Donald Trump Tweets Describing Coronavirus As “A Very Bad ‘Gift’ From China” New Delhi: Donald Trump, the President of the United States on Thursday slammed coronavirusĀ as “a very bad ‘gift’ fromĀ China. The statement from the POTUS came as he marked the coronavirus pandemic milestone of 1 lakh US deaths with Twitter posts, a day after…
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Coronavirus – India among top 10 countries with highest number of cases
With more than 6,000 COVID-19 cases recorded for the second consecutive day, India on Sunday bracketed itself among the world’s top 10 countries with the maximum number of novel coronavirus infections.
The number of total cases in India is in excess of 1,37,000, whereas death toll has crossed the 4,000 mark.
On the number of active cases, India with over 75,700 cases, stands fifth after the USA, Russia, Brazil and France.
Globally, the number of active cases are in excess of 28 lakh, out of which, more than 11 lakhs are in the USA.
The surge happened during the 61-days of lockdown – announced by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 24 at 8 PM, giving a country of 133 crore people only four hours notice – during which lakhs of migrant labourers moved from one place to another.
Coronavirus ‘cover-up’ By China Is Similar To Chernobyl Disaster – White House Adviser
In the latest development of US-China row over coronavirus outbreak, a senior White House official has compared the cover-up done by the Chinese government of COVID-19 pandemic with the handling of Chernobyl disaster in 1986 by the Soviet Union. In an interview with an international media outlet, White House National Security adviser Robert O’Brien said that China was aware of what was happening with the novel coronavirus as it originated in the country in November, but did not tell the truth to the World Health Organisation (WHO) so that it can formulate the global response to the health crisis.
Four coronavirus COVID-19 vaccines may soon enter clinical trial stage in India – Harsh Vardhan
New Delhi: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Sunday said that at least four of the 14 candidate vaccines for novel coronavirus in the country may enter the clinical trial stage very soon.
In a social media interaction with BJP leader G.V.L. Narasimha Rao, the Minister said within five months, four of the vaccine candidates in the country may enter the clinical trial stage.
Rao asked the Health Minister about the status of the development of the vaccines in the country. The Minister said, “The whole world is trying to develop a vaccine for COVID-19. There are over 100 candidate vaccines which are at different levels of development.
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Coronavirus will push over 6 crore people into extreme poverty, says World Bank
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France Says Even Covid-19 Has Not Made Tensions Abate in Indo-Pacific Region, Will Monitor Situation
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India joins rest of the world to find out origin of coronavirus, China isn’t pleased
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China sees post-lockdown rise in air pollution
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China asks Pompeo to show ‘enormous evidence’ of COVID-19 originating from Wuhan lab
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Donald Trump Calls United States’ Coronavirus Crisis Worse Than 9/11 Attack, World War II
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Coronavirus updates – cases rise to 39,980, death toll now 1,301
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