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COVID-19: Can Children Pass The Coronavirus To Adults?

As of today, there are 3,856,794 coronavirus cases with 266,488 deaths. On a hopeful note, 1,317,978 have recovered. In India, there are 53,045 confirmed cases, 1,787 deaths and 15,331 recovery cases [1]. Researchers and health experts are ardently focused




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COVID-19: Everything You Need To Know About Coronavirus Vaccines

According to recent reports by WHO, there are 2,303,312 COVID-19 infected persons around the world, with 270,765 deaths. Researchers and health experts around the globe are ardently focused on studying the novel coronavirus, where new findings and understanding help in the




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Coronavirus pandemic: Sports ministry holds virtual meeting with 11 NSFs to discuss future post COVID-19

The meeting, held throught video conference, was the most recent of a series of dialogues planned by the ministry with various NSFs amid the coronavirus-forced national lockdown.




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Coronavirus impact: Indian women#39;s hockey team to raise funds for poor affected by lockdown

The money from the crowd-funding effort will be donated to a Delhi-based NGO Uday Foundation and the proceeds will be used to provide basic necessities for patients at various locations, migrant workers and slum dwellers.




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Leeds United legend Norman Hunter passes away after contracting coronavirus

Hunter was also part of England#39;s 1996 World Cup winning squad and played in 28 matches.




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Coronavirus impact: Premier League clubs discuss options but left with no alternatives

Representatives of the 20 teams took part in a conference call to look at various possible options for restarting the season and remain committed to completing the fixtures rather than voiding the season.




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Novak Djokovic opposes compulsory coronavirus vaccination

“Personally I am opposed to vaccination and I wouldn’t want to be forced by someone to take a vaccine in order to be able to travel,” Djokovic said in a live facebook chat with several fellow Serbian athletes.




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Coronavirus impact: Indian game art creation companies are more busy than ever

Unlike China, Indian companies are managing to create games remotely despite the lockdown due to coronavirus outbreak




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Coronavirus lockdown: Learn to play basketball at home with NBA#39;s online sessions

Of the 24 partner schools across India, 17 of them have enrolled for NBA#39;s online basketball sessions.




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Coronavirus lockdown has been a mental battle, says Dejan Lovren

The league, which has been suspended since March 9, remains in limbo and unable to take any steps until any government decision next week on possible changes to lockdown restrictions.




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Coronavirus pandemic | China continues to hide and obfuscate COVID 19 data from world: Pompeo

"I have seen a significant amount of evidence that suggests that the lab was underperforming, that there were security risks at the lab and that the virus could well have emanated from there," Pompeo told Ben Shapiro in an interview.




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Coronavirus pandemic | Singapore coronavirus infections touch 21,707 with 20 deaths: Health Ministry

The Ministry of Health (MoH) said the foreign workers living in dormitories form the bulk of the cases of the new 768 new infections.




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Coronavirus pandemic | Trump admin working to temporarily ban work-based visas: Report

The H-1B is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers from countries like India and China in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise.




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Coronavirus pandemic | VP Pence#39;s press secretary tests positive for coronavirus

Pence spokeswoman Katie Miller, who tested positive on Friday, had been in recent contact with Pence but not with the president. She is married to Stephen Miller, a top Trump adviser.




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Coronavirus pandemic | South Korea has 18 new virus cases fuelled by clubs

While the KCDC didn#39;t immediately release specific details, most of the new cases were likely linked to the nightclubs in Seoul#39;s Itaewon leisure district, which was brought to a sudden standstill Friday night following reports of the transmissions.




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Coronavirus pandemic | China reports 15 new asymptomatic coronavirus cases

According to China#39;s National Health Commission (NHC), as for Friday 836 asymptomatic cases, including 63 from overseas, were still under medical observation.




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Coronavirus pandemic | Stuck on cruise ships during pandemic, crews beg to go home

Both national and local governments have stopped crews from disembarking in order to prevent new cases of COVID-19 in their territories. Some of the ships, including 20 in US waters, have seen infections and deaths among the crew. But most ships have had no confirmed cases.




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Coronavirus pandemic | Ivanka Trump#39;s personal assistant tests positive for coronavirus

She has been teleworking for nearly two months and was tested out of caution, the report quoted a source as saying.




