New York, Nineteen out of 50 US states are reporting "extraordinarily" low numbers of coronavirus infections and the New York area alone is turning up 55 per cent of all new cases at a time when the Covid-19 pandemic caseload in America surged past China and Italys numbers on Thursday.

The US now has mor

Karachi, Pakistan's Sindh and Balochistan provinces have banned congregational prayers at mosques in an effort to contain the coronavirus pandemic, it was reported on Friday.

Of the 1,193 confirmed coronavirus cases in Pakistan, Sindh has reported the highest number at 421, while Balochistan has registered 131

Sanaa,  As countries across the world are fighting the coronavirus pandemic, Yemen's warring factions were still focusing on their military activities rather than preparing for a possible outbreak.

The Saudi-backed Yemeni government and the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels were intensifying their efforts to s

Houston, Texas Governor Greg Abbott has issued a 14-day self-quarantine order for anyone travelling to the state tfrom New York, New Jersey, Connecticut or New Orleans in an effort to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus.

Speaking at a press conference on Thursday, Abbott said the executive order will be enfor

Canberra,  A team from the University of South Australia (UniSA), led by an Indian-origin researcher, have begun developing a drone to monitor patients with infectious respiratory conditions including the novel coronavirus.

The "pandemic drones" will be fitted with a sensor capable of remotely monit

London,  The UK's most famous tourist attractions, ranging from palaces and castles to galleries and zoos, have started virtual tours to millions of people who were currently under a lockdown in the country due to the coronavirus pandemic.

In a report on Thursday, the Association of Leading Visitor Attrac

Islamabad, The federal and provincial governments of Pakistan have decided to seal the areas where new cases of coronavirus were reported, as the addition of over 100 cases from across the country has taken the overall number of infections to 1,193, the media reported on Friday.

After detection of some new cases,

handigarh, The prestigious PGI hospital here has started tele-consultation service for its registered outdoor patients in the wake of the pandemic situation of coronavirus, a hospital official said on Friday.

The tele-consultations will be provided in internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynaecology, otol

London, Mologic Limited, a company based in the UK, has sent prototypes of a 10-minute finger-prick coronavirus test to laboratories for validation before it takes up full-scale manufacturing.

Once ready, the device will allow users to test for exposure to the virus at home within 10 minutes, without the need for

New Delhi, Banking operations in the country may be trimmed as major lenders are working out a plan to operate with only limited number of branches to prevent Covid-19 infections to thousands of employees who deal with a flood of customers on a daily basis, sources privy to the development said.

It is understood t