2020-06-04 A man in Shanghai who killed his wife and hid her body in a freezer for three months was executed on Thursday, according to the Shanghai No. 2 Intermediate People's Court.
2020-06-04 Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) lodges solemn representations with the U.S. Transportation Department after the U.S. side decided to suspend Chinese passenger carriers.
2020-06-04 Tokyo Governor Koike Yuriko said here on Thursday that discussions are underway to streamline the Olympics and Paralympics.
2020-06-04 Germany has agreed on an economic stimulus package worth 130 billion euros (146 billion U.S. dollars) to mitigate the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Chancellor Angela Merkel said late Wednesday.
2020-06-04 The fact is, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) and some fact-checking organizations, there is no evidence that 5G has anything to do with the spread of COVID-19.
2020-06-04 The Brazilian government has authorized testing in the country for a COVID-19 vaccine developed by the University of Oxford, officials said on Wednesday.
2020-06-04 Brazil reported 28,633 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the national tally to 584,016, the health ministry said late Wednesday.
2020-06-04 India's health ministry Thursday morning said 260 new deaths due to COVID-19, besides fresh 9,304 positive cases, were reported during the past 24 hours across the country, taking the number of deaths to 6,075 and total cases to 216,919.
2020-06-04 After months of lockdowns, countries are cautiously starting to ease travel restrictions put in place to stop the spread of COVID-19.
2020-06-04 A lack of sufficient testing for the presence of COVID-19 in the general public might be one of the major reasons for the large number of deaths in the United States, a leading medical expert has said.
2020-06-04 Hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malaria drug, was not statistically effective in preventing infection for people exposed to the novel coronavirus, a clinical trial showed on Wednesday.
2020-06-04 China's civil aviation regulator on Thursday adjusted policies for international passenger flights, allowing more foreign carriers to resume flights to China on a once-in-a-week basis starting from June 8.
2020-06-04 People visit a night market at Baocheng Road in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei Province, June 3, 2020. Wuhan, the city once hit hard by the COVID-19, has gradully returned to normal after recovery from the novel coronavirus.
2020-06-04 About 30 Twitter groups who claimed to be supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump, the Republican Party or the far-right conspiracy theory QAnon, have propagated rumors that the coronavirus was a bioweapon created by China.
2020-06-04 The Chinese mainland reported one new imported COVID-19 case Wednesday, bringing the total number of imported cases to 1,763, the National Health Commission said Thursday.
2020-06-04 Five COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery on the Chinese mainland Wednesday, the National Health Commission said Thursday.
2020-06-04 Chinese health authority said Thursday that no new domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases were reported on the Chinese mainland on Wednesday.
2020-06-04 People arriving in Britain by any means, including air and sea, will have to go into self-isolation from next Monday at a designated address for 14 days as a condition of being allowed through frontier posts, Home Secretary Priti Patel told MPs Wednesday.
2020-06-04 UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called for solidarity in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and a "people's vaccine" against the virus.
2020-06-04 France on Wednesday reported 81 new COVID-19 deaths, a slower increase over the 107 fatalities registered a day earlier, bringing the country's toll from the coronavirus-caused disease to 29,021 since March 1.
2020-06-04 People in Italy will be allowed to move freely within the country from Wednesday and the travel restrictions were also eased the same day with travelers from European Union (EU) and Schengen countries.
2020-06-04 World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday said that his organization is especially worried about Central and South America, where many countries are witnessing accelerating epidemics.
2020-06-04 Xi Jinping said Wednesday that China stands ready to work with Germany and the European Union (EU) to strengthen strategic cooperation, uphold multilateralism, tackle global challenges, and jointly add certainty to the current world of uncertainty.
2020-06-04 The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday announced that based on the latest data review, the clinical trial of malaria drug hydroxychloroquine on COVID-19 patients will continue.
2020-06-03 Israel has learned a lot from China in combating COVID-19 pandemic and hopes there will be more scientific cooperation between Israel and China in the future, an Israeli expert said recently.
2020-06-03 Russia has confirmed 8,536 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, raising its total to 432,277, its coronavirus response center said in a statement Wednesday.
