Bill and Melinda Gates have paid for 15,000 medicinal molecules to be shipped to a leading laboratory in Belgium to be tested as a potential cure to the coronavirus. The therapeutic samples, all active ingredients in current antiviral treatments, will be screened at high speed for their inhibiting effect on particles developed from a swab from the first Belgian patient to be diagnosed. The molecules, from the Scripps research institute in...
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After keeping a low profile for weeks, the countryâs prime minister has taken more direct action, but has only worsened the biggest crisis of his record-long tenure.
YEREVAN, MARCH 5, ARMENPRESS. The Ministry of High Tech Industry has said that it is cancelling the Armenian delegation’s scheduled participation at the AI & Big data EXPO in London March 17-18 due to risks and dangers associated with the novel coronavirus outbreak.
Despite an uptick in prices since market open Monday, oil markets remain down 20% amid the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.
At least nine people have died from coronavirus in Washington state. Eight people have died in King County, Department of Health officials said. There's a total of 21 cases in the county.
The commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said the coronavirus might be the result of a biological attack from the United States, according to a local news agency
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The leader of a controversial religious sect at the center of the coronavirus outbreak in South Korea apologized Monday as the government in Seoul seeks a murder investigation into the group, saying the church refused to cooperate with efforts to stop the virus.
European markets are set to open higher Monday as investor sentiment is boosted by promises of a global monetary policy response to mitigate the economic impact of the coronavirus.
United Airlines said it would cut domestic and international flying by up to 20% in April in response to the slump in travel demand caused by the spreading coronavirus.
Senate President Ahmed LawanThe President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has called on the Federal Government to provide more standard isolation centres across the country to check likely spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19).He made the call on Tuesday, at a meeting with the Health Minister and officials of the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) at the National Assembly, Complex.While raising concern over the fact that the centre in Gwagwalada,...
Should I stay or should I go? It's the question that seems to be dominating all others as the coronavirus sweeps the globe.
It also places some restrictions on access to major Shia Muslim shrines in Qom and Mashhad.
The threat of coronavirus spreading is on the minds of clubs across the world as plenty of Premier League teams and leagues around Europe are taking special precautions.
Sources in Turkmenistan claim at least two patients have recently tested positive for the coronavirus. Authorities in the secretive state reject the claim, but they have beefed up preventative measures by tightening border crossings, restricting travel, and disinfecting schools.
Pomeranian tested a weak positive for virus in what experts said was ‘likely to be a case of human-to-animal transmission’
The coronavirus is spreading in several new hotspot countries — notably South Kore and Iran — but slowing almost to a standstill in China.
Although the coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, has not officially been declared a pandemic, multiple companies have canceled events around the world due to fear of travel. Here are the latest. Facebook Facebook (NYSE: FB) canceled its annual F8 developer conference due to fears over the coronavirus. The event was originally scheduled for May 5 and 6, but instead, the company will host local events and live stream some content in an effort to...