Britain's government has launched an investigation into why a technical issue with its test and trace programme had not been identified sooner, a spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday.

Britain opens investigation into coronavirus test and trace glitch

The president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said Monday she would self-isolate for a day after learning she had met someone infected with Covid-19.

EU chief von der Leyen 'self-isolating' after exposure to COVID-19

Paris is to be placed on maximum COVID-19 alert, meaning bars will be forced to close for two weeks from Tuesday

Bars in Paris to close for two weeks as city placed on maximum COVID alert

As part of India's contribution to help "friendly neighbour" Myanmar in its fight against COVID-19, Army chief Gen. M M Naravane and Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Monday handed over 3,000 vials of Remdesivir to State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi.

India gives 3,000 vials of Remdesivir to 'friendly' Myanmar to help fight COVID-19

Coronavirus has taken US political circles by storm ever since US President Donald Trump was found to be positive for infection. Trump, who notoriously played down coronavirus pandemic in the initial stages of its outbreak in the US has become a target of criticism as well as jokes.

Florida senator declares he's COVID-19 positive, says later he 'misspoke'

US President Donald Trump has his wife Melania have tested positive for the Wuhan Coronavirus. What happens if Covid-19 incapacitates Trump? Will this hurt his re-election chances? WION's Palki Sharma brings you a report.

Gravitas: What happens if Trump is incapacitated

The cruise industry has been hit hard by the pandemic, and no-sail orders have been put in place by some countries. A few cruise ships were also home to the some of the earliest clusters of coronavirus outbreak.

Vessels are being stripped for scrap in Turkey's Covid cruise ship graveyard

Global equity markets slumped and investors piled into safer gold and the Japanese yen on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump and his wife tested positive for the coronavirus, adding to market uncertainty just 32 days before U.

Stocks fall, dollar gains after Trump gets coronavirus

Deaths due to COVID-19 and related complications in India have surpassed 100,000, official data showed as the pandemic continues to rage across the world's second-most populous country.

India coronavirus deaths surpass 100,000; cases top 6.47 million

The White House does not appear to be making any changes to current coronavirus protocol despite President Donald Trump and the First Lady testing positive for COVID-19.

WH coronavirus protocol not likely to change despite Trump testing positive

Aaron E. Carroll is a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times. He is a professor of pediatrics at Indiana University School of Medicine and the Regenstrief Institute who blogs on health research and policy at The Incidental Economist and makes videos at Healthcare Triage.

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News of President Donald Trump`s COVID-19 diagnosis has upended the U.S. presidential election campaign entering its final month and roiled stock markets, raising questions about succession and prompting White House aides to insist that Trump would keep a busy, if modified, schedule.

Here's a list of Trump WH, campaign staff who have tested positive for COVID-19

Donald Trump, Jair Bolsonaro and Boris Johnson played down the Wuhan Virus. But, all three leaders ended up testing positive for the Coronavirus. WION's Palki Sharma tells you how the horror unfolded for them.

Gravitas: 3 covid deniers, who tested positive

COVID-19 might have made its way to the world via China and took the form of a pandemic, but the infodemic has surely been spreading in the United States, and perhaps, the world, courtesy President Donald Trump.

Donald Trump is the biggest driver of Covid-19 misinformation, study says

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Friday tested negative for coronavirus just hours after US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania tested positive.

Biden tests negative for coronavirus, set on campaign trail

Amazon has, for the first time, revealed that a little more than 19,800 of its employees have tested positive for coronavirus since the start of March. Amazon, in a statement, said data on the e-commerce giant's 1.

Amazon reveals nearly 20,000 of its workers contracted coronavirus

United States President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, have tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Trump said in a tweet early Friday: "Tonight, @FLOTUS and I tested positive for COVID-19.

Trump and wife Melania test positive for coronavirus; world leaders wish speedy recovery

The British government tightened restrictions on socialising in parts of northeast England in response to high and increasing COVID-19 infection rates in the region.

WION Dispatch: UK govt imposes new COVID restrictions, ban on indoor meeting in Liverpool

The actual number of deaths due to COVID-19 is "certainly higher" than 1 million, Director-General of World Health Organisation (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday said.

Real coronavirus death toll 'certainly higher' than official 1 million count: WHO

Countries across Europe are seeing a resurgence in COVID-19 cases after successfully slowing outbreaks early in the year. Spain is likely dealing with the much-feared second wave and doctors are demanding safer working conditions.

COVID-19 pummels medics in Spain: Second wave of coronavirus

On the status of major coronavirus vaccine candidates that are underway, WION gets you the development from around the world. Watch report.

COVID-19 Pandemic: Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine appears safe

The Union Home Ministry on Wednesday issued new guidelines for permitting more activities in areas outside the containment zones that include opening up cinemas, theatres and multiplexes with up to 50 per cent of their seating capacity from October 15.

Cinemas, entertainment parks permitted to reopen from Oct 15 under new guidelines by Centre

Nearly half of Argentina's population was dragged into poverty in the second quarter of this year by the brutal effects of the the coronavirus pandemic on the country's longstanding economic crisis, researchers estimated on Wednesday.

Poverty batters almost half of Argentines due to crisis plus pandemic: Researchers

The world is desperate for a vaccine to defeat the Wuhan Virus. We don't have one yet. But, China is giving an unproven vaccine to thousands of citizens. WION's Palki Sharma tells you more.

Gravitas: China is giving unproven vaccines to thousands of citizens

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