2020-06-03 The global economy is suffering a devastating blow from the COVID-19 pandemic which is threatening to push over 60 million people into extreme poverty this year.
2020-06-03 Shulan, a county-level city administered by the city of Jilin in northeast China's Jilin Province, was classified as a low-risk area of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
2020-06-03 "Wuhan is a safe city; Wuhan people are healthy," a hashtag from infectious disease doctor Li Lanjuan, topped the trending list on Weibo, China's equivalent to Twitter on Wednesday, with 160 million views and over 10,000 engagements.
2020-06-03 Some rumors claim that hand sanitizer gel is more effective against coronavirus than hand washing, leading to soaring sales of antibacterial gels and wipes.
2020-06-03 South Korea reported 49 more cases of the COVID-19 compared to 24 hours ago as of 0:00 a.m. Wednesday local time, raising the total number of infections to 11,590.
2020-06-03 A private survey showed Wednesday that the business activity of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region dropped less in May as the COVID-19 epidemic abated and related social distancing measures eased.
2020-06-03 The number of COVID-19 cases in India surpassed the 200,000 mark, reaching 207,615 on Wednesday, and death toll reached 5,815, according to latest data issued by the federal health ministry.
2020-06-03 People visit a night market at Baocheng Road in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, June 1, 2020. Wuhan, once hit hard by COVID-19, has seen its urban life gradually back to normal.
2020-06-03 No new confirmed COVID-19 cases were reported in central China's Hubei Province on Tuesday, the provincial health commission said Wednesday.
2020-06-03 France further unwound anti-coronavirus lockdown from June 2, 2020.
2020-06-03 The Olympic rings are seen as the Rainbow Bridge is lit up in red, to signalise that the coronavirus disease cases have significantly increased in the daily numbers of infections, after the Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced a "Tokyo Alert" to warn its residents, Tokyo.
2020-06-03 The Chinese mainland reported one new imported COVID-19 case Tuesday, bringing the total number of imported cases to 1,762, the National Health Commission said Wednesday.
2020-06-03 One COVID-19 patient was discharged from hospital after recovery on the Chinese mainland Tuesday, the National Health Commission said Wednesday.
2020-06-03 Another 324 COVID-19 patients have died in Britain as of Monday afternoon, bringing the total coronavirus-related death toll in the country to 39,369, the Department of Health and Social Care said Tuesday.
2020-06-03 With 107 COVID-19 deaths reported in the last 24 hours, France's total death toll from the coronavirus-caused disease rose to 28,940 on Tuesday, official figures showed.
2020-06-03 President Xi Jinping Tuesday called for efforts to develop a strong public health system to safeguard people's health.
2020-06-02 Wuhan forked out 900 million yuan (126 mln U.S. dollars) on a citywide testing drive to screen novel coronavirus infections, executive deputy mayor Hu Yabo told a press conference on Tuesday afternoon.
2020-06-02 Wuhan in central China's Hubei Province tested 9,899,828 people between May 14 and June 1 in a citywide drive to screen novel coronavirus infections, according to a press conference on Tuesday.
2020-06-02 A doctor in Wuhan whose skin turned dark due to COVID-19 treatment passed away at 5:45 am on Tuesday, Xinhua News Agency reported.
2020-06-02 South Korea reported 38 more cases of the COVID-19 compared to 24 hours ago as of 0:00 a.m. Tuesday local time, raising the total number of infections to 11,541.
2020-06-02 The Potala Palace in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region will reopen to the public on June 3, as the COVID-19 epidemic has waned in the country.
2020-06-02 The United Kingdom medicines regulator has approved the use of remdesivir, an antiviral drug that is thought to shorten the recovery time for COVID-19 patients.
2020-06-02 The first offline job fair for graduates after the coronavirus outbreak kicked off in Wuhan on Monday. Over 80 enterprises participated in the job fair.
2020-06-02 Shanghai reported one new imported COVID-19 case and zero increase in locally transmitted COVID-19 cases on Monday, the municipal health commission said Tuesday.
2020-06-02 Fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic will shrink the size of the U.S. economy by 7.9 trillion U.S. dollars over the next decade.
