Imperial College London experts also shoot down hopes that large parts of the population have already recovered from coronavirus.

The US Vice-President said the White House's models for the coronavirus pandemic show the country on a trajectory akin to hard-hit Italy.

France reported 56,989 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, and the country's death toll is the fourth highest in the world at 4032.

Evidence showing asymptomatic people can pass on the coronavirus has led public health authorities to reassess their resistance to mask wearing.

Forecasts showed 3000 people a day will soon be dying from the virus in the United States as New York Governor expresses optimism for the tide may be turning.

As the televisual equivalent of a mood ring, the White House briefings are extremely useful. As a vehicle for delivering information, not so much.

The sight of voters waiting in long lines to cast ballots during a pandemic and poll workers wearing HAZMAT suits stunned many Americans.

We already know one thing about that pick: It would be a woman, as Biden pledged in a recent debate.

Typically, some 25 bodies are interred each week on Hart Island. Now they are burying that many each day.

The 77-year old is never going to be an electrifying nominee, but Joe Biden has a lot to feel good about seven months out from election day.

The urgent intervention was sought after appeal courts twice ruled that special coronavirus laws meant only women who might not be able to receive an abortion before the state's 22-week limit could receive a waiver.

Taiwan has recorded 385 cases of COVID-19 to Australia's 6314. It began scrutinising and quarantining passengers on flights from Wuhan and Guangdong in December, implemented travel bans on China and introduced strict social-distancing measures in January.

Trump's decision to air the selectively edited video clips led major US television networks to quickly cut away from his daily coronavirus briefing. 

The toxic partisanship and gridlock that have defined recent American politics are re-emerging with vengeance amid the coronavirus pandemic.

As a rule, if the economy is going well then US presidents get re-elected. If it's going badly, they lose. But will that hold in a global health emergency?

Current and former cabinet ministers have rushed to defend Prime Minister Boris Johnson in the wake of damning claims.

Critics warn against moving too quickly with a medical union secretary saying: "There are serious doubts over existence of long-term immunity to this virus."

As winter fades and spring breaks over Sweden, a high-stakes experiment in self-responsibility is underway.

Researchers did not track side effects, but noted a hint that hydroxychloroquine might have damaged other organs, too.