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#39;The government is failing us#39;: Laid-off Americans struggle in coronavirus crisis

While US government guidelines say jobless workers who qualify for assistance should get payments within three weeks of applying, many -- like Alejandra -- are waiting twice that long. Increasingly desperate, some are lining up at food banks or bargaining with landlords to postpone bills. Most fill their days seeking answers from overwhelmed state bureaucracies




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Pakistan eases nationwide lockdown even as coronavirus cases rise

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday said that Pakistan would begin easing its nationwide lockdown in a phase-wise manner by allowing various businesses to open up from Saturday, citing the economic crisis due to the shutdown, which was enforced in the country in March end.




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Iran-linked hackers recently targeted coronavirus drugmaker Gilead: Sources

In one case, A fake email login page designed to steal passwords was sent in April to a top Gilead executive involved in legal and corporate affairs, according to an archived version on a website used to scan for malicious web addresses. Reuters was not able to determine whether the attack was successful.




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Coronavirus impact: How digital learning is gaining acceptability among students, teachers

Indian teachers have broken the myth about their inability to use technology. We already have 3,000 schools lined up to adopt our platform, and more are joining the queue every day.




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Coronavirus pandemic | How my boss monitors me while I work from home

One main feature of Hubstaff is an activity monitor that gives managers a snapshot of what an employee is doing. Broken down in 10-minute increments, the system tallies what percentage of time the worker has been typing or moving the computer mouse. That percentage acts as a productivity score.




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Coronavirus shatters silver screen dreams for Bollywood

That was the sombre assessment of about a dozen top producers, distributors and actors from Bollywood, the movie industry in Mumbai, during a video conference this week, one of the participants said.




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Coronavirus impact | IPL viewers drifting away is a major loss for TV viewership

While IPL viewers are watching different content this year, the sporting property over the years has contributed significantly to television viewership.




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Coronavirus impact | Bollywood welcomes Kerala model but says need more to restart business

Siddharth Anand Kumar, VP, Films and Events, Saregama, thinks that although Kerala’s move will ensure that a large number of projects get completed, the real challenge will be restarting shooting.




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Coronavirus lockdown: Animation studios are offering new and exclusive content, even in times of COVID-19

Animation studio Cosmos Maya has recently produced three shows including Guddu, Bapu and Gadget Guru Ganesha




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Coronavirus impact: More people listen to it now, but radio is still struggling

Radio, which was already under pressure due to slowdown in the economy, is under more stress now because of coronavirus




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Coronavirus lockdown: Movies emerge as primary source of entertainment for TV viewers

Film-based content is doing well not only in Hindi Speaking Markets (HSM), but also in southern markets.




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Coronavirus pandemic | Police clash with crowds in Ahmedabad after stricter lockdown

Authorities in the city ordered all shops, except those selling milk and medicines, to close on midnight Wednesday until May 15, implementing a stricter lockdown than the national one in place since March 25, in an effort to curb a rise in infections.




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Gold price today: Yellow metal falls as virus cubs ease; buy for a target of 46K

Experts are of the view that weakness in the rupee is likely to support the prices of both the precious metals in the domestic market. Investors can look at buying Gold on dips for a target of Rs 46,000 per 10 gm.




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Oil gains as US inventories grow less than feared while coronavirus slashes demand

Brent crude was up by 12 cents, or 0.4%, to $29.84 a barrel 0044 GMT, after falling earlier in the Asian session and dropping 4% on Wednesday.




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Oil gains on hopes that easing of coronavirus curbs will trigger demand boost

Brent crude was up 47 cents, or 1.5%, at $29.33 a barrel by 0121 GMT, having fallen nearly 1% on Thursday.




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Coronavirus: బెంగళూరులో ఒక్కడి దెబ్బకు 29 మందికి కరోనా పాజిటివ్, క్వారంటైన్ లో 184 మంది !

బెంగళూరు: కరోనా వైరస్ (COVID 19) మహమ్మారి దెబ్బకు ప్రపంచ దేశాలతో పాటు భారతదేశం హడలిపోతుంది. సిలికాన్ సిటి బెంగళూరు నగరంలోని హోంగసంద్రలో బీహార్ వ్యక్తికి కరోనా రావడం, అతను ఇష్టం వచ్చినట్లు సంచరించడంతో ఆ ప్రాంతంలోని 184 మందిని క్వారంటైన్ కు తరలించారు. క్వారంటైన్ గడుపు పూర్తి కావడంతో మళ్లీ పరీక్షలు చేసిన అధికారులు హడలిపోయారు.




