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The UN has called on countries to release vulnerable inmates, with Afghanistan last week announcing it would set free some 10,000 prisoners.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director says new data about people who are infected but symptom-free could lead the agency to recommend broadened use of masks.

A review of hundreds of hours of programming and social media traffic from January 1 through mid-March shows that doubt, cynicism and misinformation about the virus took root among many of Trump’s boosters in the right-wing media as the number of confirme...

The Department of Health and Human Services granted the enhanced personal security for Fauci, 79, after the Justice Department signed off on a request for extra agents to guard him, the report quoted officials as saying.

Barring Italy, the virus has killed more people in Spain than anywhere else, triggering a lockdown that has brought economic activity to a virtual standstill.

China has publicly reported 82,361 confirmed cases and 3,316 deaths as of Wednesday, according to a rolling tracker by Johns Hopkins University.

Trump said at an evening White House briefing that his administration has received intelligence that Iran is planning a strike, but did not provide additional details.

Several countries are trying to procure ventilators for hospitals to deal with the demand caused by the coronavirus outbreak. Chinese ventilator producers say it is not easy for them to ramp up production as they also needed imported components.

"If we in China can overcome this epidemic, other countries can definitely triumph over their difficulties," said one resident.

US officials speaking on condition of anonymity said nearly 80 people aboard the ship had tested positive for the virus, a number likely to increase as all personnel are tested.

The World Health Organization also states on their website that there is no evidence that a dog, cat or any pet can transmit COVID-19.

Last month, Daily NK, a Seoul-based website that hires anonymous informants inside the North, reported the deaths of 200 soldiers, as well as 23 others, who were suspected of contracting the coronavirus.

The daily coronavirus briefings have given President Trump something he hasn’t had since “The Apprentice”: a regular TV show in which he plays an executive in control.

Like other states, Texas has outlawed non-medical procedures so that all health equipment and resources can be targeted at the coronavirus outbreak.

In France and the rest of Europe, the affluent decamp cities to spend their confinement in vacation homes, widening class divides.

Donald Trump said last week that the two drugs could be a 'gift from God', despite scientists warning against the dangers of overhyping unproven treatments.