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Japan seeks to lift virus emergency in most regions 14 May 2020 - 12:34 pm
People walk through a shopping area in Tokyo on May 12, 2020. / AFP / Kazuhiro NOGI
Where coronavirus cases are rising in the United States 14 May 2020 - 12:19 pm
A handful of people stop on Washington Street in DUMBO neighborhood of Brooklyn with the Manhattan Bridge rising in the background as streets remain less busy due to the continuing outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New York U.S., May 5, 20
Burundi kicks out top WHO official in country ahead of vote 14 May 2020 - 12:16 pm
REUTERS/Evrard Ngendakumana/File Photo
100-year-old Russian beats coronavirus 14 May 2020 - 12:05 pm
Pelageya Poyarkova, 100, wearing a protective mask poses for a picture as she leaves the Brain Centre in Moscow on May 13, 2020. AFP PHOTO / FEDERAL BIOMEDICAL AGENCY OF RUSSIA
New Russia virus cases drop under 10,000 14 May 2020 - 11:57 am
People wearing protective face masks cross a street near an apartment block, which is decorated with a mural dedicated to medical specialists involved in the fight against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Odintsovo outside Moscow, Russia May 14, 202
U.S. warns that Chinese hackers are targeting virus research 14 May 2020 - 11:44 am
(FILES) This handout file illustration image obtained February 27, 2020 courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows the coronavirus,COVID-19./ AFP / Centers for Disea
Kidney injury seen in more than a third of hospitalized COVID-19 patients - U.S. study 14 May 2020 - 11:23 am
Paramedics wheel a patient into the emergency entrance outside Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New York City, New York, U.S., May 13, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Segar
France says 'unacceptable' for Sanofi to give US virus vaccine first 14 May 2020 - 11:13 am
:(FILES) This file photo taken on November 18, 2016 shows the logo of French multinational pharmaceutical company Sanofi for which French government warned on May 14, 2020 that it would be
Novartis CEO Says Covid-19 Vaccine May Take Until End of 2021 14 May 2020 - 11:05 am
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Cape Town becomes center of South Africa’s virus pandemic 14 May 2020 - 10:54 am
A woman wears a protective face shield during food distribution, as South Africa starts to relax some aspects of a stringent nationwide coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown, in Diepsloot near Johannesburg, South Africa, May 8, 2020. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sib
UK in talks with Roche on 'game changer' COVID-19 antibody tests 14 May 2020 - 10:50 am
FILE PHOTO: The headquarters of Swiss drugmaker Roche are seen in Basel, Switzerland January 30, 2020. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo
Out-of-work Thai chefs cook for others made jobless by virus crisis 13 May 2020 - 05:15 pm
Volunteers cook free lunch for low-income communities during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Bangkok, Thailand May 13, 2020. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun
Russia claims promising signs in early trials of antiviral drug favipiravir 13 May 2020 - 05:10 pm
File photo: Tablets of Avigan (generic name : Favipiravir), a drug approved as an anti-influenza drug in Japan and developed by drug maker Toyama Chemical Co, a subsidiary of Fujifilm Holdings Co. are displayed during a photo opportunity at Fujifilm's hea
Bizarre clothing rules for lockdown baffle South Africans 13 May 2020 - 05:06 pm
FILE PHOTO: A shopper points at items at a clothing store in Johannesburg, South Africa, June 9, 2017. Picture taken June 9, 2017. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo
Merkel urges Germans not to jeopardize coronavirus achievements 13 May 2020 - 05:01 pm
German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a session at the lower house of German parliament, Bundestag, on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Berlin, Germany, May 13, 2020. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke
France's bookstores fight for survival after coronavirus lockdown 13 May 2020 - 04:46 pm
Bookseller Philippe Seyrat, wearing a protective face mask, talks with a customer at La Sorbonne bookstore in Nice as France softens its strict lockdown rules during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in France, May 13, 2020. REUTERS/Eric
Sweden boosts healthcare personnel in wake of coronavirus 13 May 2020 - 03:01 pm
People sit in a restaurant in Stockholm on May 8, 2020, amid the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. / AFP / Jonathan NACKSTRAND
N.J. has highest virus rate of big states despite case drop 13 May 2020 - 02:55 pm
A JetBlue A320 aircraft conducts a flyover salute of New York City to honor frontline healthcare workers during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), as seen from Weehawken, New Jersey, U.S., May 7, 2020. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid TPX IMAGES