There is surge in cancers deaths due to disruptions in health services. According to a new research, Cancer deaths in United Kingdom could rise by 20%. Watch this video to know more.

Surge in cancers deaths due to disruptions in health services

The new president of the United Nations Security Council Estonia has called for more transparency and information on COVID crisis even as the country has sought cooperation among members of the core UN body. Speaking exclusively to our diplomatic correspondent Sidhant Sibal Estonia's envoy to India Katrin Kivi this kind of threats can't stop on the state border. Estonia had presented COVID draft in March but due to lack of consensus among permanent UNSC members, it was not adopted. In another major development, the country has invited India to be part of some UNSC meets for the month of May. On Kashmir, she said, UNSC should be seized of other mater and no one should bring the bilateral issue on the table of the body.

WION Exclusive: Estonian envoy to India speaks with WION

Londoners welcomed the news that Prime Minister Boris Johnson's fiancee, Carrie Symonds, gave birth to a baby boy on Wednesday (April 29). The baby was born at a London hospital slightly earlier than had been expected.

Boris Johnson welcomes a baby boy: How twitter reacted to the news

US President Donald Trump is upping the ante against China. US Intelligence agencies are investigating 'what China hid' during the Coronavirus outbreak. Funding to a research project in China on 'Coronaviruses and bats' has been stopped. The top United States intelligence agency has said that the virus originated in Wuhan was neither manmade nor genetically modified. Watch this video to know more.

US to investigate 'what China was hiding in Wuhan'

British Airways is set to cut more than a quarter of its jobs due to the coronavirus crisis, forecasting that passenger numbers will take years to return to 2019 levels. British Airways has 45,000 employees, including 16,500 cabin crew and 3,900 pilots, according to its website.

British Airways plans to cut up to 12,000 jobs | COVID-19 Pandemic

Watch today in 'WION In Focus': Some Stories Related To Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic.

WION In Focus: Some Stories Related To Coronavirus Pandemic

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Tuesday restrictions on citizens' movements would be lifted and more shops allowed to reopen from May 4 in a gradual easing of a lockdown imposed to curb the spread of the new coronavirus.

Greece to ease COVID-19 lockdown from May 4 | Coronavirus Pandemic

In this segment of WION, we bring you report on two twin brothers both killed by pandemics but 100 years apart.

Two twin brothers killed by two pandemics | COVID-19 Pandemic | WION News

Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, there has been speculation that this disruptive event will spark a new wave of government activism. The question is- Was Donald Trump's COVID-19 response adequate?

Was Donald Trump's COVID-19 response adequate?

Union Health Ministry of India on Tuesday addresses Press conference over current status of Coronavirus Pandemic. According to ministry, there are 29,435 positive cases and 934 deaths reported so far.

What makes COVID-19 so deadly?

Health Ministry briefs Media over COVID-19 criris, says '29,435 positive cases, 934 deaths' so far

Globally, the number of COVID-19-related deaths has crossed 200,000. The total cases stand at over 2.8 million. Of these, 200,698 patients have died and more than 810,000 have recovered

India battles COVID-19: Health Ministry briefs media over Coronavirus crisis

The destroyer with its crew of 350 are off the Pacific coast of South America. Its current mission is related to U.S. counter-drug activities.

Naval destroyer USS Kidd reports rise in virus cases to 33

Cases of the new coronavirus are overwhelming hospitals, morgues and cemeteries across Brazil as Latin America’s largest nation veers closer to becoming one of the world’s pandemic hot spots.

Steep rise in number of cases in Brazil

The new reports bring unknown facts to light, suggesting the COVID-19 could be spreading in the United States since December. Watch this video to know more.

Facts suggest coronavirus spreading in US since December 2019

More than 3,000 deaths came in the last 24 hours, and there are now over 870,000 confirmed cases nationwide.

US death toll nears 55,000 mark

As mass coronavirus testing expands in prisons, large numbers of inmates are showing no symptoms. In four state prison systems -- Arkansas, North Carolina, Ohio and Virginia -- 96% of 3,277 inmates who tested positive for the coronavirus were asymptomatic, according to interviews with officials and records reviewed by Reuters. That’s out of 4,693 tests that included results on symptoms.

US prisons struggle to combat COVID-19 crisis

All COVID-19 patients in the worst-hit Chinese city of Wuhan have been discharged from hospitals by Sunday, according to a spokesman during a Sunday press conference. Mi Feng, spokesman for the National Health Commission (NHC), introduced the latest data at the press conference held in Beijing.

China claims zero COVID-19 cases in Wuhan, all patients discharged in Wuhan

China tightened restrictions on exports of masks and other personal protective equipment (PPE) on Friday, calling for shipments of the items to be subjected to a mandatory customs inspection, with immediate effect. The new rules mark the latest bid by China to balance the global demand for PPE to help treat the rising number of cases of the new coronavirus.

China releases new set of guidelines for medical exports

The World Health Organisation failed to persuade China to share live strains of the Wuhan Coronavirus that could have been used for diagnostic tests and helped contain the pandemic.

How China ignored COVID-19 warning?

Italy, with some 26,000 reported deaths, most of them of elderly persons, has Europe's highest toll from COVID-19.

Italy to ease lockdown on May 4?

As coronavirus appears to have peaked in major countries of the world, the global health infrastructure now faces a new challenge: reinfections! Reports of COVID-19 reinfection is now threatening lockdown exit strategy of countries.

Reports of COVID-19 reinfection threatens lockdown exit strategy

As researchers scramble to find a way to safely disinfect N95 masks for reuse, many are turning to the man behind its virus-blocking technology. Peter Tsai invented the filtration fabric inside the mask nearly 30 years ago, and spent decades perfecting it, before retiring from the University of Tennessee last year.

N95 mask inventor abandons retirement plans to aid in COVID-19 crisis

'Remdesivir' was being touted as a potential cure for the Coronavirus. The U.S. President had called the drug 'promising'. But it has failed to cure Coronanvirus patients in China. WION's Executive Editor Palki Sharma Upadhyay gets you a report.

Gravitas: Trump's 'promising' coronavirus cure fails trial

The U.S. President has suggested that researchers should try inserting 'disinfectant' into the bodies of Coronavirus patients. WION's Executive Editor Palki Sharma Upadhyay tells you why Trump's idea is dangerous and irresponsible.

Gravitas: Outrage over Donald Trump's 'disinfectant' idea

For the first time in 1400 years, the grand mosque of Mecca is closed during Ramazan. Across the world the mantra of social distancing is being followed in this holy month. But, there are some who are not adhering to the lockdown. WION's Executive Editor Palki Sharma Upadhyay gets you a report.

Gravitas: A Ramazan under lockdown

China's wet markets have long been called the incubators of deadly human diseases. But the Chinese regime says that wet markets don't even exist. WION's Executive Editor Palki Sharma Upadhyay tells you more.

Gravitas: China says it has no wet markets

Australia is seeking an independent and global probe into the Coronavirus outbreak. Former US lawmaker Nikki Haley has launched a campaign to demand an investigation against China. WION's Executive Editor Palki Sharma Upadhyay tells you how more stakeholders are raising the demand to 'Make China Pay'.

Gravitas: Wuhan Coronavirus: New Demands to Make China Pay

Dr Yu Xiangdong had criticised China's coronavirus response. He was demoted. A student in Australia is facing expulsion for his activism against the Communist Party. WION's Executive Editor Palki Sharma Upadhyay tells you how China is still targeting critics.

Gravitas: Coronavirus: Another Doctor silenced in China

After 840 American sailors tested positive for coronavirus aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt, another aircraft carrier has been trapped in the COVID-19 epidemic.

All sailors on navy destoryer tests positive for COVID-19

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first at-home COVID-19 test kit. People would now be able to get tested for COVID-19 at home. The US President Donald Trump on Friday (April 24) promoted the roll out of the first in-home test for the coronavirus that the FDA had granted emergency clearance to.

FDA grants emergency clearance to at-home COVID-19 tests

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