Loss of smell or taste has been added to the list of COVID-19 symptoms, according to the revised clinical management protocols released by the Union Health Ministry on Saturday.

Indian Health ministry: Loss of smell or taste added to list of COVID-19 symptoms

Loss of smell or taste added to list of COVID-19 symptoms: Health ministry

In a recently released, it's been said that the most dominant route for the spread of COVID-19 is through air.

Researchers makes new revelations on COVID-19

Sri Lanka on Saturday announced further relaxation of the curfew, imposed as part of the COVID-19 lockdown, from next week. Sri Lanka has so far recorded 1,880 coronavirus cases, 11 deaths due to the disease and 1,196 recoveries.

Sri Lanka further relaxes COVID-19 curfew

British drugmaker AstraZeneca Plc said on Saturday it signed a contract with Italy, Germany, France and the Netherlands to supply Europe with a vaccine against the coronavirus, with deliveries starting by the end of 2020.

Astrazeneca wins coronavirus vaccine deal with Germany, France, Italy and the Netherlands

The Health Ministry on Saturday recommended the use of antiviral drug remdesivir in moderate stage of COVID-19 while backtracking from its earlier stance on hydroxychloroquine, saying the anti-malarial drug should be used in the early course of the disease and not on critically ill patients.

Health ministry recommends remdesivir for moderate cases, HCQ for early course of COVID-19

Watch today in 'WION In Focus': Some stories related to coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

WION In Focus: Some stories related to Coronavirus pandemic

At Barcelona's Vall d'Hebron Hospital, COVID-19 survivors attend the rehabilitation centre to recover motor skills lost as a result of being sedated and hooked up to a ventilator, as well as complications, like strokes, generated by the virus.

COVID-19 survivors re-learn motor skills | Coronavirus Outbreak

Researchers believe the novel coronavirus has mutated in a way that makes it more easily to infect human cells. It's a mutation that scientists have been worried about for weeks, these researchers say.

Mutation could have made coronavirus more infectious, study suggests

South Korea won the first round of its Coronavirus battle, but it is now bracing for a second wave of infections. WION's Palki Sharma tells you how the virus is making a comeback in the country.

Gravitas: South Korea braces for 2nd Coronavirus wave

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a meeting with the chief ministers of different states and union territories via video conferencing on June 16 and 17 as the country gradually emerges out of the coronavirus lockdown.

PM Modi to hold meeting with CMs of all states on June 16-17

On a day when Tamil Nadu has seen the total number of Covid-19 cases breach the 40,000 mark, there’s also been a miracle recovery of a 97-year-old man with health complications that comes as a ray of hope.

Chennai: 97-yr old with heart ailment, hypertension beats COVID-19

Global poverty could rise to over one billion people due to the COVID-19 pandemic and more than half of the 395 million additional extreme poor would be located in South Asia, which would be the hardest-hit region in the world, according to a new report.

Extreme poverty could rise to over one billion people globally due to COVID-19 crisis: Report

The first rise in child labour since the year 2000, according to experts due to global shutdowns the world economy has been forecasted to shrink 3.2% this year. The worldwide child labourers drop significantly to 152 million children from 246 million in the year 2020.

Africa tops with 72.1 MN child labourers: Pandemic pushes millions into poverty

The government is mulling to include sudden loss of taste and smell as a criteria for COVID-19 testing, sources said on Friday as India witnessed a surge in coronavirus instances with total caseload racing towards the three lakh mark.

India's govt mulling to include sudden loss of taste, smell as criteria for coronavirus test

Think of a newsroom, and all you picture is a small space filled with editors scrambling to attend and deliver meetings, reporters rushing in and out to take interviews, analysts blaring through television sets and the noise of phones ringing.

Newsrooms amid coronavirus pandemic: Watch WION Global Editors Summit today

China claims to have cured 92% of Coronavirus cases using traditional medicine. These claims are being globally criticised for the lack of evidence. But, President Xi Jinping thinks it is his national duty to promote traditional Chinese medicine. What if it costs lives across the world yet again?

Gravitas: Xi Jinping turns salesman for Traditional Chinese Medicine

India is among a group of 15 high-risk countries where lifting lockdown and relaxing restrictions can lead to a spike in new infections, according to an analysis by securities research firm Nomura.

Lockdown restrictions averted over 530 million COVID-19 cases: Study

The Wuhan virus has infected more than 72,00,000 people across the world. A new study in the Medical Journal Nature says that anti-viral drug Remdesivir can help prevent Lung damage in infected patients. WION's Palki Sharma gets you a report.

Gravitas: Can Remdesivir slow Covid-19 progression?

Two hairstylists in Missouri, US who worked while they had already contracted coronavirus did not infect the 140 clients they served even though they had symptoms at the time.

Missouri hairstylists, who potentially exposed 140 people to coronavirus, did not infect any

Argentina confirmed more than 1,000 new cases of coronavirus on Tuesday as the rate of new infections continued to rise just days after it extended lockdown measures in the capital Buenos Aires, the country's largest city and epicenter for the virus.

Argentina's new daily coronavirus cases top 1,000 for first time

Starbucks Corp said on Wednesday it expects current-quarter operating income to plunge by up to $2.2 billion, and sales to decline for the rest of the year even as nearly all its cafes have reopened following the easing of coronavirus lockdowns.

Starbucks expects over $2 billion drop in quarterly income due to covid-19

After the World Health Organization(WHO) said that coronavirus transmission from asymptomatic carriers was "very rare", it clarified saying it was "referring to very few studies, some two or three".

After saying asymptomatic carriers spreading COVID-19 very rare, WHO clarifies

Australia is on course to have largely eradicated the coronavirus by July, a public health official said on Wednesday, as the country's most populous state announced the removal of restrictions on community sports.

Australia on track to see coronavirus largely gone by July, sport resumes

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