Tokyo is likely to see coronavirus cases top 280 on Thursday (July 16), Governor Yuriko Koike said, in what would mark a record daily high for the Japanese capital.

Japan: Tokyo reports 280 COVID-19 cases in 24 hours

US infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci on Wednesday called the White House effort to discredit him "bizarre" and urged an end to the divisiveness over the country's response to the coronavirus pandemic, saying "let's stop this nonsense.

'Let's stop this nonsense', fight coronavirus: US top health expert

The coronavirus pandemic is expected to severely weaken Afghanistan`s economy, the World Bank said on Wednesday, as donor governments struggle themselves and uncertainty over peace talks curb private investment.

Afghanistan faces 'grim' economic outlook as pandemic wipes out growth: World Bank

With some countries battling the possibility of a second wave of coronavirus, and some still struggling with containing the first wave, the number of coronavirus cases seem to be increasing at an alarming stage.

Coronavirus: Global tally rises to 13.7 million

The deadly Covid-19 across the world has now infected more than 13.3 million people, with 5.78 lakh people succumbing to the virus that was first reported in late December 2019.

Worldwide coronavirus cases cross 13.3 million, death toll at 578,628

Police in Chile are training dogs to detect people that may be infected with the novel coronavirus by sniffing their sweat. The dogs -- three golden retrievers and a labrador -- are between the ages of four and five.

Chilean police train dogs to sniff out COVID-19

All earlier notions of wearing masks have been dispelled as studies point out the importance of face coverings in prevention measures against COVID-19. In fact, wearing a mask can reduce the risk of contracting COVID-19 by 65 per cent!

Wearing masks can cut down coronavirus infection risk by 65%

The United Kingdom has officially made the usage of face masks compulsory across shops and supermarkets in England. Starting next week, face coverings will be mandatory in all shops, citing risks of a second-wave.

Face coverings made mandatory in shops across England as risks of a second-wave intensify

India's number of case in deadly coronavirus infections crosses 9 lakh mark with 28,498 new cases and 553 deaths reported in the last 24 hours. The total cases stand at 9, 06,752 including 3, 11,565 active cases, 5, 71,460 cured and 23,727 deaths, according to the latest update from the Ministry of Health.

India's crosses 9 lakh coronavirus cases with 28,498 new patients

The World Health Organization on Monday warned that the pandemic is worsening globally and that “there will be no return to the old normal for the foreseeable future as COVID-19 cases globally going past the 13 million figure.

No return to 'old normal' in near future, says WHO chief as cases rise by 1 million in 5 days

The United States has the biggest COVID-19 testing programme in the world, better than big countries like Russia, China, India and Brazil, President Donald Trump said on Monday, asserting that America has "just about the lowest mortality rate" due to the disease in the world.

US has 'biggest covid-19 testing programme' anywhere in the world, says Trump

Argentina is trying to solve a medical mystery after 57 sailors were infected with the coronavirus after 35 days at sea, despite the entire crew testing negative before leaving port.

Mystery as Argentine sailors infected with virus after 35 days at sea

Britain faces a potentially more deadly second wave of COVID-19 in the coming winter that could kill up to 120,000 people over nine months in a worst-case scenario, health experts said on Tuesday.

'Worst-case' UK winter could see 120,000 COVID deaths in second wave

A Texas man who waited until his brain tumor was softball-sized; a baby who suffered an ear infection for six days; a heart patient who died: The resurgence of COVID-19 is creating another health crisis as hospitals fill and patients are fearful or unable to get non-emergency care.

New US health crisis looms as patients without COVID-19 delay care

Global cases of COVID-19 jumps to 13.1 million; death toll crosses 570,000

Have you been thinking that acquired immunity might save us all from coronavirus? You might be wrong. According to a new study, patients who have recovered from COVID-19 are susceptible to losing their immunity just a few months into the recovery.

Coronavirus antibodies dissipate few months after infection, offer no long-term protection: Study

Companies around the world will take on as much as $1 trillion of new debt in 2020, as they try to shore up their finances against the coronavirus, a new study of 900 top firms has estimated.

Covid-19 bringing record $1 trillion of new global corporate debt in 2020: Report

Tenino had become a ghost town, and small businesses were struggling to survive amid the coronavirus pandemic, so local officials revived an unconventional idea from the last century: printing the town's own currency on thin planks of wood.

US town grows money from trees during pandemic downturn

The deadly Covid-19 across the world has now infected more than 12 million people, with 5.54 lakh people succumbing to the virus that was first reported in late December 2019.

Global coronavirus cases exceed 12 million; death toll at 554,924

Officials of the Chinese embassy in the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan has warned its citizens living in the country of an “unknown pneumonia” that is reportedly even deadlier than the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, the South China Morning Post reports.

'Unknown Pneumonia' deadlier than coronavirus sweeping across Kazakhstan, warns Chinese Embassy

India reported a new single-day high of 26,506 COVID-19 cases taking the caseload to 7, 93,802 on Friday, including 2, 76,685 active cases, 4, 95,513 cured/discharged/migrated cases and 21,604 deaths, according to the Union health ministry data.

India's confirmed coronavirus cases at 7.93 lakh

President Donald Trump continues to see a malaria drug, hydroxychloroquine, as a promising drug to be used to prevent infection with the coronavirus, the White House said on Thursday, though the US Food and Drug Administration has said its efficacy and safety were unproven.

Trump still sees hydroxychloroquine as promising virus cure: White House

Maharashtra tops the coronavirus chart in the country and remains the worst-hit state, with cases reaching up to 2, 30,599 and 9,667 casualties so far, of which 417 occurred in the last 24 hours.

Covid-19: Maharashtra continues to remain the worst-hit state

The Centre is planning to conduct a nationwide sero-surveillance to evaluate the trend of coronavirus infection (Covid-19) among the population, the Central government informed on Thursday.

ICMR plans pan-India sero-survey to evaluate the trend of coronavirus

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