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Bangladeshi coronavirus sufferers shun hospitals 11 Jul 2020 - 01:54 pm
This photograph taken on July 9, 2020 shows empty beds at a COVID-19 coronavirus ward in a hospital set up by Al Manahil Welfare Foundation Bangladesh in Chittagong. AFP / STR
Iran says cannot shut down economy despite worsening virus outbreak 11 Jul 2020 - 01:47 pm
Heavy traffic is seen following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Tehran, Iran, July 8, 2020. WANA (West Asia News Agency) Abdollah Heidari via REUTERS
Bill Gates calls for COVID-19 meds to go to people who need them, not 'highest bidder' 11 Jul 2020 - 01:01 pm
File photo of philanthropist Bill Gates 
Virus-free UK pilot, symbol of Vietnam's pandemic success, to return home 11 Jul 2020 - 12:32 pm
A vendor selling rice noodles waits for customers along a street at sunset in Hanoi on July 9, 2020. / AFP / Manan VATSYAYANA
'A free man': Trump commutes longtime adviser Roger Stone's prison sentence 11 Jul 2020 - 12:15 pm
Roger Stone, a longtime friend and adviser of U.S. President Donald Trump, reacts after Trump commuted his federal prison sentence, outside his home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S. July 10, 2020. REUTERS/Joe Skipper
Singapore ruling party, stung by poll setback, faces succession questions 11 Jul 2020 - 11:01 am
Workers’ Party supporters celebrate the results of the general election in Singapore July 11, 2020. (REUTERS/Edgar Su)
Australia's Victoria state records another day of high coronavirus infections 11 Jul 2020 - 08:54 am
Police and medical workers stand outside an entrance to a public housing estate which is undergoing a forced lockdown in Melbourne on July 10, 2020, as the city records another 288 new cases in a fresh outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus.  AFP / William
Panama hospitals on verge of collapse as virus cases surge 11 Jul 2020 - 08:50 am
A patient infected with the novel coronavirus COVID-19 remains in the Intensive Care Unit at the Dr. Arnulfo Arias Madrid Hospital Complex, in Panama City on July 04, 2020. Panama is the country with the highest rate of COVID-19 cases in Central America a
Hagia Sophia to be open for all: Turkish president 10 Jul 2020 - 10:12 pm
Doors of Hagia Sophia to be fully open for everyone, including Turks and foreigners, Muslims and non-Muslims, says Turkish president. ( Emrah Yorulmaz - Anadolu Agency )
On eve of Disney World reopening, Florida posts another daily surge in COVID-19 cases 10 Jul 2020 - 10:03 pm
A couple waits in line to enter Downtown Disney in Anaheim, California on July 9, 2020, the first day the outdoor shopping and dining complex has been open to the public since it closed in mid-March amid the COVID-19 pandemic. (AFP / Robyn Beck)
Johnson says England may need stricter face mask rules 10 Jul 2020 - 07:31 pm
Workers wearing face-masks arrive at Waterloo Station during the morning rush hour following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in London, Britain, July 6, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville
Russia defends anti-viral drug as COVID-19 death toll passes 11,000 10 Jul 2020 - 07:25 pm
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Fauci says likely some degree of aerosol transmission of new coronavirus 10 Jul 2020 - 07:20 pm
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Premier of South Africa's Gauteng province tests positive for COVID-19 10 Jul 2020 - 05:33 pm
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Rome zoo shows off two lion cubs born under lockdown 10 Jul 2020 - 04:32 pm
Newborn Asian lion cubs play together next to their mother, in their enclosure at the Bioparco zoo, in Rome, on July 10, 2020. / AFP / Tiziana FABI
Australia approves remdesivir as virus treatment 10 Jul 2020 - 03:57 pm
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WHO advance team on way to China to set up probe into virus origin 10 Jul 2020 - 02:19 pm
(FILES) This file photo taken on February 24, 2020 shows the logo of the World Health Organization (WHO) written in French and Chinese at the entrance of their headquarters in Geneva. / AFP / Fabrice COFFRINI
Botswana gets first test results on elephant deaths 10 Jul 2020 - 01:35 pm
A herd of elephants walk through the bush near Seronga, in the Okavango Delta, Botswana, July 9, 2020. REUTERS/Thalefang Charles NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES