WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Monday said that coronavirus pandemic has taken a toll in ways that no one can measure. It was vital, he said, for people to follow the science and resist the urge to turn a blind eye to the virus.

World may be tired, but the virus 'not tired of us': WHO chief

Queen Elizabeth donned a face mask for the first time since the pandemic began. The Royal highness attended the 100th anniversary of the burial at Westminster Abbey in London, England.

Queen Elizabeth wears face mask for the first time in public amid COVID-19 pandemic

New Yorkers these days are infusing positivity while battling the coronavirus pandemic. They are dancing and throwing away their anxiety

Infusing positivity while battling the coronavirus pandemic

The United States on Saturday recorded the world's highest daily COVID-19 cases with over 1 lakh new cases recorded in the country. The exact cases count in the United States stood at 9,158,275 as of Sunday.

US records world's highest daily COVID-19 cases

The deadly Covid-19 across the world has now infected more than 46 million people, with 12 lakh people succumbing to the virus that was first reported in late December 2019.

Global coronavirus cases exceed 46 million; death toll at 1,198,000

A team of doctors from the Delhi-based All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) under the AYUSH Ministry has found that Ayurveda interventions like Ayush kwatha and Fifatrol tablets can be effective in treatment of mild to moderate cases of COVID-19 infection in a "very short period" with "complete regression of symptoms".

Ayurveda interventions can be effective in treatment of mild to moderate cases of COVID-19: AIIA

The Tokyo International Film Festival kicked off on Saturday with live screenings and a host of coronavirus prevention measures to ensure the show could go on. Audiences were barred from cheering festival guests, required to wear masks, have their temperature taken and use hand sanitiser.

Tokyo film festival taps 'power of the arts' to give courage amid pandemic

The world economy is in desperate need of fiscal stimulus with investments drying up and economic activity slowing down again, however, countries have found a way to stave off an economic meltdown.

Why countries are selling off gold reserves during pandemic

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during his monthly radio programme 'Mann Ki Baat' on Sunday, urged people to show patience while celebrating festivals during COVID-19 pandemic and said in this battle victory is certain.

'Show patience' while celebrating festivals during a pandemic: PM Modi

The United States of America (USA) is facing a continued COVID-19 public health challenge through the winter and half million Americans could die from COVID-19 by the end of February next year, according to a study by University of Washington.

More than half a million people in the US may die of coronavirus by February: Study 

For long as one can remember, Hollywood has dominated the world box office and considered as the biggest. But the pandemic seem to have changed the dynamics. For the first time in history motion picture China has overthrown North America and become the world's biggest box office.

China takes over North America as world's biggest box office in 2020

More than 140,000 companies with 1.9 million local employees here will receive Singapore dollars 5.5 billion (USD 4.5 billion) this month as part of a jobs scheme to help them retain their employees during the COVID-19 pandemic that has upended life and businesses across the globe.

Singapore to give SGD 5.5 billion to 140,000 companies to help them during COVID-19 pandemic

Mario Buelna, a healthy 28-year-old father, caught a fever and started having trouble breathing in June. He soon tested positive for COVID-19. Weeks later, after what had seemed like a recovery, he felt weak and started vomiting.

Doctors probe whether COVID-19 is causing diabetes

Britain’s Oxford University on Monday claimed that in some cases, COVID-19 symptoms persist for last way longer than previously thought. Initial findings from a study suggest that symptoms such as breathlessness, anxiety, fatigue, and depression continue to appear months after contracting the virus.

COVID-19 survivors experience symptoms months after catching virus: Oxford University

CHICAGO — When the coronavirus began sweeping around the globe this spring, people from Seattle to Rome to London canceled weddings and vacations, cut off visits with grandparents and hunkered down in their homes for what they thought would be a brief but essential period of isolation.

As the coronavirus surges, a new culprit emerges - pandemic fatigue

Hospital's Intensive Care Units (ICU) are filling up again, the lockdowns are back and new infections are breaking records. The worst of this oandemic, it seems, is not over yet.

Second wave of coronavirus is near, end of pandemic is not

The pandemic has negatively affected millions of people all around the world, and especially the poor countries where people are struggling to get enough food to eat.

'Not enough': Oxfam accuses governments of not helping poor countries amid pandemic

Governments around the world are using the pandemic as a justification to expand surveillance and crack down on dissent online, resulting in a 10th consecutive annual decline in internet freedom, a human rights watchdog report said Wednesday.

Governments use pandemic to crack down on online dissent: Watchdog

The novel coronavirus can survive on surfaces of items like banknotes and phones for 28 days in dark and cool conditions, a study by Australia's national science agency claimed.

Coronavirus can survive on phones, banknotes for 28 days: Study

Mark Martin's family restaurant weathered two world wars, the Dust Bowl, and the Great Depression, serving up heaping plates of hand-battered fried chicken, mashed potatoes and creamed corn to a devoted clientele.

After frying chicken for over 100 years, Kansas restaurant is shut by pandemic

When the pandemic forced Dick’s Sporting Goods to close its hundreds of stores in March, the retailer hustled to set up curbside pickup within two days. Its initial attempt, though, was just this side of a children’s lemonade stand.

Customers still like to shop in person, even if they get only to the curb

The power of social media! On Wednesday Delhi based food blogger Gaurav Wasan shared a video of an elderly couple struggling to run a small eatery in New Delhi. The video was shared on Wasan's Youtube channel as well as Instagram handle and went viral almost immediately.

Crowds throng Delhi's small eatery 'Baba Ka Dhaba' as emotional video goes viral

The global downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic offers an opportunity for governments to implement new policies that could simultaneously address climate change and boost the economy, the IMF said Wednesday.

Pandemic downturn offers path to address climate change: IMF

LONDON — As the coronavirus stampeded across Europe and the United States this spring, governments made their depleted citizens a tantalizing promise: Soon, legions of disease detectives would hunt down anyone exposed to the virus, confining them to their homes and letting everyone else get on with their lives.

Contact tracing, key to reining in the virus, falls flat in the West

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