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Pakistan tops 2,000 for a single-day total of new virus cases for 1st time 13 May 2020 - 01:10 pm
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Two new infections end Hong Kong's 24-day virus clean sheet 13 May 2020 - 12:47 pm
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Wear a mask? Even with 20,000 dead, some New Yorkers don't 13 May 2020 - 12:46 pm
A group of bicyclists and a handful of pedestrians mingle in Union Square as streets remain less busy due to the continuing outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the Manhattan borough of New York U.S., May 5, 2020. Picture taken May 5, 2020 at
Hard to make vaccines for 'tricky' coronavirus: WHO 13 May 2020 - 12:06 pm
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Philippines allows malls, more businesses in capital to reopen 13 May 2020 - 11:52 am
FILE PHOTO: A soldier wearing a face mask holds on his weapon as he guards an empty street following the lockdown imposed to contain the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Manila, Philippines, April 24, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez/File Photo
Work and exercise restrictions ease in England 13 May 2020 - 11:30 am
(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 23, 2020 London's financial district Canary Wharf is seen as a man exercises in Greenwich Park in South London on March 23, 2020, as people come to terms with the governments request for social distancing as the C
Canada zoo to send pandas home after bamboo shortage 13 May 2020 - 11:26 am
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Dubai reopens parks, hotel beaches in further easing of curbs 13 May 2020 - 11:19 am
Men wearing face masks, due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, walk past jewellers' shops at the Dubai Gold Souk in the Gulf emirate on May 13, 2020, as markets re-open amidst an easing of pandemic restrictions. / AFP / Karim Sahib
Russia records more than 10,000 new virus cases 13 May 2020 - 11:18 am
MOSCOW, RUSSIA - MAY 12: An ambulance is seen in a street as the coronavirus death toll has reached to 2,116 with 232,243 confirmed cases in Moscow, Russia on May 12, 2020. ( Sefa Karacan - Anadolu Agency )
Europe's re-opening quickens, as Fauci warns of danger 13 May 2020 - 11:07 am
People have breakfast at a cafe in Sevilla on May 11, 2020 as Spain moved towards easing its strict lockdown in certain regions.  / AFP / CRISTINA QUICLER
Thailand reports no new coronavirus cases for first time since March 9 13 May 2020 - 11:00 am
A face mask is placed on the face of a giant Buddha statue at Wat Nithet Rat Pradit temple in Pathum Thani outside Bangkok on May 12, 2020, as the country deals with the COVID-19 novel coronavirus situation.
Slowly but steady, China strives to make widespread virus testing the new normal 13 May 2020 - 10:26 am
A medical staff member takes a swab sample from a child to test for the COVID-19 novel coronavirus in Jian in China's central Jiangxi province on May 13, 2020. China OUT / AFP / STR
Newborns among 16 dead in Kabul hospital attack; 24 killed in funeral bombing 12 May 2020 - 05:27 pm
A foreign soldier keeps watch among armoured vehicles outside a hospital which came under attack in Kabul, Afghanistan May 12, 2020. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail
Lebanon, fearing second virus wave, to shut down again for 4 days 12 May 2020 - 05:15 pm
A closed restaurant is seen as Lebanon eases its coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown, and its restaurants struggle to choose between opening with reduced capacity or staying shut, amid an unprecedented economic crisis that has slashed profit and raise
Second coronavirus wave unlikely in Denmark: top expert 12 May 2020 - 04:01 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. Ritzau Scanpix/Liselotte Sabroe via REUTERS
Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman tests positive for coronavirus 12 May 2020 - 03:58 pm
File photo: Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov listens during Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual end-of-year news conference in Moscow, Russia December 19, 2019. Reuters/Evgenia Novozhenina/File Photo
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