Amid a series of opposition rallies in Pakistan, the Islamabad administration on Friday extended a ban on all kinds of gatherings of five or more people, processions, and demonstrations at any public place in Islamabad, including the Red Zone, where important government buildings are located, for a period of two months.

Amid opposition rallies in Pakistan, Islamabad extends two-month ban on gatherings, demonstrations

China has put one northern city in lockdown and launched citywide coronavirus testing in another, after two local infections involving workers at a port and trade zone respectively, authorities have said.

China puts northern city in lockdown after two local infections

Chelsea's Kai Havertz said that he was hit hard by COVID-19 and understands how difficult the global pandemic has been for others. The German player had tested positive for COVID-19 in November.

Kai Havertz recalls his 'very hard' experience after contracting COVID-19

When it was disclosed last spring that the coronavirus had stealthily infected 99 people after the Cambridge, Massachusetts, pharmaceutical company Biogen held a two-day conference in February, it helped add the term “superspreader” to the pandemic lexicon.

What happens when a superspreader event keeps spreading

The Australian government has invested 4 million Australian dollars for a joint study, along with Indian researchers, into the long-term health effects of COVID-19 and its early detection, the Australian Industry, Science and Technology minister announced on Thursday.

Australia pledges AUSD 4 million for joint research with India on COVID-19, farming technology

The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 69.6 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.58 million, according to Johns Hopkins University.

Worldwide coronavirus cases surpass 69.6 million-mark

Alice McGraw, 2 years old, was walking with her parents in Lake Tahoe this summer when another family appeared, heading in their direction. The little girl stopped.

Childhood without other children: A generation is raised in quarantine

Nine long, deadly months into the pandemic, Americans report severe psychic distress. It’s dark, we’re stuck inside, and we’re isolated from friends and family. Politics is fevered, the economy continues to struggle, and the coronavirus rages on.

The hidden ‘fourth wave’ of the pandemic

A passenger who tested positive for COVID-19 aboard a `cruise-to-nowhere` from Singapore, forcing the ship to return to dock and nearly 1,700 guests to isolate, has been found not to have the virus, Singapore`s health ministry said on Thursday.

Coronavirus scare on cruise ship a false alarm, Singapore says

A passenger aboard a Royal Caribbean 'cruise-to-nowhere' from Singapore has tested positive for COVID-19, forcing the Quantum of the Seas ship to return to dock.

Singapore 'cruise-to-nowhere' turns back after coronavirus case aboard

Out of the 10 causes of deaths before COVID-19 that hit the world, seven were non-communicable diseases (NCDs), the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.

7 out of 10 killer diseases pre-COVID were non-communicable diseases: WHO

United States President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that prioritises Americans' access to COVID-19 vaccines before the country potentially begins helping other nations.

Trump signs executive order prioritising COVID-19 vaccine for Americans

After U.S, Italy & India, the Chinese regime is blaming Australia as the source of Covid19. Global times news has suggested that Australian imports could have brought the virus to China's wet markets.

Gravitas: China's latest Covid-19 conspiracy theory

Coronavirus has been wreaking havoc across the world for a year now. As good news about vaccines continues to flow in, countries are now racing to undertake mass inoculation of their citizens.

As western countries hoard vaccines, 9 out of 10 in low-income countries to miss out

Experts have said a major disease outbreak in North Korea could cause a humanitarian disaster because of its fragile health care system.

North Korea: Kim Yo Jong slams Seoul over questioning zero-virus claim

The largest football stadium in the Netherlands’ is being used to understand how COVID-19 spreads. As sport venues try to keep up with the ongoing pandemic, scientists attempted to understand how a group of cheering crowd might contribute to the spread of COVID-19.

'Spray' experiment in Netherlands' biggest football stadium could bring back crowds

An average of more than 10 lakh tests conducted daily for detection of COVID-19 has ensured that the cumulative positivity rate is sustained at low levels and is following a downward trajectory, as India's cumulative tests near 15 crore, the Union Health Ministry said on Wednesday.

Covid-19: India's cumulative tests inch closer to 15 cr, active cases decline

An experimental coronavirus vaccine developed by China`s Sinopharm has 86% efficacy against the virus, the United Arab Emirates health ministry said on Wednesday, citing an interim analysis of a human trial underway there.

UAE says Sinopharm vaccine has 86% efficacy against COVID-19

China has attempted to shift the blame for the global spread of coronavirus on different occasions. Recently, a group of researchers claimed that the virus originated not in China, but in India.

After blaming US and India, China claims COVID-19 originated in Australia

'The Christmas holiday season could pose greater risks than Thanksgiving when it comes to spreading the coronavirus', says Anthony Fauci.

Anthony Fauci predicts COVID-19 pandemic to likely improve by Christmas

The doctor who saved the life of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson when the leader had contracted the virus back in March, has now been infected with COVID-19. Professor Nick Hart from the Guy’s and St Thomas’s Hospital London is self isolating after testing positive for COVID-19.

Doctor who saved UK PM Boris Johnson's life in April contracts coronavirus

US President Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani has tested positive for COVID-19. He is the latest member of Trump's inner circle to contract the virus. Taking to Twitter, the President said: "@RudyGiuliani, by far the greatest mayor in the history of NYC, and who has been working tirelessly exposing the most corrupt election (by far!

Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani hospitalised after testing positive for covid-19

The Centre`s close to Rs 30 lakh crore stimulus since the March lockdown may come at the cost of reduced allocation for several centrally sponsored schemes. As the budget mathematics for next fiscal gets finalised, the government has decided not to stretch its Covid impacted finances too much and rather maintain expenses to the budgeted levels by cutting annual plan outlays for several ministries that still have large balances in their account.

Covid stimulus may put tight squeeze on ministries' annual outlay in India

President-elect Joe Biden has selected the Democratic attorney general of California, Xavier Becerra, as the nominee for Health Secretary

Your Story: Joe Biden picks Xavier Becerra as health secretary to battle COVID-19

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