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WHO acknowledges 'evidence emerging' of airborne spread of COVID-19 07 Jul 2020 - 07:25 pm
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Trump touting Hydroxychloroquine again despite FDA warning 07 Jul 2020 - 07:19 pm
FILE PHOTO: The drug hydroxychloroquine is displayed by a pharmacist at a pharmacy in Provo, Utah, U.S., May 27, 2020. REUTERS/George Frey/File Photo
Glaxo teams with Philip Morris-backed biotech on Covid vaccine 07 Jul 2020 - 06:57 pm
General view outside GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) headquarters in Brentford, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), London, Britain, May 4, 2020. REUTERS/Matthew Childs/File Photo
Bolsonaro tests positive for covid-19 with virus ravaging brazil 07 Jul 2020 - 06:42 pm
In this file photo taken on March 18, 2020 Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro gestures using a face cover during a press conference regarding the COVID-19, coronavirus pandemic at the Planalto Palace, Brasilia. / AFP / Sergio LIMA
Australia locks down millions as US struggles to contain the virus 07 Jul 2020 - 05:21 pm
Police in the southern New South Wales (NSW) border city of Albury check cars crossing the state border from Victoria on July 7, 2020 as authorities close the border due to an outbreak of COVID-19 coronavirus in Victoria. / AFP / William WEST
As Lebanon crisis spirals, families barter for food on Facebook 07 Jul 2020 - 05:11 pm
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WHO monitoring China bubonic plague situation 07 Jul 2020 - 01:15 pm
FILE PHOTO: Two marmots meet at the entrance of their lair in Yushu, west China's Qinghai province July 28, 2007. REUTERS/Jason Lee/File Photo
Beijing reports zero virus cases for first time since new outbreak 07 Jul 2020 - 12:54 pm
Personnel of Beijing railway station wearing face masks arrive for work in Beijing on July 5, 2020. / AFP / NOEL CELIS
Pompeo says US looking at banning Chinese social media apps, including TikTok 07 Jul 2020 - 08:35 am
A security guard, wearing a face mask following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, stands near a surveillance camera at an office of Bytedance, the China-based company which owns the short video app TikTok, or Douyin, in Beijing, China July 7, 2
Australia deploys police, army to enforce border closure amid COVID-19 outbreak 07 Jul 2020 - 07:51 am
Police stand guard at one of nine public housing estates locked down due to a spike in COVID-19 coronavirus numbers in Melbourne on July 6, 2020. AFP / William WEST
Google, Facebook, Microsoft pause Hong Kong data requests 07 Jul 2020 - 07:46 am
 Supporters raise white paper to avoid slogans banned under the national security law as they support arrested anti-law protester outside Eastern court in Hong Kong, China July 3, 2020. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Photo
Fauci says vaccines likely to offer only ‘Finite’ protection 06 Jul 2020 - 11:29 pm
Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on efforts to get back to work and school during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbre
Tech companies suspend processing Hong Kong govt data requests 06 Jul 2020 - 11:18 pm
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India tallies third-highest coronavirus cases but death rate low 06 Jul 2020 - 09:12 pm
Patients rest laying on beds made out of cardboard inside the campus hall of spiritual organisation Radha Soami Satsang Beas (RSSB), converted into a COVID-19 coronavirus care centre, in New Delhi. on July 6, 2020. / AFP / Xavier GALIANA
Pakistan's health minister tests positive for COVID-19 06 Jul 2020 - 08:35 pm
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Strains of hope: Chilean nurse serenades COVID-19 patients with violin 06 Jul 2020 - 08:31 pm
Chilean nurse Damaris Silva plays the violin for patients suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the El Pino de San Bernardo hospital, in Santiago, Chile, July 2, 2020. REUTERS/Pablo Sanhueza
EU looking to ramp-up production of COVID-19 antiviral remdesivir 06 Jul 2020 - 07:53 pm
FILE PHOTO: Gilead Sciences Inc pharmaceutical company Oceanside, California, U.S., April 29, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
Spanish island trials COVID-19 tracing app that will create virtual outbreak 06 Jul 2020 - 07:36 pm
Volunteers show residents how to install an app to trace contacts with people potentially infected with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) being trialled on the Canary Island of La Gomera, Spain, July 3, 2020. Alejandro Noda/via REUTERS