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Novel coronavirus has infected 4,695 people in Pakistan. According to the Ministry of National Health Service, so far 54,706 tests have been conducted, including 2,478 in the last 24 hours.

A CNN report quoted its sources as saying that the US intelligence gathered details in November and in the weeks following offered multiple early warnings about the potential severity of the pandemic.

Researchers said that the actual complete figure of people infected by Covid-19 may have already risen to tens of millions of people globally.

Europe's dominant brewers are facing big hits from the absence of restaurant and bar sales, and the wave of scotched summer festivals, concert series and other events in the coming months.

Walker, 53, was arrested for felony vandalism and the merchandise had to be destroyed for fear of contamination.

The Yanomami patient, a 15-year-old boy, is being treated in the intensive care unit at a hospital in Boa Vista, the capital of the northern state of Roraima.

Dubai's justice department said Wednesday that the decision was among the "measures to prevent the spread of the pandemic" rolled out in the emirate.

The COVID-19 pandemic is having far-reaching economic and social consequences for the Asia-Pacific region, with strong cross-border spillover effects through trade, tourism and financial linkages, according to the report by the United Nations Economic and...

It found that though social media platforms have taken measures to contain the spread of misinformation pertaining to the Covid-19 pandemic, they have not responded to all disinformation identified by fact-checkers.

President Donald Trump, in a White House briefing, suggested he might be able to resolve the situation. 'I may look into it in great detail, in detail and I'll be able to figure it out very fast,' he said.

A former choirboy who accused Australian Cardinal George Pell of molesting him said Wednesday he accepts the top Vatican cleric's acquittal, but urged survivors of child sex abuse to keep coming forward.

The official tallies probably reflect only a fraction of the actual number of cases. Many countries are testing only the most serious cases.

The robots, dubbed 'Newme' by developer ANA Holdings, were dressed in graduation caps and gowns for the ceremony at the Business Breakthrough University in Tokyo.

Andrew Cuomo however warned that the numbers 'still could go any way and we could still see an increase'.

Mahmoud Jibril was interim leader until the country held its first free elections in four decades in 2012, following the toppling of Gaddafi the year before.

According to the National Health Services, Punjab has emerged as Pakistan's Covid-19 hotspot as the country reported 2,708 cases and 40 deaths on Saturday.