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WHO sees "potentially positive data" on COVID-19 treatments 12 May 2020 - 03:15 pm
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Indonesia's COVID-19 deaths top 1,000 as those under 45 urged to resume work 12 May 2020 - 03:04 pm
Crew members wearing protective masks carry their luggage at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, amid the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tangerang near Jakarta, Indonesia, May 12, 2020. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan
As Central Park hospital comes down, another opens in DC 12 May 2020 - 02:27 pm
:A worker walks through the Samaritan's Purse Emergency Field Hospital in Central Park as the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in the Manhattan borough of New York U.S., May 8, 2020. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
India carbon emissions seen falling 1st time in four decades 12 May 2020 - 02:16 pm
People with their luggage walk to board a train that will take them to New Delhi after India announced a limited reopening of its giant rail network following a nearly seven-week lockdown to slow the spreading of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at the
UK's COVID-19 death toll tops 38,000, worst in Europe 12 May 2020 - 01:47 pm
The Dorchester Hotel lit up in blue in support of the NHS, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), London, Britain, May 11, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah Mckay
Second virus wave 'very unlikely' in Denmark, says expert 12 May 2020 - 01:06 pm
First customers return to Field's, shopping center, after the lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Copenhagen, Denmark, May 11, 2020.
Wuhan to test whole city of 11 Million as new cases rmerge 12 May 2020 - 01:00 pm
A worker wearing protective gear watches screens showing the body temperature of arriving passengers at Hankou railway station in Wuhan, Hubei Province on May 12, 2020. / AFP / Hector RETAMAL
Five Covid-19 patients on ventilators die in St. Petersburg fire 12 May 2020 - 12:47 pm
Emergencies personnel work at the site of a fire at the Saint George hospital in Saint Petersburg on May 12, 2020. A fire at a hospital in Russia's second city Saint Petersburg on May 12 killed five coronavirus patients who had been attached to ventilator
Spain orders two-week quarantine for incoming travellers from Friday 12 May 2020 - 12:28 pm
Spanish Civil Guards check documents allowing passengers to travel at Los Cangrejos airport on the Canary Island of El Hierro on May 11, 2020. Spaniards returned to outdoor terraces at cafes and bars as around half of the country moved to the next phase o
South Sudan's president sacks army chief 12 May 2020 - 12:21 pm
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Factory workers in Russia resume work after Putin eases coronavirus lockdown 12 May 2020 - 12:07 pm
People wearing face masks walk through ticket gates at Savyolovskaya metro station on the first day of mandatory use of masks and gloves on Moscow public transport, in Moscow on May 12, 2020, amid the coronavirus pandemic. / AFP / Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV
Japan to approve first coronavirus antigen test kits on Wednesday 12 May 2020 - 11:57 am
A medical worker analyses swabs in a laboratory of the San Filippo Neri hospital, to check for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Rome, Italy, May 7, 2020. REUTERS/Yara Nardi
Gunmen attack hospital in Afghan capital 12 May 2020 - 11:14 am
Afghan security forces arrive at the site of an attack in Kabul, Afghanistan May 12, 2020. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail
Canada ties coronavirus help to climate goals 11 May 2020 - 06:35 pm
Students line up to have their hands sanitized in the schoolyard, as schools outside the greater Montreal region begin to reopen their doors amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada May 11, 2020. REUTER
'A little unreal': Wary French venture out as lockdown eases 11 May 2020 - 06:24 pm
Stacked chairs are seen on the terrace of a closed restaurant at the Grand Place in Lille, after France begun a gradual end to a nationwide lockdown due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in France, May 11, 2020. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol
India considers reopening skies for commercial flights next week 11 May 2020 - 05:45 pm
Airport staff cleans the arrivals terminal ahead of the arrival of an evacuation flight carrying Indian citizens from Gulf countries, at the Cochin International Airport in Kochi on May 6, 2020. AFP / Arunchandra Bose
Excited children, anxious parents - Swiss go back to school 11 May 2020 - 05:38 pm
Children listen to the explanations of teacher Angela Melad on how to wash their hands at the KiGa Hutten kindergarten during the first day back as Switzerland eases the lockdown measures during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Zurich, Switz
Wear face coverings, UK says, as lockdown easing mired in confusion 11 May 2020 - 05:12 pm
A woman wearing a protective face mask and gloves is seen walking past a mural, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), London, Britain, May 11, 2020. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez