Washington, Lou Leon Guerrero, the Governor of Guam, has confirmed that a group of American Navy sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt infected with the novel coronavirus have been quarantined on the US island territory.

As of Friday, at least 30 sailors on board the aircraft carrier have

Singapore,  The Shangri-La Dialogue 2020 has been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, organisers said on Saturday.

The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), an international affairs think-tank, said it it came up with the decision to cancel the annual event after close consultation

Wellington,  Air New Zealand said on Saturday that eight crew members have tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

A spokesperson from the flag carrier said that of the eight infected, one has already recovered, reports Xinhua news agency.

The eight confirmed cases were among the 451 overall

Los Angeles,  A US Navy hospital ship has docked at the Port of Los Angeles to aid California's COVID-19 response as the number of new confirmed cases continued to surge.

The ship, Mercy, carrying more than 800 Navy medical personnel and support staff, will provide 1,000 hospital beds as a "referral

Ottawa,  Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced an increase, from 10 per cent to 75 per cent, in the wage subsidy for small and medium-sized businesses that have been impacted by the coronavirus pandemic.

At a daily news conference outside his residence in Ottawa, Trudeau on Friday called small and

New York,  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 State Department official.

Ian Brownlee, the official dealing with consular affairs, said on Friday: "We are working directly with

Cairo,  Iran announced 144 new deaths from COVID-19 and 2,926 new cases of infection. Meanwhile, Turkey's number of COVID-19 infections kept rising fastly as the second hardest-hit country in the Middle East.

The latest figures on Friday brought Iran's death toll to 2,378, as the total number of COVID

Wuhan, No new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were reported on Friday in Wuhan, the former hardest-hit city in central China's Hubei Province.

The province also registered no increase in new COVID-19 cases on Friday, according to its health commission, Xinhua news agency report

San Francisco, In what could be the fastest available molecular point-of-care test for the detection of novel coronavirus (COVID-19), US-based healthcare technology maker Abbott has unveiled a test that can deliver positive results in as little as five minutes.

The test can also be used outside the four walls of a

New Delhi, There are at least 748 active COVID-19 cases in India at present, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Saturday, taking the total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the country to 834.

Besides 748 active cases, the country has reported 19 casualties so far while 66 persons have r