2020-06-02 An offline job fair for college graduates in Wuhan, the Chinese city once hardest-hit by the novel coronavirus, was held at Jianghan University on Monday.
2020-06-02 The U.S. administration led by President Donald Trump is taking advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic to pursue unilateral policies while pinning the blame for a mismanaged national health emergency on others.
2020-06-02 The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday that Central and South America have now become intense zones of COVID-19 transmission, and solidarity and support are needed to help them overcome the virus.
2020-06-02 Officials of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday that COVID-19 has not changed either in its transmissibility or severity, and that more efforts are needed to suppress transmission and save lives.
2020-06-02 The World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Monday warned that the world is "losing its ability" to use critically important antimicrobial medicines.
2020-06-02 On the eve of the second phase of de-confinement, France recorded 31 COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours, the lowest daily increase since mid March, bringing the overall death toll of the epidemic to 28,833.
2020-06-02 Russia is currently carrying out clinical tests of Avifavir, which may prove to be an efficient treatment for COVID-19, the producer of the drug said in a statement on Monday.
2020-06-02 The Chinese mainland reported five new imported COVID-19 cases Monday, bringing the total number of imported cases to 1,761, the National Health Commission said Tuesday.
2020-06-02 Eight COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery on the Chinese mainland Monday, the National Health Commission said Tuesday.
2020-06-02 Chinese health authority said Tuesday that no new domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases were reported on the Chinese mainland on Monday.
2020-06-02 The World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Monday said that his organization hopes to continue cooperation with the United States.
2020-06-02 Hubei province, the region in China that was hit hardest by the novel coronavirus pandemic, has stepped up efforts in screening for and managing asymptomatic COVID-19 cases to give people assurance about the epidemic control situation in the province.
2020-06-02 The number of COVID-19 cases in the United States topped 1.8 million on Monday, reaching 1,808,291 as of 6:33 p.m. (2233 GMT), according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.
2020-06-02 Italy recorded 178 fresh cases of infection from the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, the lowest such figure since Feb. 27, the Civil Protection Department said on Monday.
2020-06-01 Russia has confirmed 9,035 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, raising its total to 414,878, its coronavirus response center said in a statement Monday.
2020-06-01 New Zealand reported no new case of COVID-19 on Monday for 10 consecutive days, with the combined total of confirmed and probable cases staying at 1,504, according to the Ministry of Health.
2020-06-01 The U.S. exit from the World Health Organization (WHO) would undermine international efforts to fight against the COVID-19 pandemic that guarantee public health and save lives, officials and experts across the world have warned.
2020-06-01 Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced via Facebook on Monday that he and his family had tested positive for COVID-19.
2020-06-01 The school held a variety of themed activities to celebrate the International Children's Day on Monday.
2020-06-01 The United States has delivered 2 million doses of hydroxychloroquine to Brazil, the two governments announced on Sunday, days after the World Health Organization (WHO) halted the anti-malaria drug's clinical trials over safety concerns.
2020-06-01 South Korea reported 35 more cases of the COVID-19 compared to 24 hours ago as of 0:00 a.m. Monday local time, raising the total number of infections to 11,503.
2020-06-01 India's federal health ministry Monday morning reported 230 new deaths due to COVID-19 and 8,392 more positive cases during the past 24 hours across the country, taking the number of deaths to 5,394 and total cases to 190,535.
2020-06-01 China donated medical supplies to Fiji on Monday to help the South Pacific island nation fight against COVID-19.
2020-06-01 More countries in Europe and Asia began to ease restrictions and resume operations, but more than 1 million cases of COVID-19 have been recorded in Latin America and the Caribbean, now the new epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic.
2020-06-01 Despite COVID-19 still spreading, the United States Golf Association (USGA) is optimistic about keeping the championship at Winged Foot Golf Club in suburban New York on the schedule and remains hopeful that spectators in some limited form will be able to attend.
2020-06-01 No new confirmed COVID-19 cases were reported in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province on Sunday, the provincial health commission said Monday.
2020-06-01 Brazil on Sunday said its nationwide tally of confirmed COVID-19 cases reached 514,84 after 16,409 people tested positive in the past 24 hours, while the death toll neared 30,000.
