An Israeli company expects a fabric it has developed will be able to neutralise close to 99% of the coronavirus, even after being washed multiple times, following a successful lab test.

Israel's miracle mask: Sonovia expects 99% coronavirus success after lab test

The coronavirus has sent China scrambling yet again. Beijing, the Chinese capital, is battling its second virus outbreak. This has sent anxious residents flooding to clinics for voluntary tests, putting the healthcare system under massive strain.

Beijing's second coronavirus wave puts wet markets back in focus

Coronavirus generally spreads from person-to-person, when someone who is infected sneezes or coughs and releases infected droplets into the open, which may then be unknowingly inhaled by others nearby.

Flushing the toilet incorrectly may enable the transmission of COVID-19

Since the beginning of the pandemic, coronavirus has been referred to as the “silent killer”, for it affected large number of people without many developing apparent symptoms.

16 Americans who went to a bar in Florida return home with COVID-19

Scientists in the United Kingdom say they have found a major breakthrough in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Moving beyond remdesivir and hydroxychloroquine, UK has moved on to using dexamethasone, an anti-inflammatory steroid.

UK makes a major breakthrough in treating COVID-19, and it's not hydroxychloroquine!

The Chinese capital reported 106 domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases since June 11 and a senior city official warned that the situation is "extremely severe" in Beijing where authorities have mounted massive containment measures including mass testing of about 90,000 people.

China's war on Wuhan virus has a new foe: Second wave of COVID-19

Coronavirus infections across the United States have soared recently, amid the ongoing protests against racial discrimination and police brutality. The six American states to report record-high cases are Arizona, Florida, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, and Nevada.

Second-wave of coronavirus in the US? Six states record most cases ever!

The coronavirus pandemic has brought the world to a standstill, and has now infected over 8 million people. Pandemics as deadly as this one may be a direct consequence of destruction of nature.

Coronavirus-like pandemics are a direct consequence of natural exploitation

Norway said Wednesday that salmon from the country was not the cause of the recently discovered outbreak of the new coronavirus in Beijing, after many Chinese restaurants and retailers stopped selling imported salmon.

Beijing virus outbreak not connected to Norwegian salmon: Oslo

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is weighing a limited initial annexation in the occupied West Bank, hoping to quell international opposition to his pledge of wide territorial moves, an Israeli newspaper said on Wednesday.

Israel's Netanyahu mulls two-phase West Bank annexation

Iran on Wednesday reported more than 100 deaths from the novel coronavirus for a fourth straight day, saying that gatherings in high-risk provinces have led to a spike in infections.

Iran reports over 100 virus deaths for fourth day

Australia is unlikely to reopen its border to international travellers until next year but will look to relax entry rules for students and other long-term visitors, Trade Minister Simon Birmingham said on Wednesday.

Australia says borders likely to stay closed until 2021

The World Health Organization (WHO) said it was moving to update its guidelines on treating people stricken with COVID-19 to reflect results of a clinical trial that showed a cheap, common steroid can help save critically ill patients.

WHO moves to update COVID-19 guidance after 'great news' in drug study

Is Beijing on its way to become a second Wuhan?

China is currently experiencing a resurgence of COVID-19 cases. The second-wave began in a local food market in the country’s capital Beijing. The capital city with a population of 20 million has at least 106 active cases in the city.

While China blames its second-wave of coronavirus on the west, WHO looks the other way again

The United States is currently in the process of filtering out potential vaccine candidates for COVID-19. According to the US Department of Health and Human Services, out of the previous 14 vaccines, the country has zeroed in on seven potential vaccines for the killer COVID-19 pandemic, which has now infected over 8 million people worldwide.

US narrows down potential coronavirus vaccine candidates to 7

While the world reels from the COVID-19 pandemic, amid increasing fears of a second-wave, the headlines around the world have been tiptoeing around fear and action to contain the crisis.

China braces for second-wave of coronavirus, absolves itself of blame for negligence

A US state will now pay its citizens $1,500 to bring back the workforce. The state of Idaho is luring citizens back to work, in an additional bid to get people off the federal unemployment benefits.

This US state is offering $1,500 to its citizens in a bid to restart the economy

Amid growing fears of a second wave of coronavirus, as China tested thousands of residents in capital Beijing, the city reported another 27 coronavirus cases which were reportedly domestically transmitted.

COVID-19: Beijing reports another 27 cases amid second wave fears

The origins of a new cluster of coronavirus infections in Beijing are not certain, World Health Organization officials said on Monday, describing as a "hypothesis" the claim that it might have been caused by imports or packaging of salmon.

WHO says 'hypothesis' about cause of China's latest virus outbreak needs further testing

Amazon.com Inc on Tuesday launched an artificial intelligence-based tracking system to enforce social distancing at its offices and warehouses to help reduce any risk of contracting the new coronavirus among its workers.

Amazon to use AI tech in its warehouses to enforce social distancing

People who contract the killer coronavirus and die witness a lot of heavy organ damage, especially in the lungs. Researchers today pointed out how the virus makes lungs of people almost unrecognisable.

Coronavirus: Lungs of people who succumb to the virus become unrecognisable

Giving low doses of the generic steroid drug dexamethasone to patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 reduced death rates by around a third among those with the most severe cases of infection, trial data showed on Tuesday.

Steroid dexamethasone reduces deaths among patients with severe COVID-19 - trial shows

People aged below 20 are less likely to contract coronavirus and developing complications in case they do. A new research published on Tuesday claims that people below 20 are less prone to getting the killer virus.

People aged below 20 almost half less likely to contract COVID-19, new study finds

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