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Indonesia confirms 533 new Coronavirus cases, biggest daily increase

The deadly virus outbreak has created a major stir around the world in recent times and has spread to over 170 nations

May 9, 2020

By IBTimes SG Desk

Coronavirus

Health workers at 12 times higher risk of contracting Coronavirus compared to general public: Study

The research was done based on data collected from individuals of the UK and US with the use of smartphone application

May 9, 2020

By Bharat Sharma

Coronavirus

Leaked phone call reveals Barack Obama slamming Trump's Coronavirus pandemic response

On Friday, Trump told media that he believes the virus would go away from the country without a vaccine, while his adviser Dr Fauci said exactly opposite

May 9, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Coronavirus

2-year-old boy undergoes heart surgery alone in Israel while parents locked down in Palestine (Video)

Hamza Ali Mohammed was born with life-threatening congenital heart disease and had to undergo open-heart surgery. The day his parents admitted him in Israel's Wolfson Medical Center parents had to go back to Palestine but were not allowed to travel back to Israel as both countries had sealed boundaries due to check coronavirus pandemic

May 9, 2020

By Suman Priya Mendonca

Coronavirus

Coronavirus: Did Wuhan lab shutdown in October? Cellphone data fuels conspiracy theories

Cell phone data revealed that the high-security laboratory which has been studying Coronaviruses was shut down in October 2019

May 9, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Coronavirus

Coronavirus deaths in Philippines goes past 700 with infection cases at 10,610

The deadly virus outbreak has infected people in more than 170 countries and is currently spreading like wildfire

May 9, 2020

By IBTimes SG Desk

Coronavirus

UK 'to bring in 14-day quarantine' for air passengers

The government will bring in a 14-day mandatory quarantine for anyone arriving from any part of the country as a response to the coronavirus in the UK

May 9, 2020

By IANS

Coronavirus

Philippines to allow int'l flight arrivals for a month

According to reports, the Philippines will allow flights to come in to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport starting May 11

May 9, 2020

By IANS

Coronavirus

Singapore: Govt to launch smart meter trial for electricity, water and gas

Uganda hit by nationwide power blackout

Due to a fault in the Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL) fault the country experienced a nationwide power cut

May 9, 2020

By IANS

Singapore confirms 753 new Coronavirus cases taking the total to 22,460

The deadly virus outbreak has created a major stir around the world in recent times and has spread to over 170 nations

May 9, 2020

By IBTimes SG Desk

Coronavirus

Amazon in danger after Coronavirus pandemic takes attention away from the accelerated deforestation

The attention on the coronavirus has led to the lack of notice on the Amazon forests leading to one of the largest deforestations in the past few years

May 9, 2020

By Parvathy Rajagopal

Coronavirus

Plandemic: A close look at this viral conspiracy video's claims on Coronavirus, Ebola and Fauci

Several social media platforms have been trying to delete the video as it violates the rules, but Plandemic became so popular that people keep on posting the clips

May 9, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Coronavirus