As the federal unemployment benefit in the US is set to expire soon, US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi has told the media on Friday that the talks on coronavirus aid bill have not reached to a finalising stage yet.

Nancy Pelosi declines deal on coronavirus unemployment aid; talks to continue on Saturday

As the summer break started in Europe and the US, young people let down their guards and flocked to beaches and home-made clubs to spend time with friends and have fun.

'Young people are not invincible': WHO warns the young party-goers

Brazilian first lady Michelle Bolsonaro has tested positive for the novel coronavirus a week after her husband, the Brazilian President, tested negative. According to a statement by the President's team, Michelle is in good health and is being taken care of by the President's medical team.

Brazil's first lady tests positive for COVID-19

Pakistan's coronavirus tally reached 277,402 with the detection of 1,114 new cases in the last 24 hours, the health ministry said on Thursday. Another 32 people died overnight due to coronavirus-related complications, pushing the nationwide death toll to 5,924, the Ministry of National Health Services said.

Pakistan's coronavirus tally reaches 277,402 with 1,114 new infections

The US on Thursday provided Pakistan 100 ventilators to help it fight the coronavirus pandemic that has claimed nearly 6,000 lives and infected over 277,000 people in the country.

US donates 100 ventilators to Pak to combat COVID-19 pandemic

One of the symptoms of the novel coronavirus is loss of the sense of smell and taste. A new research has now revealed the reason behind this loss of smell and taste.

Loss of smell and taste not permanent in COVID-19: Harvard study

A serological survery has revealed that six out of ten people from Asia's biggest slum, Dharavi, can be identified as antibodies for the novel coronavirus. The findings were revealed in a serological survey conducted in July from 6,936 people across three suburbs in Mumbai, India.

Dharavi: Asia's biggest slum may have reached 'herd immunity' unknowingly

US President Donald Trump`s national security adviser(NSA) Robert O'Brien has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, a source familiar with the situation said on Monday.

Trump's NSA Robert O'Brien tests positive for coronavirus

Pakistan's Punjab government on Monday imposed a 10-day long strict lockdown in the province of 110 million people to control the spread COVID-19 on Eidul Azha. Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar said the decision to re-impose the lockdown in the province was taken to avoid a spike in the COVID-19 cases during Eid which will be celebrated on August 1.

Pak's Punjab govt imposes 10-day lockdown to contain coronavirus

The number of coronavirus cases in Mumbai reached 1,09,096 after 1,115 cases were reported on Sunday, the civic body said. The death toll in the Maharashtra capital grew by 57 to 6,090, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said in a statement.

1,115 fresh COVID-19 cases recorded in Mumbai; 57 more die

Pakistan has seen an 80-per cent drop in coronavirus deaths but risks a spike in new cases after the upcoming Eid festival, a government health official said Sunday.

Pakistan virus deaths drop, but government warns of Eid spike

Kerala recorded 927 fresh coronavirus cases, including 16 health workers on Sunday, taking the infection tally to 18,140. The state capital reported 175 cases, followed by Kasaragod 107, Pathnamthitta 91 and Kollam 74, Health minister K K Shailaja said.

927 fresh COVID-19 cases in Kerala as tally crosses 18,000 mark

Vietnam reintroduced social distancing measures in the central city of Danang on Sunday after the country reported four locally transmitted coronavirus cases over the past two days, the first in more than three months.

Vietnamese city reimposes distancing after first local infections in months

A day after the United Kingdom announced its plan to impose a compulsory 14-day quarantine for travellers entering the country from Spain. The move was announced on Saturday noon, and was implemented from midnight (2300 GMT on Saturday), which created an atmosphere of chaos for travellers enroute the UK.

'It's a real time response': Britain defends decision on Spanish quarantine move

Britain`s government is set to announce all travellers from Spain arriving after midnight (2300 GMT) on Saturday will need to spend two weeks in quarantine in case they are infected with coronavirus, the Sunday Times newspaper reported.

UK to quarantine travellers from Spain: Sunday Times

After opening its borders for tourists, Germany is now planning to ask the travellers to go through compulsory coronavirus testing before entering the country. Germany has been more successful than the rest of the Europe in containing the wide spread of the novel coronavirus.

Germany to offer compulsory but free coronavirus tests to travellers

Cipla Ltd has received Indian regulatory approval to sell anti-viral drug favipiravir to treat COVID-19, the drugmaker said on Friday, as coronavirus infections in the world`s third worst-hit nation show no sign of abating.

Cipla gets India approval to sell COVID-19 drug Favipiravir

Pakistan reported 1,209 new coronavirus cases on Friday, taking the nation-wide tally of infections to 270,400. In the last 24 hours, 54 virus-related deaths have been reported, the Ministry of National Health Services said.

Pakistan's COVID-19 tally crosses 2, 70,000 with 1,209 fresh cases

Bangladesh's health services on Thursday witnessed a major restructuring following a scam over COVID-19 tests. Dr ABM Khurshid Alam has been appointed as the new director general of the directorate general of health services (DGHS), a health ministry spokesman said.

Bangladesh restructures health services over COVID-19 scam

Nepal's coronavirus tally reached 18,241 with the detection of 147 new cases in the last 24 hours, the health ministry said on Thursday. The death toll rose by one to 43 after a fatality was reported, Health Ministry Spokesperson Jageshwor Gautam said.

Nepal's COVID-19 tally rises to 18,241

US Senate Republican leaders and White House officials tried to hammer out a proposal for a fresh round of coronavirus aid on Thursday, which officials said will not include a payroll tax cut and could reduce an enhanced unemployment benefit.

Republicans ditch coronavirus payroll tax cut, haggle over unemployment payments

Tamil Nadu on Thursday reported 6,472 fresh COVID infections, the highest single day spike, with the tally inching towards two lakh cases while death toll touched 3,232 with 88 fatalities, the government said.

Tamil Nadu sees highest spike of 6,472 cases, tally inches towards 2 lakh mark

Lockdown has affected people, industries and countries, in totality, in various different ways. One such industry is that of the gondoliers in Venice who are facing a very different problem than the rest of the world.

'It's like bombs loading on': Venice's gondoliers complain tourists gained weight in lockdown

In the ongoing debate of whether or not American kids should return to schools and colleges, the US President Donald Trump has been a concrete supporter of reopening the schools.

I will be comfortable sending my son to school: Trump backs reopening schools

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