2020-06-01 More than 400,000 primary and middle school students in Beijing returned to school on Monday as no new confirmed cases have been reported for 46 consecutive days in the city.
2020-06-01 No new confirmed COVID-19 cases and asymptomatic cases were reported in northeast China's Jilin Province on Sunday, the provincial health commission said Monday.
2020-06-01 Three COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery on the Chinese mainland Sunday, the National Health Commission said Monday..
2020-06-01 The Chinese mainland reported 16 new imported COVID-19 cases Sunday, bringing the total number of imported cases to 1,756, the National Health Commission said Monday.
2020-06-01 With the crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic still deepening in the United States, the National Hockey League (NHL) confirmed on Sunday that it will test all the players for the coronavirus daily if games resume.
2020-06-01 Chinese health authority said Monday that no new domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases were reported on the Chinese mainland on Sunday.
2020-06-01 Italy recorded 355 new coronavirus infections over the last day, the second-lowest figure since early March and a welcome dose of good news as the country gears up to further ease lockdown measures this week.
2020-06-01 Another 113 COVID-19 patients have died in Britain as of Saturday afternoon, bringing the total coronavirus-related death toll in the country to 38,489.
2020-06-01 A Belgian prince has tested positive for the coronavirus after attending a party which broke Spanish restrictions, both Belgian and Spanish authorities confirmed on Sunday.
2020-05-30 The World Health Organization (WHO), Costa Rica and other partners on Friday officially launched a COVID-19 Technology Access Pool, an initiative aimed at making vaccines, tests, treatments and other health technologies to fight COVID-19 accessible to all.
2020-05-30 The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) has been jointly fighting COVID-19 with defense departments and militaries of multiple countries as the coronavirus continues to spread globally, a spokesperson of China's Ministry of National Defense said Friday.
2020-05-29 Chinese President Xi Jinping and Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra compared notes on bilateral cooperation against the COVID-19 pandemic in a recent exchange of letters.
2020-05-29 Wearing a face mask at home could help stop the spread of COVID-19 between family members, but only if worn before the first person becomes ill, a studay revealed on Friday.
2020-05-29 The 2020 Boston Marathon has been canceled for the first time in its 124-year history due to COVID-19, the Boston Athletic Association (BAA) said on Thursday.
2020-05-29 Australians in the State of Victoria could face fines if they return to their workplaces from June 1 under the new COVID-19 rules announced on Friday.
2020-05-29 A regular e-commerce cargo air route was launched on Thursday to link the central Chinese city of Changsha with Moscow, Russia.
2020-05-29 A potential coronavirus vaccine developed in China appeared safe and able to generate an immune response after an early trial in more than 100 people, according to a new study.
2020-05-29 Chinese President Xi Jinping exchanged letters recently with Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra over bilateral cooperation on the COVID-19 fight.
2020-05-29 Early summer is one of the most enchanting seasons for the Yudu International Bazaar in Hotan City of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, as the bazaar's central square will be full of rose aroma.
2020-05-29 South Korea will push for the special import of an experimental antiviral drug remdesivir to treat COVID-19 patients, the health authorities said Friday.
2020-05-29 All primary schools in Guizhou Province resume classes.
2020-05-29 Actors, cameramen and lighting engineers are busy in film studios; Internet celebrities hold mobile phones to start livestreaming on the street; vendors set up their food stands when night falls.
2020-05-29 White House officials have decided not to release updated economic projections this summer, breaking from precedent as the U.S. economy is on track to a deep recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to U.S. media.
2020-05-29 UNIT United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday called on the international community to use more tools, including considering a new issuance of Special Drawing Rights, to help the world, especially poor countries, to recover from the destruction of the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020-05-29 India's federal health ministry on Friday morning reported 175 more deaths and 7,466 new positive cases due to the COVID-19 pandemic, taking the number of deaths to 4,706 and total cases to 165,799.
2020-05-29 Medical experts from hospitals in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Japan shared their experience in treating COVID-19 patients via video link Wednesday.
