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Coronavirus accelerating rapidly, warns WHO

<p>The World Health Organisation on Tuesday warned that the COVID-19 pandemic is clearly “accelerating”, but said it was still possible to “change the trajectory” of the outbreak.  According to AFP data, the global deaths have crossed the 15,000 mark, with more than 3,41,000 infected worldwide. “The pandemic is accelerating,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, […]</p>

By Palak Vaghela
Italy records 427 new deaths, crosses china’s toll, India cases rise to 173News

Italy records 427 new deaths, crosses china’s toll, India cases rise to 173

<p>Italy overtook China’s coronavirus death total and braced for an extended lockdown that could see the economy suffer its biggest shock since World War II. The Mediterranean country’s toll reached 3,405 after it recorded 427 new deaths on Wednesday. China has officially reported 3,245 deaths since registering the first case at the end of last […]</p>

By Palak Vaghela
North Korean leader Kim admits troubled medical system amid virus fearsNews

North Korean leader Kim admits troubled medical system amid virus fears

<p>North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has acknowledged that his country lacks modern medical facilities and called for urgent improvements. The state media said that Kim’s comments were made during a ceremony on Tuesday marking the start of construction on a new hospital. Experts say a coronavirus epidemic in the North Korea could be devastating […]</p>

By Palak Vaghela
Coronavirus vaccine trial starts today, says US govt officialNews

Coronavirus vaccine trial starts today, says US govt official

<p>A clinical trial evaluating a vaccine designed to protect against the new coronavirus will begin Monday, according to a government official. The first participant in the trial will receive the experimental vaccine on Monday, the official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity because the trial has not been publicly announced yet. The National Institutes […]</p>

By Palak Vaghela
Coronavirus: Canadian PM Trudeau in isolation after wife tests positive for infectionNews

Coronavirus: Canadian PM Trudeau in isolation after wife tests positive for infection

<p>The wife of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has tested positive for the new coronavirus, his office said late Thursday. “Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau was tested for COVID-19 today. The test came back positive,” the Prime Minister’s office said in a statement. “Following medical advice, she will remain in isolation for the time being. She is feeling […]</p>

By Palak Vaghela
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