The spread of Coronavirus has raised the demand for immunity boosters across the globe while scientists battle to produce vaccines.

Kashmiri girl makes immunity boosting bakery products | Immunity booster bakery in Srinagar

Dr Firass Abiad was a little-known Beirut hospital director until the coronavirus pandemic propelled him into the spotlight and restored at least some faith in Lebanon's much-maligned public sector.

Lebanon's pandemic fighter restores some faith in public sector

Maharashtra's COVID-19 tally on Monday increased to 4,50,196 with the addition of 8,968 fresh cases, while 266 deaths, including 46 in Mumbai, took the fatality count to 15,842, state health department said.

Maharashtra adds 8,968 COVID-19 cases; 266 die, 10,221 recover

Singapore will make some incoming travellers wear an electronic monitoring device to ensure that they comply with coronavirus quarantines as the city-state gradually reopens its borders, authorities said on Monday.

Singapore to make travellers wear electronic tags to enforce quarantine

The research comes as countries race to find a vaccine for Covid-19, which has devastated almost the entire globe.

BCG vaccine slows down COVID-19 spread within the community

A major incident has been declared in the Manchester area of Britain, allowing the creation of a "central command structure" to help tackle the rising number of coronavirus cases, a local official was quoted as saying on Sunday.

'Major incident' declared in British city of Manchester to tackle COVID-19

As the pandemic continues to batter the global economy, South Korea has recently recorded its worst GDP growth since the Asian financial crisis

South Korea GDP to show recession; Factory activity shrinks

Millions of COVID-19 tests able to detect the virus within 90 minutes will be rolled out to British hospitals, care homes and laboratories to boost capacity in the coming months, the country`s health minister said on Monday.

Britain to roll out millions of 90-minute coronavirus tests

What's a tragedy without a tinge of sarcasm and self-pity? And what's a better targedy than the coronavirus crisis that has befallen upon humanity. Adding a little salt to the wound, quite literally, is a restaurant in Jodhpur.

This Jodhpur restaurant is serving COVID Curry, Mask Naan to its customers

Isaias grazed the Florida coast Sunday, threatening to bring strong winds and flash flooding but no longer expected to regain hurricane strength. The tropical storm was packing sustained winds of 70 miles (110 kilometres) per hour Sunday evening as it moved northwest off the state's east coast, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.

Isaias grazes Florida as tropical storm, heads up East Coast

Kosovo Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. He on late Sunday took to Facebook to let his countrymen know. "Today I did the test for the COVID-19 and tested positive," Hoti wrote on his Facebook account.

Kosovo PM tests positive for coronavirus

After outbreaks of coronavirus were reported on animal farms in Spain and the Netherlands, scientists are now wondering whether minks have the capability to transmit the virus onto humans.

Outbreaks among minks hold secrets to understanding animal-to-human transmission of COVID-19

One of the daughters of Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa has tested positive for COVID-19 and has been admitted to the same hospital, where her father is undergoing treatment for the infection, hospital sources said.

Yediyurappa's daughter tests positive for coronavirus, son under home quarantine

The overall number of global coronavirus cases has surpassed the 18 million mark, while the deaths were nearing 688,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

Global COVID-19 cases surpass 18 million mark; Pandemic widespread in U.S

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China has sent seven health officials to Hong Kong -- the first members of a 60-person team that will carry out widespread testing for COVID-19 in the territory as the global financial hub races to halt a third wave of illness.

China sends team of seven to Hong Kong to do widespread coronavirus testing

India's COVID-19 tally crossed the 17-lakh mark on Sunday, just two days after it went past 16 lakh, with 54,735 cases being reported in a day. This is the fourth consecutive day that COVID-19 cases have increased by more than 50,000.

India adds 54,735 fresh COVID cases in one day, tally crosses 17-lakh mark

The UN health agency warned that the coronavirus pandemic would be lengthy and could lead to "response fatigue", as the case count in South Africa topped half a million.

WHO warns of drawn out pandemic as South Africa cases top 500,000

The vote to renominate President Donald Trump is set to be conducted in private later this month. This means the dramatically scaled-down Republican National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, will be closed to the press.

Renomination of Trump to be held in private, GOP convention closed to press

The United States counted 61,262 new coronavirus cases in the 24 hours leading up to 8:30 pm Saturday (0030 GMT Sunday), according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University.

US counts 61,262 COVID-19 cases in 24 hours

Thirty-six crew members confined on a Norwegian cruise ship have tested positive for the new coronavirus. The crew of the MS Roald Amundsen was quarantined on board the ship on Friday urriving at the northern Norwegian port of Tromso from the archipelago of Svalbard -- after four staff members tested positive for the virus and were hospitalised.

Thirty-six crew test positive for coronavirus on Norwegian cruise ship

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