress

Calls for heightened vigilance, countering talk from the Trump administration of reopening the economy next month, came as new evidence emerged that stay-at-home restrictions were working to flatten the arc of infections in New York state, the U.S. epicenter of the pandemic. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3a49bHW

North Korea's Kim Jong Un oversees military drill

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw another military drill, state media reported Friday, ahead of a meeting of the country’s rubber-stamp parliament, which is going ahead despite the coronavirus pandemic. North Korea claims it has no confirmed cases of SARS-CoV-2. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2XpzEwA

China reports 42 new confirmed COVID-19 cases

China has reported 42 new coronavirus cases, including 38 imported infections, taking the total tally to 81,907, health officials said on Friday, as the country started a new trial of re-testing the recovered COVID-19 patients amid heightened concern of a rebound of the deadly disease. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2y3pTtD

UN chief highlights impacts of Covid-19 on women

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British PM better now, out of ICU

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Courage helped beat virus: Survivor

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Spain, Italy set to extend lockdowns

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Wuhan is returning to life. So are wet markets

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