Tehran, April 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Iran’s envoy to Belgium on Saturday asked the European Union to oppose US sanctions on Iran amid the surge of COVID-19 pandemic, state TV reported. The “unilateral and illegal sanctions imposed…
By Arul Louis New York, April 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) In the “cruelest irony” China ,that has blasted the world with 1 million coronavirus cases, now stands to gain from the fallout, exporting equipment and supplies needed…
Washington, April 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) The US has recorded nearly 1,500 coronavirus deaths in a span of 24 hours, the highest number of fatalities registered in a day globally since the pandemic began last December, it…
By Nikhila Natarajan New York, April 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) US President Donald Trump announced new guidelines on Friday recommending that Americans wear face coverings while in public to battle the spread of the coronavirus pandemic but…
Washington, April 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) US President Donald Trump has said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) now recommends that Americans wear cloth face covering to protect against COVID-19. “The CDC is advising the…
Tehran, April 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) The US “cruel and illegal” sanctions against Iran have caused difficulties for ordinary Iranians’ access to medicine and medical equipment and services amid the COVID-19 spread, Esmaeil Baqaei Hamaneh, Iran’s envoy…
Wuhan, April 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Authorities in the Chinese city of Wuhan, where the coronavirus pandemic originated last December, on Friday asked its residents to stay at home and avoid nonessential outings in an attempt to…
Tehran, April 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Ali Larijani, Speaker of the Iranian Parliament, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Larijani was currently quarantined and being treated, Xinhua news agency quoted a state media report as saying…
By Arul Louis New York, April 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) “It’s horrible, horrible, people are dying in the emergency room (ER),” said an Indian-American doctor on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic describing the grim conditions at…
New York, April 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) The hoarded personal protective equipment seized by the FBI in a price-gouging investigation will be distributed to New York and New Jersey health care workers to help fight the coronavirus…
Washington, April 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) The commander of the USS Theodore Roosevelt has been removed after saying the US Navy was not doing enough to halt a coronavirus outbreak on board the aircraft carrier. In a…
Jerusalem, April 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday went into isolation for the second time in a week after his Health Minister Yaakov Litzman tested positive for the novel coronavirus. According to…
Jerusalem, April 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Health Minister Yaakov Litzman went into isolation on Thursday after being diagnosed with the novel coronavirus, his office said, forcing more senior officials into self-quarantine. Litzman, leader of the Jewish ultra-Orthodox…
Rome, April 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has announced that the nationwide lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic which was due to end on April 3, has now been extended until April 13….
London, April 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Britain said on Wednesday that it will postpone until next year the UN climate talks (COP26) set to take place in Glasgow in November this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic,…
Manila, March 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) The coronavirus pandemic was “far from over” in the Asia-Pacific region, a World Health Organization (WHO) official said on Tuesday, urging member countries to work together to halt the spread of…
Washington, March 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) The total number of global coronavirus cases has increased to 601,478, while the death toll stood at 27,862, the latest update by the Washington-based John Hopkins University revealed on Saturday. Besides…
London, March 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) A shrimp seller at the wet market in the Chinese city of Wuhan believed to be the centre of the coronavirus pandemic, may be the first person to have tested positive…
By Nikhila Natarajan New York, March 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) The US coronavirus caseload over the next 10 days will not reflect the impact of mitigation strategies and social distancing guidelines in place since the last two…
By Arul Louis New York, March 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) The US government was arranging to airlift American citizens stuck in India because of the lockdown imposed in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a…