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UK virus toll over 40,000, with 10,000 care homes deaths 19 May 2020 - 04:35 pm
Domestic Jane Shackleton mops the floor on the Postnatal Ward at the Lancashire Women and Newborn Centre at Burnley General Hospital in East Lancashire, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Burnley, Britain, May 15, 2020. Pictu
Brazil overtakes UK in virus cases, behind US, Russia 19 May 2020 - 03:24 pm
Gravediggers carry the coffin of Avelino Fernandes Filho, 74, who passed away from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), during his funeral in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 18, 2020. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes
Indonesia's capital extends coronavirus measures until June 4 19 May 2020 - 03:21 pm
Police officers stop a number of vehicles passing at the entrance to the Merak Port in Cilegon, Banten, Indonesia on May 19, 2020.  Eko Siswono Toyudho - Anadolu
Trump says he is taking hydroxychloroquine despite FDA warning 19 May 2020 - 03:14 pm
:U.S. President Donald Trump talks about taking daily doses of hydroxychloroquine pills as he addresses a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic meeting with restaurant executives and industry leaders in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washin
Syrian government orders seizure of assets of Assad's cousin Makhlouf 19 May 2020 - 03:07 pm
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Coronavirus vaccine from Moderna appears safe, shows promise in data from 8 people 19 May 2020 - 02:53 pm
A sign marks the headquarters of Moderna Therapeutics, which is developing a vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., May 18, 2020. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Trump's use of malaria drug likely to be welcomed in India 19 May 2020 - 02:25 pm
:(FILES) In this file photo taken on April 21, 2020 a Salvadoran Health Ministry worker shows a package of bottles of HydroxyChloroquine pills to be distributed in hospitals in San Salvador, amid the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak.  / AFP / Yuri CORTEZ
Scientists in China believe new drug can stop pandemic 'without vaccine' 19 May 2020 - 01:50 pm
This picture taken on May 14, 2020 shows a researcher at Peking University's Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Genomics conducting tests at their laboratory in Beijing. The Chinese laboratory says it has developed a drug it believes has the power to
Spain lifts ban on flights from Italy, but tourism still off cards 19 May 2020 - 12:54 pm
:Picture shows the terminal 4 of the Madrid-Barajas Adolfo Suarez airport in Barajas on May 16, 2020.  AFP / GABRIEL BOUYS
Mass evacuations for major cyclone in South Asia 19 May 2020 - 12:40 pm
:A Cyclone Preparedness Programme (CPP) volunteer uses a megaphone to urge residents to evacuate to shelters ahead of the expected landfall of cyclone Amphan in Khulna on May 19, 2020. India and Bangladesh began evacuating more than two million people May
Russia coronavirus cases edge towards 300,000 19 May 2020 - 12:34 pm
:Medical workers wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) stand in a hall of Vinogradov City Clinical Hospital, which delivers treatment to coronavirus patients, in Moscow on May 17, 2020. / AFP / Dimitar DILKOFF
Japan may free more regions from emergency as new virus cases drop -Asahi 19 May 2020 - 12:22 pm
A large screen on a building shows live broadcasting of Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's news conference on Japan's response to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at Kabukicho entertainment district in Tokyo, Japan May 14, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato
S.Africa BCG booster trials seek low-cost weapon against COVID-19 19 May 2020 - 12:13 pm
:Researchers studying the BCG vaccine for tuberculosis test samples in a laboratory run by South African biotech company TASK in Cape Town, South Africa, May 11, 2020. Picture taken May 11, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings
UK MPs criticise 'inadequate' govt virus testing 19 May 2020 - 11:46 am
:A sign on the concourse advises passengers to adhere to social distancing at Waterloo Train station in central London on May 18, 2020. AFP / Ben STANSALL
Australia and China spat over coronavirus inquiry deepens 19 May 2020 - 11:27 am
FILE PHOTO: A man walks near an info board following the easing of restrictions implemented to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Darling Harbour near the city centre in Sydney, Australia, May 18, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott/File Ph
UK unemployment jumps on virus fallout 19 May 2020 - 11:17 am
(FILES) In this file photo taken on October 12, 2011 a Job Centre Plus sign is pictured in central London. British unemployment jumped in the first quarter on the back of coronavirus, despite a lockdown being imposed only near the end of the period, offic
Rocket hits near US embassy in Baghdad: security sources 19 May 2020 - 10:32 am
 In this file photo taken on January 2, 2020 Iraqi counter-terrorism forces stand guard in front of the US embassy in the capital Baghdad. AFP / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE
UK adds loss of smell and taste to COVID-19 symptom list 18 May 2020 - 06:07 pm
The website of the Virtual RHA Chelsea Flower Show is seen displayed on a laptop computer, in Brenchley, south east England on May 18, 2020, after the pandemic forced the cancellation of the show, the gardening showpiece event has been taken on-line. AFP