The true cost of the coronavirus can't be measured, but what we can measure is how much countries are spending, and losing due to the coronavirus. The global economy will lose at least one trillion dollars.

World leaders look for ways to hold China accountable for spread of coronavirus: Report

By Thomas Strandberg By the beginning of April 2020, a large proportion of the world’s population was living in some level of isolation as their governments took measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

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From historical times, human beings have been surviving despite several types of diseases confronting them. In such conditions, medical science was developed to safeguard human beings from diseases In ancient India, there were reports of several medicinal practices and development of several types of drugs for the treatment of different types of illness, which were mostly based on natural products and not developed by the synthetic process.

Is the world overreacting to COVID-19 crisis?

Let me begin by stating what should be obvious. It may be marginally about health, but the debate about the origin of COVID-19 is really about vast amounts of money, the research programs it supports and the power and prestige that go with them.

Is the COVID-19 naturally-occurring narrative driven by politically-motivated science?

The world today is faced with an unprecedented global crisis that has transcended boundaries and impacted not just the global economy but the daily lives of billions across the world.

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Anyone who, at this juncture, states, categorically, that COVID-19 is a naturally-occurring disease that mutated in animal populations, acquiring the ability to infect humans and did so via bats in the Wuhan Seafood Market, has not read or does not understand the scientific literature.

Is China lying about the science of COVID-19?

You probably saw the huge number of people congregated outside liquor stores. The excitement was around the fact that alcohol would now be available - ‘finally’ was how a friend put it.

Liquor shops open: Do we have self-restraint - in queue and at home?

Racism and xenophobia are on the rise in China. Videos of racism against African expats in China are still doing the rounds. Videos of 'perceived' coronavirus carriers being evicted from hotels.

African nations decry racism in China

Giving it a patriotic spin, China is branding its coronavirus victims as martyrs, but at the same time, Beijing is targetting the grieving relatives who want to know the truth about this outbreak.

Coronavirus survivors in China want to sue their government: Report

Up to the 17th century, most of the “knowledge/office work” used to happen at home. However, professionals in time realised that they needed a dedicated space to work.

Is work from home the new normal?

Facing COVID 19 crisis, several countries including India placed orders for test kits from China for testing for antibodies to the coronavirus India ordered from China more than half a million kits to boost its screening.

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The US government is now claiming that coronavirus came from a virology lab in Wuhan, China. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday that there was "enormous evidence" that the coronavirus pandemic originated in a laboratory in Wuhan.

US-China war of words escalates over COVID-19 origin

There are only three possible origins for the COVID-19 pandemic: (1) It is a naturally-occurring disease, where coronaviruses circulating in a bat population mutated and acquired the ability to infect humans, which was then transmitted to people either visiting or working in the Wuhan Seafood Market; (2) A yet unknown and undescribed coronavirus of natural origin, now named COVID-19, was one of the many bat coronaviruses isolated from bat populations by Chinese scientists and leaked from a Wuhan laboratory; (3) COVID-19 was man-made and leaked from a Wuhan laboratory.

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Nelson Mandela once said, “when people are determined they can overcome anything.” We truly are faced with an unprecedented public health emergency. But at times like these, more than ever, we can come together and create a meaningful impact in the communities around us.

Coronavirus outbreak: How leading organisations can contribute to the community during a pandemic

A recently published scientific article states: “Due to the broad-spectrum of research conducted over almost 20 years on bat SARS-CoV [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronaviruses] justified by their potential to spill over from animal to human, a possible synthetic origin by laboratory engineering of SARS-CoV-2 [COVID-19] is a reasonable hypothesis.

Facts that China is trying to suppress about origin of COVID-19

Every night I begin my show with the death toll. I can tell you there is no joy in doing so. By the time the day ends, and the race to get the news done is over, you’re left with a weight that crushes your spirit.

Dealing with death

On April 30, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence issued the following US Intelligence Community statement: “The entire Intelligence Community has been consistently providing critical support to US policymakers and those responding to the COVID-19 virus, which originated in China.

COVID-19: US intelligence community's statement may have given China a huge propaganda victory

With lockdown in place for different zones in the country, the time has come that politicisation of this massive drive must end. Lockdown should not be politicised in India.

Let’s not politicise lockdown

Two years back, the US President Donald Trump began a trade war with China, it led to unavoidable frictions that have now snowballed into a full-blown diplomatic crisis.

Has the US-China cold war now begun?

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman may feel that the global pandemic and its economic fallout are the more immediate of his problems as the kingdom gradually lifts restrictions put in place to stymie the spread of the coronavirus.

Saudi Arabia is coping with not just coronavirus pandemic’s economic fallout but geopolitical issues too

More evidence has emerged which support the theory that coronavirus originated in a virology lab in Wuhan in China. The Washington Times says that the Wuhan lab is the "most likely" source of the coronavirus.

More evidence emerges suggesting coronavirus originated in Wuhan lab

The relations between Australia and China have worsened after Australia demanded an inquiry into the origin of COVID-19. China got furious after Australian prime minister Scott Morrison called for an international investigation into the origins of the coronavirus.

China-Australia spat escalates over demand for probe into COVID-19 origin

The COVID-19 outbreak has demonstrated the potential of a virus as a weapon of mass destruction. It has added a new dimension to alter the global strategic balance and triggered another chain of events for global strategic dominance, besides unprecedented human sufferings.

Coronavirus outbreak has added a new dimension to 'undeclared World War III'

As India is now passing through tremendous stress due to COVID 19 crisis and the consequent prolonged lockdown, the most affected are those living below the poverty line, who constitute around 20 per cent of the national population ( around 250 million people).

Underprivileged in India will need support even after COVID-19 lockdown is lifted