2020-05-29 Wearing masks remain controversial in the United States even though public health officials have continued to recommend the use of face coverings in public to curb the spread of COVID-19, which has so far killed over 100,000 Americans.
2020-05-29 Washington has entangled countries close to Russia and China, including those in Central Asia, with networks of military bio laboratories, the Russian "Military Political Analytics" online magazine has said.
2020-05-29 Brazil registered 26,417 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the highest single-day surge so far, raising the tally to 438,238, authorities said Thursday.
2020-05-29 Robots deliver meals at an Asian restaurant in Vienna, Austria, on May 28, 2020. An Asian restaurant in Vienna uses robots to deliver meals in order to reduce unnecessary contact between waiters and customers during the COVID-19 outbreak.
2020-05-29 San Francisco has opened a temporary sanctioned tent encampment for members of its homeless population during the COVID-19 public health crisis.
2020-05-29 Famous for its authentic dumplings, East Dumpling House, a Chinese restaurant in Rockville, U.S. state of Maryland, was thriving just a couple of months ago.
2020-05-29 Such an initiative can facilitate a win-win result for economic revival and long-term, high-quality green development, said Wang Yi, a member of the NPC Standing Committee and the NPC Committee of Environmental Protection and Resources Conservation.
2020-05-29 No new confirmed cases were reported on the mainland as of Thursday, along with no deaths or suspected cases, according to a release by the National Health Commission on Friday morning.
2020-05-29 The National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai), host venue for the China International Import Expo in Shanghai.He noted that 80 percent of the exhibitions slated for the first half of the year will be moved to July and August.
2020-05-29 China on Thursday called on multilateral and private creditors to take actions and join debt suspension and relief for developing countries.
2020-05-29 A livestreaming week will be held from May 30 to June 5 in Shanghai.
2020-05-29 Cheng Jing, a scientist whose team developed China's first DNA "chip" to detect SARS 17 years ago, is contributing significantly to the battle against the COVID-19 outbreak.
2020-05-29 Giant pandas "Meng Meng", "Jiao Qing" from China and their twin cubs "Meng Xiang", "Meng Yuan" have attracted numerous visitors though restrictions are still imposed in the zoo.
2020-05-29 Universities in China should not blindly pursue internationalization or expand the enrollment of international students, said the Ministry of Education.
2020-05-29 The United Kingdom has suffered the highest rate of excess mortality, meaning more deaths than usual, of any country using comparable data since the beginning of the novel coronavirus outbreak, figures released by the Office for National Statistics, or ONS, have revealed.
2020-05-29 The City of Toronto painted circles on the grass at Trinity Bellwoods Park as a pilot project on Thursday to encourage people in physical distancing during the COVID-19 outbreak.
2020-05-29 France on Wednesday banned the use of malaria drug hydroxychloroquine to treat patients suffering severe forms of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.
2020-05-29 A Chinese medical team on Thursday arrived in the Sudanese capital Khartoum to support Sudan's efforts to control the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020-05-29 A team of Chinese medical experts on Thursday ended their mission to help tackle the COVID-19 epidemic in Algeria after two-week work.
2020-05-29 After spending more than five months in and out of the hospital, Gu Yunchuan was discharged on May 22, becoming the first severe COVID-19 patient to successfully receive a kidney transplant after being cured.
2020-05-29 Though the COVID-19 outbreak has led to delays in bilateral negotiations, major progress on the China-Norway free trade agreement is expected to be made this year, a senior Norwegian official said.
2020-05-29 The COVID-19 pandemic has largely been brought under control in China, with many scholars believing that traditional culture has played an important role in shaping people's response to it.
2020-05-29 Three COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery on the Chinese mainland Thursday, the National Health Commission said Friday.
2020-05-29 Israeli health ministry's data has showed success in using convalescent plasma to treat COVID-19 patients, especially those in moderate condition.
2020-05-29 Chinese health authority said Friday that no new confirmed COVID-19 cases were reported on the Chinese mainland on Thursday.
2020-05-29 United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday called on the international community to use more tools, including considering a new issuance of Special Drawing Rights, to help the world, especially poor countries, to recover from the destruction of the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020-05-29 New York City is expected to enter phase one of the reopening process in early June with up to 400,000 people back to work, Mayor Bill de Blasio confirmed on Thursday.
