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Eleven new cases of COVID-19 in B.C., total now 64

Recent travellers who do not develop symptoms during their two weeks of self-isolation do not need to be tested, she said. Friday's count brings the total num...

Governors of several states order schools to shutdown due to coronavirus

Gov. DeWine announced Friday that the state has received a waiver that will allow schools to continue to feed students during the three-week closure. There is...

Sydney Royal Easter Show boss 'absolutely gutted' after cancelling over coronavirus fears

Sydney Royal Easter Show boss Murray Wilton tells Ben Fordham they made the decision based on the government's advice. "And just quietly, we're all just absol...

Scientists believe they've made a huge breakthrough in coronavirus vaccine effort

The team - Dr. Samira Mubareka and Dr. Rob Kozak of Sunnybrook and University of Toronto; Dr. Arinjay Banerjee and Dr. Karen Mossman of McMaster Universit...

Caf postpones Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers as coronavirus spreads

The Kenyan Sports Ministry had late last month issued a directive that barred all sports teams from travelling to countries where cases of the coronavirus have ...

Jared Kushner’s Family Crowdsource Help to Tackle Coronavirus on Facebook Group

Before the speech, Kushner's primary job with coronavirus, Politico reports , was to research the virus and talk to "relevant parties" to help Trump decide w...

Quarantined dog tests negative for coronavirus in Hong Kong

As well as being anxious about themselves, their children and their friends and family, the public also appear to be anxious about their dogs. The dog with th...

United States approves coronavirus test in race to boost screening capacity

Roche said it would have millions of tests available each month, and that it was committed to pushing the limits of its production capacity and delivering as ma...

Covid-19 now officially a pandemic - here's what that means

As of Thursday, COVID-19 had infected more than 126,000 people in over 124 countries, mostly in China. The Indian Express is now on Telegram. "The idea that c...

Thirteen more cases of coronavirus confirmed in UK

British authorities have confirmed 13 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the UK's total number of infections to 36. "If this does spread throughout Scotland, it ...

FDA Grants Emergency Authorization For New, High-Speed Wuhan Virus Test

Testing is crucial to stem the spread of Covid-19 because it allows health care workers to identify the infected and quarantine them, even if they're not experi...

'Don't panic' says US woman who recovered from coronavirus

In the United States, 80 per cent of cases have been mild and the remaining 20 per cent had to be hospitalised because they were mainly elders or people who h...

Several US states close schools to halt coronavirus

Mike DeWine . DeWine was the first governor to order a statewide school shutdown. Young, in a press conference on Thursday, also stated they are not recomme...

17 new coronavirus cases in Ontario including infant baby boy

The province of Ontario announced Thursday that all will close all publicly funded schools in the province for two weeks, extending the spring break until April...

Australian PM advises against big gatherings amid virus outbreak

But in a Twitter post, Morrison said he had received medical advice that said only people that were in contact with Dutton in the past 24 hours or so needed t...

Senior Australian minister tested positive for Covid19

Peter Dutton , an Australian Liberal Party politician serving as Minister for Home Affairs since 2017, said in a statement that he had been feeling ill and to...

Walmart Revises Leave Policy In Face Of Coronavirus

Thank you for all you're doing to serve customers and members during this challenging time, as the US deals with COVID-19 ( coronavirus ). The worker is receivi...

THE novel coronavirus (COVID-19)

The first thing that Paulding County Hospital wants you to know is how to educate yourself. While caution is important to prevent the spread of coronavirus ,...

Iran's coronavirus cases reach 10,000

Outside of Iran, only Iraq, Egypt and Lebanon have recorded deaths from the virus in the Middle East . In an Instagram post picked up by state news agency IR...

Fact or Fiction: Tito's Vodka can be used in hand sanitizer?

Carl Fichtenbaum , an infectious disease specialist at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Alcohol attacks viruses and other disease-causing patho...

Bernie Sanders Promises to Question Biden Over Progressive Policies at Next Debate

Bernie Sanders will win California's Democratic primary , CNN projects, after holding a lead in the state since Election Night. Amid the ongoing novel cor...

Coronavirus: What is a pandemic?

Even as cases spiralled in Europe, Middle East and the US, WHO director-general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stopped short of calling coronavirus a pandemic ...

B.C. recommends against non-essential travel outside Canada, large gatherings

She said that if risks are detected in B.C. schools, however, the province will close them. "We feel that this is the appropriate measure at this time, given th...

Congress shutting down US Capitol through the end of the month

Officials ordered the US Capitol closed to much of the public on Thursday. Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) applauded the visitor restrictions from the Senate floo...

Beshear urges Kentucky churches to cancel services due to virus

On Tuesday morning, there were six confirmed coronavirus cases in Kentucky - three in Harrison County, two in Fayette County and one in Jefferson County. "Obvio...

Bernie Sanders officially wins California primary

He spoke, not as a political opponent of Biden's, but as an adviser, giving the future nominee tips on the best way to swindle Sanders' own supporters, and the ...

Manitoba confirms first case of COVID-19

A woman in her 40s who lives in the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority area tested positive for COVID-19 and it is believed that she was exposed to the virus du...

Your questions about the new coronavirus, answered

The virus can cause pneumonia, and people who suffer from it say they have breathing difficulties and a cough. In recent days, the fastest growth of new co...

COVID-19: Health officials confirm seven new cases in B.C.

Three of B.C.'s new cases are travel-related, Henry said. Henry said the dead man was in his eighties and had a number of underlying medical conditions. Both ar...

Coronavirus can be transmitted from humans to dogs

That's the conclusion of Hong Kong's Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department after a dog in quarantine tested weakly positive for the virus Februar...