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WHO: Covid-19 Vaccine Trial Begins

The first vaccine trial for the deadly coronavirus has begun, the World Health Organization (WHO) head said Wednesday. Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the trial...

China’s Wuhan Reports Zero Increase In Coronavirus Infections

No new infections of the novel coronavirus were reported on Wednesday in Wuhan, the epicenter of the epidemic, marking a notable first in China’s...

WHO: Global Covid-19 Cases Near 170K; Deaths Over 6.6K

A total of 152 countries and regions have reported 167,511 confirmed cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) as of Monday morning, an increase of...

China To Do Its Best To Help PH: Chinese FM

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi held a phone talk with Philippine Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. on Sunday saying China is...

WHO Declares Coronavirus Global Pandemic

The World Health Organization on Wednesday declared coronavirus "a global pandemic." At a news conference in Geneva at WHO headquarters, head of the UN health...

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Wellcome, And Mastercard Launch Initiative To Speed Development And Access To Therapies For COVID-19

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Wellcome, and Mastercard today committed up to $125 million in seed funding to speed-up the response to the...

US Restricting All Travel From Europe Over Coronavirus

The US will restrict all travel from Europe with the exception of the UK starting later this week in an effort to curtail the...

Italy Widens Restrictions As Covid-19 Death Toll Jumps To 827

Italy will close all its shops, bars, restaurants and main commercial activities except essential services in its latest effort to contain the spread of...

Biden Predicted To Win The Democratic Nomination

The latest report by The Economist Intelligence Unit (The EIU) highlights the dramatic shift in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination--which has become...

Saudi Arabia Pledges USD 10 Million To Fight COVID-19

In response to an urgent appeal from the World Health Organization (WHO) and under the directives of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques,...