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Coronavirus: కరోనాకు మందు కనిపెట్టే ప్రయత్నం, వైద్య నిపుణుడు మృతి, ట్రంప్ చెప్పారని ?

చెన్నై/ న్యూఢిల్లీ: కరోనా వైరస్ (COVID 19) వ్యాధి ప్రపంచ దేశాలతో ఫుల్ బాల్ ఆడుకుంటోంది. కరోనా వైరస్ వ్యాధికి విరుగడు మందు కనుగోనే పరిశోధనలో ఓ ఆయుర్వేద నిపుణుడి ప్రాణాలు గాలిలో కలిసిపోయాయి. కరోనా వైరస్ విరుగుడు మందు కనిపెట్టి పేరు సంపాధించుకోవాలని ప్రయత్నించిన ఆయుర్వేద వైద్య నిపుణుడు మరణించడంతో ఆయనతో పాటు పని చేస్తున్న




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Germany needs another extra budget to cushion coronavirus impact - Merkel ally

Germany will have to work on another supplementary budget to help the state's social security system cushion the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, Chancellor Angela Merkel's chief budget lawmaker said on Saturday.




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Google announces company holiday on May 22 to stem virus burnout

Alphabet Inc's Google said on Friday it has asked employees to take a day off on May 22, to address work-from-home-related burnout during the coronavirus pandemic.




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Mexico to unveil economic restart next week after coronavirus lockdown

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday he aims to present plans next week to reopen the economy, as key sectors like carmaking look to begin business again after over a month of quarantine measures to curb the coronavirus outbreak.




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Coronavirus inflicts huge U.S. job losses as pandemic breaches White House walls

The U.S. government reported more catastrophic economic fallout from the coronavirus crisis on Friday as the pandemic pierced the very walls of the White House and California gave the green light for its factories to restart after a seven-week lockdown.




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Pence spokeswoman, married to top Trump adviser, diagnosed with coronavirus

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence's press secretary, the wife of one of President Donald Trump's senior advisers, has tested positive for the coronavirus, raising alarm about the virus' potential spread within the White House's inner most circle.




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Exclusive: Iran-linked hackers recently targeted coronavirus drugmaker Gilead - sources

Hackers linked to Iran have targeted staff at U.S. drugmaker Gilead Sciences Inc in recent weeks, according to publicly-available web archives reviewed by Reuters and three cybersecurity researchers, as the company races to deploy a treatment for the COVID-19 virus.




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What do studies on new coronavirus mutations tell us?

A series of studies of the genomes of thousands of samples of the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 show that it is mutating and evolving as it adapts to its human hosts. Soraya Ali reports.




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Trump tests negative after valet contracts virus

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said it's "one of those things" after he learned that a White House valet tested positive for the coronavirus, noting contact with that person was limited. Gavino Garay has more.




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Syria's mosques open for prayer as coronavirus lockdown eases

Syria's government allowed mosques to open on Friday for worshipers willing to perform prayers. The mosque had remained closed as part of the measures taken to contain the spread of coronavirus.




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Trump says up to 100,000 Americans may die from coronavirus

The president once again raised his forecast for how many Americans may die from COVID-19 as the toll continues to climb. This report produced by Zachary Goelman.




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Trump tests negative after valet contracts virus

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said it's "one of those things" after he learned that a White House valet tested positive for the coronavirus, noting contact with that person was limited. Gavino Garay has more.




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European coalition takes shape on coronavirus contact-tracing

A European coalition is forming around an approach to using smartphone technology to trace coronavirus infections which, it's hoped, will enable borders to reopen. Joe Davies reports.




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Pakistan concerned at workers returning from UAE with coronavirus

Pakistan has raised concerns with the United Arab Emirates that many citizens were returning home from the Gulf Arab state infected with COVID-19 and that crowded living conditions for workers in the UAE may be helping spread the virus, officials said on Tuesday.




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Afghanistan distributes free bread as prices soar amid coronavirus

Afghanistan's government began distributing free bread to hundreds of thousands of people across the country this week as supplies have been disrupted during the coronavirus shutdown and prices have soared, officials and experts said.




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India's plans airlift for 400,000 stranded abroad by virus travel restrictions

India will begin flights on Thursday to bring home some 400,000 citizens stranded overseas by travel restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic, prompting some worries over the risk that imported infections could fuel contagion in the country.