2020-05-29 The following are the latest developments of the COVID-19 pandemic in European countries.
2020-05-29 The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) on Thursday donated surgical face masks, goggles, protective clothing and other medical supplies to the Lebanese army to help combat COVID-19.
2020-05-28 Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has faced more criticisms after U.S. President Donald Trump imposed a travel ban on non-U.S. citizens from the South American country, as the COVID-19 epidemic is getting worse in Brazil.
2020-05-28 China is open to international cooperation on the research and development of vaccines, medicines and testing reagents for COVID-19, and is willing to share the deliverables with the world, Premier Li Keqiang said Thursday.
2020-05-28 China will continue to adopt a science-based, open and transparent approach in dealing with COVID-19, Premier Li Keqiang told a press conference Thursday.
2020-05-28 Long Island became the latest region in New York state to enter the first phase of reopening, leaving New York City the only region remaining under the "PAUSE" order.
2020-05-28 The number of COVID-19 deaths in the United States topped 100,000 on Wednesday, reaching 100,047 as of 5:32 p.m. (2132 GMT), according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.
2020-05-28 Since the outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020, all international students at Henan University of Technology based in Zhengzhou, capital of Henan province, have lived orderly and comfortable lives in China.
2020-05-28 U.S. capital Washington D.C. will lift stay-at-home order on Friday and enter phase one of reopening, Mayor Muriel Bowser announced on Wednesday.
2020-05-28 Greek authorities have expressed alarm after the Turkish foreign minister suggested migrants and refugees would soon return to their land border as the two countries emerge from novel coronavirus lockdowns.
2020-05-28 The British government will soon stop new workers joining the 8 million who have already been put on temporary publicly funded leave by their employers due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.
2020-05-28 Four Chinese-Filipino siblings have been delivering free packs of home-cooked meals to nurses and other health workers on the front lines in the fight against COVID-19 in the Philippine capital.
2020-05-28 People are seen at their desks at the headquarters of Chinese online group discounter Pinduoduo in Shanghai, on July 25, 2018.The fortune of top 25 billionaires increased $255 billion from two months ago when the US stock market hit the bottom on March 23 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, business magazine Forbes said.
2020-05-28 You can now wear a face mask and people will still be able to tell who you are.
2020-05-28 The death toll from COVID-19 in the United States exceeded 100,000 on Wednesday, the highest globally and a grim milestone in the country with a well-developed public health care system and highly-advanced medical technology.
2020-05-28 The narrative that "China covered up the coronavirus" is inaccurate and so are the claims supporting the narrative, said an opinion piece published recently in U.S. magazine The National Interest.
2020-05-28 India's federal health ministry Thursday morning said 194 new deaths due to COVID-19, besides fresh 6,566 positive cases were reported since Wednesday in the country, taking the number of deaths to 4,531 and total cases to 158,333.
2020-05-28 When Wang Junhui met with his old friends at Sino-Congo Friendship Hospital in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, after saying goodbye two years ago, he was so excited. But he also regretted that they couldn't hug each other as before.
2020-05-28 The British government announced Wednesday that the country's coronavirus test and trace system will be up and running from Thursday as part of the efforts to contain the pandemic.
2020-05-28 Russia has decided to postpone the 2020 summits of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and BRICS initially scheduled to be held in St. Petersburg in July, the Kremlin announced Wednesday.
2020-05-28 A total of 860,503 formal jobs in Brazil were wiped out in April amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, the biggest monthly loss of jobs since records were kept in 1992, the Economy Ministry said on Wednesday.
2020-05-28 South Korea reported its biggest jump in novel coronavirus infections in seven weeks on Wednesday, driven by a new cluster at an e-commerce warehouse on Seoul's outskirts, as millions more pupils returned to school.
2020-05-28 As the COVID-19 outbreak continues to disrupt the job market, companies are making a joint push to help job seekers hone their skills and prepare them for the post-pandemic economy.
