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The vast majority of the news cases are work permit holders residing in dormitories for foreign workers, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said in its preliminary release of figures.

The move threatens to renew conflict between the UAE-backed separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC) and the Saudi-backed government.

The city had reported 46,452 cases, 56% of the national total. It saw 3,869 fatalities, or 84% of China's total.

Johnson, 55, will take back control of a government under pressure from the economic fallout of shutdowns aimed at curbing the spread of coronavirus in the UK.

Parents are concerned their kids are falling behind academically, especially in lower income families due to the coronavirus outbreak across the globe.

With restaurants shuttered by lockdowns across the world, Ducasse claimed that it was far riskier to shop and cook at home.

As the world battles the coronavirus pandemic, healthcare workers in malaria-affected countries are using the best techniques to protect people from both the infections.

Amardeep Singh stockpiled tonnes of respirators, surgical gowns, hand sanitisers and other personal protective equipment (PPE) at a Long Island warehouse and sold it online through various websites.

The United States is by far the hardest-hit country in the global pandemic, in terms of both confirmed infections and deaths.

Wang Quanzhang's quarantine ended six days ago, but Wang says he has not been allowed to leave Jinan to reunite with his wife and seven-year-old son in Beijing.

With a pandemic raging and job losses climbing to 26.4 million on Thursday, Donald Trump's path to victory may be harder than he anticipated.

The Geneva-based agency said the initiative with partners aims to make technologies against the disease caused by the novel coronavirus "accessible to everyone who needs them, worldwide".

Japan is under a state of emergency over the pandemic, and residents in some areas have been asked to shop less frequently and only send one family member out to get supplies to limit contact.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said coronavirus has seen disproportionate effects on certain communities, the rise of hate speech, the targeting of vulnerable groups.

The date April 23 was chosen as it is a symbolic date for the literature world. In 1616, on this date, Cervantes, William Shakespeare and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega passed away.

The Dalai Lama on Wednesday compared the ongoing global fight against the Covid-19 pandemic with a 'lesson in universal responsibility' being taught to human beings by the mother Earth and stressed upon the need to realise the importance of sustainable de...