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Malaysia reports 190 new coronavirus cases, most linked to mosque event

Some 190 new positive Covid-19 cases were reported in Malaysia, Sunday, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 428, said Health Director-General D...

Coronavirus Death Toll Jumps 25 Percent; Exceeds 1,800

He said a total of 1,809 people have died after contracting the virus, and Sunday saw the highest one-day spike in deaths, 386, more than double the figure from...

Spanish King renounces inheritance from father amid scandal

King Felipe's name was also included as a beneficiary in the statutes of Fondation Zagatka, a fund owned by a cousin of Juan Carlos which is under investigation...

Spain declares state of emergency over coronavirus

Philippine officials announced a night curfew in the capital and said millions of people in the densely populated region should leave their homes only during th...

Coronavirus spreads to all Canadian provinces with 313 confirmed cases

Overnight: All GoodLife Fitness and Fit4Less Clubs across Canada close, effective immediately. Theresa Tam, Canada's chief public health officer, called for ...

First U.S. sailor aboard a warship tests positive for coronavirus

A United States official, however, said the ship was in port, a substantially less risky situation than being under way at sea. The sailor is now being quaran...

Coronavirus: No blankets for passengers on trains, says Railways

Sutar said. The railways will ask passengers to bring their own blankets through SMS and IVRS. Western Railway spokesperson Gajanan Mahatpurkar told PTI t...

Australia Introduces 14-Day Self-Isolation for International Arrivals - Prime Minister

Morrison also said the federal cabinet of ministers and state premiers would meet "more regularly" by video conference, instead of meeting in person, and that p...

Spain will impose partial coronavirus lockdown - PM

The government in Rome has ordered an unprecedented lockdown, ordering businesses to close and restricting people's movement. Yet officials and citizens in co...

Snowmobile collision in Fond du Lac involving three youth is fatal

According to police, the driver of a snowmobile travelling west was transported to a nearby medical clinic where he died. Two boys driving the second snowmobi...

Spanish King Felipe VI Abandons Father’s Inheritance Over ‘Offshore Fund’ Allegations

Spain's King Felipe VI has renounced his personal inheritance from his father and stripped the former king Juan Carlos of his annual stipend after it was allege...

Senator Ted Cruz announces he is extending self-quarantine

Ted Cruz (R-TX) is in self-quarantine after learning he had come in contact with the attendee at last month's Conservative Political Action Conference who had ...

Government Asks All Pubs To Close And For No House Parties

It closed schools and universities last week and advised people to cancel all indoor gatherings of 100 people or more. All pubs and nightclubs in Dublin's Te...

Pope leaves Vatican City to pray in one of Rome's basilica: Vatican

All masses, weddings and funerals across the country have also been called off. The cardinal's statement said access to "churches of the Diocese of Rome open to...

Spain coronavirus LOCKDOWN: Spanish PM to announce people movement restrictions

At noon, people around Italy came out on their balconies, terraces or gardens or leaned out their windows to clap for several minutes in a gesture of thanks t...

CDC recommends postponing events of more than 50 people for 8 weeks

Research has shown that COVID-19 can be transmitted from person to person through a process called "droplet transmission" - wherein a virus is passed on due to ...

New York City schools to close Monday to fight coronavirus

It was not immediately clear how long the closures will last, but the mayor has said previously it would be hard to reopen schools this academic year once they ...

Pubs and Nightclubs in Temple Bar to close with immediate effect

Minister Harris said he genuinely hopes that people will see how serious this issue is, appealing to "understand the role you have to play". Footage that circ...

Coronavirus: UK fatalities raise by 10 as first Birmingham death sadly confirmed

On Friday (March 13), the total number of confirmed cases in the United Kingdom rose to 798, jumping by more than 200 in a space of 24 hours, The Independent ...

Latest key points about coronavirus in the UK

Asked by Sky News whether people would be told to isolate for up to four months, Hancock said: "That is in the plan, yes, it's clearly in the action plan "...

Illinois records 64 COVID-19 cases, first in Central, Southern Illinois

Those two cases are from Woodford County, and Cumberland County, about an hour south of Champaign. The Illinois Department of Public Health said a Woodford Co...

Italians sing from balconies to beat virus blues

The song heard is La Verbena , a traditional folk song which is something of an anthem in Siena . Since then, videos have continued to emerge of residents al...

Reporter Banned From White House Briefing After Registering High Body Temperature

According to several reports, he was tested three times but each time was found to be running a temperature of 100.4 degrees-far above the 98.6 degrees that th...

SA President Ramaphosa Coronavirus A National Disaster

Government is also imposing a travel ban on foreign nationals from "high-risk countries", including Italy, Iran, South Korea, Germany, the USA and the United Ki...

Vatican cancels Easter celebrations in 'unprecedented' move

Francis left the Vatican unannounced to pray at the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore and then walked along one of Rome's main streets to visit St. Marcello chur...

Donald Trump 'strongly considering full pardon' for Michael Flynn

US President Donald Trump said Sunday that he was "strongly considering" a full pardon for former top aide Michael Flynn , reviving an old controversy even a...

Britain plans tougher virus response as toll rises

People aged over 70 in Britain will be asked to stay in strict isolation at home or in care homes for up to 4 months under a radical new plan to prevent them ...

Dr. Fauci Calls for ‘Dramatic Diminution’ of Public Interactions Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

He explained, "then they start to come up, and then they take a big spike". Getty A fan wears a protective mask as people wait in line to attend the "Celebrat...

FACT CHECK: Trump Accusations Against Obama Over Swine Flu

Trying to pass the buck, Trump sought to blame the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ), the nation's leading public health institution, for f...

France, Spain on lockdown over coronavirus

However, the Spanish government stated that the Prime Minister and his wife remain in the Prime Minister's residence in Madrid. The news comes as several coun...