The UK government is set to test a sample of 20,000 English households for the novel coronavirus in the coming weeks to try to establish how far the disease has spread across the country.

Britain to test prevalence of coronavirus in general population

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is recovering well from grave COVID-19 complications and will be back at work soon. "He is all fine now, as he is fully recovering, doing what we are asking people across the country to do, he is taking the advice of the medical experts and the doctors and doing as the doctors outlined him to do," Northern Ireland Secretary Brandon Lewis said on Thursday.

UK PM Boris Johnson to be back at work soon

All member nations of the World Health Organisation (WHO) should support a proposed independent review into the coronavirus pandemic, Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Thursday.

Australia bats for a proposed coronavirus inquiry, urges G20 action on wildlife wet markets

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said the coronavirus pandemic is a "human crisis that is fast becoming a human rights crisis". The UN chief said in a video message that there was discrimination in the delivery of public services to tackle COVID-19 and there are structural inequalities that impede access to them, adding the pandemic has also seen "disproportionate effects on certain communities, the rise of hate speech, the targetting of vulnerable groups, and the risks of heavy-handed security responses undermining the health response.

Coronavirus pandemic is fast becoming a 'human rights crisis': UN chief

A federal appeals court has allowed Arkansas to ban most surgical abortions during the coronavirus pandemic. The state issued the order halting surgical abortions after initially encouraging the clinic to stop performing the procedure for out-of-state patients.

US state to ban surgical abortions due to coronavirus

The coronavirus timeline in the United States has shifted weeks earlier as it is being reported that two people with COVID-19 died in California as much as three weeks before the US "registered" its first death from the disease in late February.

US coronavirus timeline shifts three weeks earlier in wake of new disclosure

China reported 27 new asymptomatic coronavirus cases on Wednesday, taking their total to 984. Asymptomatic cases refer to people who are tested COVID-19 positive but develop no symptoms such as fever, cough or sore throat.

China's asymptomatic cases increase to over 980

Two cats in New York have become the first pets in the United States to test positive for the novel coronavirus. The cats, from separate areas of New York state, had mild respiratory illness and are expected to make a full recovery.

Two pet cats in US test positive for COVID-19

Fourteen more cases of coronavirus infections have been confirmed on an Italian cruise ship docked for repairs at Japan's Nagasaki prefecture. This brings the coronavirus tally on the cruise ship, the Costa Atlantica, to 48, raising concerns about the impact on the local community.

Italian cruise ship docked in Japan has 48 coronavirus cases

The United States on Wednesday recorded 1,738 deaths from coronavirus in the last 24 hours, a lower toll than the day before. According to a running tally by Johns Hopkins University, the new deaths brought the total number of COVID-19 fatalities in the US to 46,583 since the outbreak.

US sees 1,738 new coronavirus deaths in 24 hours, toll nears 50,000

The coronavirus pandemic has so far claimed over 25,000 lives in Italy. With this, the total number of active infections, fatalities and recoveries now stands at 1,87,327.

Italy's coronavirus death toll reaches 25,000

Harvard University has announced it would reject USD 8.7 million in federal coronavirus relief. This came a day after United States President Donald Trump excoriated the wealthy Ivy League school over taxpayer money it stood to receive.

Under pressure, Harvard will turn down US coronavirus relief aid

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