2020-05-28 Tourists admire views from a tower building in the ancient city of Pingyao in Jinzhong, Shanxi province, on May 5.That is usually the peak season for tourism in the country, and the province's 670 scenic spots were forced to shut down.
2020-05-28 Workers of a hotel in Anhui province have their body temperature checked in March, before heading for a local industrial park to take up new posts at manufacturing shops.
2020-05-28 The results of China's COVID-19 vaccine trial, the first such vaccine to reach phase 1 clinical trial, are "very impressive," a leading U.S. epidemiologist told Xinhua in a recent interview.
2020-05-28 Plex'Eat is simple to set up and take apart, easy to clean and disinfect, adaptable to all types of establishments and boutiques as well as public places to protect guests and clients during the COVID-19 pandemic
2020-05-28 Photo taken on May 27, 2020 shows a hotel in Berlin, Germany. Hotels in Berlin are reopening in response to the easing of coronavirus restrictions in the German capital.
2020-05-28 The mainland reported two new confirmed cases of COVID-19 as of Wednesday and no deaths or suspected cases were found that day, according to a release by the National Health Commission on Thursday morning.
2020-05-28 The novel coronavirus, which causes the COVID-19 respiratory disease, is "a naturally occurring animal virus" and does not look to have been "engineered in the laboratory", according to a British biological sciences expert who says the exact precursor of the pandemic may only be found as "a matter of chance".
2020-05-28 Students enter a middle school in Hong Kong, May 27, 2020. Schools in Hong Kong gradually reopen since Wednesday as previously announced.
2020-05-28 Boeing said on Wednesday that it has resumed production of the 737 MAX at the company's Renton factory in Washington state.
2020-05-28 Economic activity declined across the nation, with most districts falling sharply, reflecting disruptions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Federal Reserve said in its latest Beige Book released on Wednesday.
2020-05-28 Malaysian health ministry reported 15 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, a dramatic drop from the 187 the day before.
2020-05-28 "The savings rate had risen dramatically in the last couple years already," according to Robert Frick, corporate economist with Navy Federal Credit Union, in a recent tweet.
2020-05-28 As countries in Europe are counting their losses from the COVID-19 pandemic, the European Commission on Wednesday proposed a 750-bln-euro (826 billion U.S. dollars) recovery fund to help the world's largest trading bloc recover from a recession.
2020-05-28 Eight COVID-19 patients were discharged from hospitals after recovery on the Chinese mainland Wednesday, the National Health Commission said Thursday.
2020-05-28 The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday announced the creation of the WHO Foundation, an independent grant-making entity that will support the organization's efforts to address the most pressing global health challenges.
2020-05-28 California saw more than 100,000 novel coronavirus infections on Wednesday, becoming the fourth state in the United States having reached the milestone when the state is rapidly reopening its economy.
2020-05-28 Chinese health authority said Thursday that no new domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases were reported on the Chinese mainland on Wednesday.
2020-05-28 Startups in Asia face a battle for survival during the ongoing global economic downturn resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020-05-28 Argentina recorded 723 daily new cases Sunday, the highest since its first COVID-19 case on March 3, while the country is taking measures to cushion the fallout of the pandemic.
2020-05-28 A second wave of the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States "could happen" but is "not inevitable," said White House health advisor Anthony Fauci on Wednesday.
2020-05-28 China is willing to continue providing assistance to, and share its experience with Kyrgyzstan in COVID-19 prevention and control, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Tuesday.
2020-05-27 The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases across the African continent reached 119,391 as the death toll from the ongoing pandemic surged to 3,589 as of Wednesday afternoon, the Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.
2020-05-27 Some U.S. officials' attempts to sue China for causing the COVID-19 pandemic are outright violations of international law, according to an article carried by Wednesday's People's Daily.
2020-05-27 U.S. lawsuits against China over the COVID-19 pandemic are groundless since China is also a victim of the disease, a Cambodian scholar has said.
2020-05-27 People wearing a face mask visit the archeological site of Pompeii on May 26, 2020, as the country eases its lockdown aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 infection, caused by the novel coronavirus.
2020-05-27 Australians are more concerned about coronavirus than ever as restrictions continue to ease across the country, a survey has revealed.
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