COVID-19 cases are on rise in Afghanistan. There is lack of infrastructure and isolation centres in Afghanistan. The government has now converted Darul Aman Palace into a medical facility.

Afghanistan: Darul Aman Palace to be used as medical facility | Ground Report

President Donald Trump on Friday announced a $19 billion relief program to help U.S. farmers cope with the impact of the coronavirus, including $16 billion in direct payments to producers and mass purchases of meat, dairy, vegetables and other products.

US: Donald Trump announces $19 billion relief package for US farmers

Walmart Inc said on Friday it would hire 50,000 more workers at its stores, clubs and distribution centers to meet a surge in demand for groceries and household essentials from consumers stockpiling during the coronavirus outbreak.

Walmart to hire 50,000 more workers in coronavirus-driven hiring spree

Pandemic Coronavirus (COVID-19) may arrives late in Africa, but now slowly taking hold with over 20,000 cases. Watch this complete video to get more details.

Coronavirus Outbreak: Africa to be the next COVID-19 hotspot?

China's Wuhan has revised its death toll by 50%. The officials say 1,290 more people have died due to the coronavirus. WION's Executive Editor Palki Sharma Upadhyay tells you why China is being accused of under-reporting its coronavirus figures.

Gravitas: Wuhan raises its death toll by 50% | Coronavirus Outbreak

Chabahar Port is the link that has helped India in sending its humanitarian aid of 5022 MT wheat consignment to Afghanistan deal during the coronavirus pandemic.

Chabahar plays a central role as India's wheat aid all set to reach Afghanistan

The rush to understand, predict and head off the COVID-19 outbreak has prompted researchers worldwide to create several tools to detect the virus and has driven them to analyse hundreds of ways to avoid the virus.

Cough against COVID? Yes, this app tests you for coronavirus through the sound of you coughing

With the COVID-19 pandemic showing no signs of slowing its spread, governments across the world are trying to use mobile technology to trace people thought to have the virus.

What is coronavirus contact-tracing technology and how does it work?

While the death toll is rising due to COVID-19, China’s economy is now feeling the effects. It has contracted by 6.8 percent, for the first time in more than 40 years.

How is the Chinese economy's shrinkage reconfiguring the global economy?

The death toll due to coronavirus rose to 437 and the number of cases to 13387 in the country on Friday, according to the Union Health Ministry. While the number of active COVID-19 cases is 11201 as many as 1749 people have been cured and discharged and one had migrated, it said.

India reports 1007 new coronavirus cases, 23 deaths in 24 hours

Economic activity has come to a grinding halt around the world. India too, is reeling for the ill-effects of coronavirus-induced slowdown. India could grow by less than two percent this year.

Coronavirus could push India closer to a recession: More so than previously thought

In a bid to kick start the economy, Amazon has started to develop a test for COVID-19. In his annual letter, CEO Jeff Bezos said that “regular testing will both help keep people safe and help get the economy back up and running.

Amazon to develop COVID-19 test for screening employees

Cases of infections of the deadly coronavirus have reached 2,157,108 worldwide on Friday as a new study of containment measures in China suggests that countries preparing to ease their lockdowns will have to continuously monitor potential new cases to prevent a second deadly outbreak.

Deadly coronavirus death toll closing in on 1.5 lakh globally, cases reach 2.18 million

China on Thursday came under mounting pressure over the coronavirus pandemic from Western powers led by the United States, which said it was probing whether the virus that has infected more than 2.

China under mounting pressure over virus origins

Kim Jong-Un absent on country’s most important holiday: Precaution or doom? North Korea’s most important holiday - the Day of the Sun falls on April 15, in honour of the country’s founding father Kim II Sung.

Kim Jong Un absent on North Korea’s most important holiday: Precaution or doom?

China had recently employed thermal imaging technology to find coronavirus symptoms among patients. According to Tech Crunch, the could soon be makings its way to the United States.

New thermal scanning tech could save millions of lives during the COVID-19 crisis

Belarus has a peculiar problem - the President Alexander Lukashenko refuses to acknowledge the seriousness of COVID-19, along the lines of Brazilian, Mexican, and American leaders.

As Belarus' president calls coronavirus 'psychosis', organisations step-up mobilisation efforts

Did former United States President Barack Obama predict the seriousness of a potential outbreak? Turns out, the Obama administration had been pushing for a universal healthcare infrastructure to globally deal with a potentially “air borne” pandemic, similar to the ongoing coronavirus crisis.

Did former United States President Barack Obama predict the seriousness of a coronavirus-like pandemic in 2014?

For the second year in a row, Twitter CEO and billionaire Jack Dorsey has taken a salary of $.140. Recently, the CEO had announced to donate $1 billion towards coronavirus relief.

Twitter CEO Dorsey takes a salary of $1.40 - second year in a row!

Cases of infections of the deadly coronavirus surpassed 20 lacs worldwide on Thursday as COVID-19 spreads across Europe, North America and South Asia. Also read: US sets another grim milestone, records over 2,500 coronavirus deaths in 24 hours The total number climbed from 1 million to 2 million confirmed cases in less than two weeks, and more than 600,000 cases have been recorded in the US alone.

Worldwide coronavirus cases pass 2 million; death toll rises to  136,908

At a large food market in the Chinese city of Wuhan, signs forbid the selling of wild animals and live fowl, while announcements calling for "victory" over COVID-19 play on a loop from speakers.

'No question, we're doomed this year': China's wet markets amid pandemic

All five persons who died due to coronavirus in Bhopal were victims of the 1984 gas tragedy in the Madhya Pradesh capital, an official said on Wednesday. On March 21, some organisations working for the survivors of Bhopal gas tragedy wrote to the authorities concerned, saying such people were more vulnerable to the coronavirus infection than normal individuals.

All 5 who died of COVID-19 in Bhopal were 1984 gas tragedy victims

Denmark has started opening schools and daycare centres for younger children after lockdown which extended close to a month. The decision comes as the first step in gradual relaxing a long lockdown which was imposed in early March to fight the novel coronavirus.

Denmark eases lockdown restrictions, opens schools and daycare centres

A third of the nearly 2,000 sailors who were aboard France's aircraft carrier and support craft when a coronavirus outbreak occurred at sea have tested positive for the virus, the defence ministry said Wednesday.

Hundreds test positive to COVID-19 on French aircraft carrier

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