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European Commission spokeswoman Virginie Battu-Henriksson said global cooperation is "the only effective and viable option to win this battle".

The coronavirus-induced lockdown may be reducing accessibility to routine immunization services and exposing children to risks from vaccine-preventable diseases.

In an unusually blunt statement, the embassy was sharply critical of Australia over an issue that has soured relations between the two countries over the past month.

President Xi Jinping of China announced at the start of the forum that Beijing would donate $2 billion toward fighting the coronavirus as US President Donald Trump declined to address the gathering.

Earlier Monday, the WHO said it would launch an independent review of the response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Trump claimed that more people would have died from coronavirus in the country had he not imposed a ban on travel from China, which was 'opposed' by the health agency.

Companies are having an extremely difficult time due to the outbreak, which has caused a huge shock to China's economic and social development, Zhong Shan said.

Merchant ships have been attacked in recent years in the Gulf of Aden and the Bab al-Mandab waterway by armed gangs as well as militant groups.

Both countries have been hit hard by the Covid-19 disease, with the US recording the highest number of fatalities in the world and Iran battling the Middle East's deadliest outbreak.

Spraying chlorine or other toxic chemicals on people can cause eye and skin irritation, bronchospasm and gastrointestinal effects, a document released by WHO adds.

The human remains of the unidentified woman had been discovered by the police in two suitcases close to a quarry near Coleford in the Forest of Dean on Tuesday night.

Wuhan health authorities sprang back into action after confirming last weekend the central Chinese city's first cluster of new infections since it was released from virtual lockdown on April 8.

Earlier this week Cal State's board of trustees discussed an estimated $337 million in new costs and revenue losses for the spring term due to COVID-19.

Earlier in the day while launching 'Operation Warp Speed' to ready a vaccine against Covid-19 by the end of the year, he said, the US was working with India on the project.

The test, by Abbott Laboratories, is used daily at the White House to test Trump and key members of his staff, including the coronavirus task force. The FDA said late Thursday it was investigating preliminary data suggesting the 15-minute test can miss CO...

Russia reported 10,899 more coronavirus cases on Tuesday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 232,243. The country is now ranked second in the world for confirmed cases, behind the US.