Canada and the United States are expected to announce the closure of their common border to non-essential travellers yesterday, severa

Police in the northwestern US state of Oregon have urged citizens worried about the coronavirus pandemic not to call 911 if they run out

China reported just one new domestic case of the coronavirus yesterday but a dozen more imported infections, heightening fears over

Political leaders “underestimated” the magnitude of the danger posed by the coronavirus, the president of the European Commission

The novel coronavirus can survive on some surfaces for days or in the air for several hours, according to a US-government funded study published Tuesday.

Leftist Bernie Sanders was under fresh pressure yesterday to bow out of the race for the Democratic White House nomination after losing the three latest primaries in contests hobbled by the coronavirus pandemic.

Pakistan’s prime minister has urged calm after its tally of coronavirus cases rose to 245 while Sri Lanka sealed itself off and shut its stock market yesterday, fuelling fears that South Asian countries are struggling to stem the pandemic.

Italy’s prime minister declared coronavirus was causing a “socio-economic tsunami” as European leaders agreed to seal off external borders, but many countries thwarted solidarity by imposing frontier curbs of their own.

Bono, frontman of Irish rock band U2, writes a new song inspired by the Italians who were singing to each other from their balconies while being quarantined.

The World Bank and IFC’s Boards of Directors approve an increased $14 billion package to fast-track financing and assist companies and countries in their efforts to prevent, detect and respond to the rapid spread of the novel coronavirus.

Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited is planning to introduce free WiFi hotspots in 1,216 union parishads where it has its own fibre-optic connectivity, the state-owned telco’s managing director says on a Facebook Live video.

Joe Biden has been declared the winner of last week’s Democratic presidential primary in Washington state, giving him victories in five out of six states that voted March 10.

China announces that it is retaliating against US restrictions on Chinese journalists, with actions that include rescinding the press credentials of American correspondents with the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post.

Millions of anxious Americans troop to polling stations in three states yesterday, but not Ohio, as the coronavirus pandemic roils the

India closed the iconic Taj Mahal to visitors from yesterday as part of measures to try and combat the coronavirus pandemic, the tourism

Sri Lanka said yesterday said it will ban all incoming flights for two weeks from 1830 GMT today to combat the spread of the coronavirus.

Two cases of COVID-19 have been registered at the World Health Organization headquarters, a spokesman said yesterday. The WHO,

Iran yesterday announced another 135 deaths from the novel coronavirus, bringing the overall toll to 988 in one of the world’s worst-hit

Swiss hospitals could collapse if the new coronavirus keeps spreading rapidly, a top health official warned yesterday, urging his compatriots to respect the government’s emergency measures to curb the epidemic.

China yesterday reported just one new domestic coronavirus infection but found 20 more cases imported from abroad, with more regions imposing quarantines on foreign arrivals in a bid to stem the disease being brought in from overseas.