China says 239 people died from COVID-19 in June in a significant uptickChina reported 239 COVID-19 related deaths in June, in a significant uptick months after it lifted most containment measures. The Chinese C...
06 Jul, 2023, 12.36 PM IST
Seven million new omicron COVID cases in Europe last week: WHOWHO Europe director Dr Hans Kluge said at a media briefing on Tuesday that 26 countries in its region reported that more than 1% of their p...
11 Jan, 2022, 04.47 PM IST
Covid deaths top 1.5 million across EuropeEurope on Thursday reached the grim milestone of 1.5 million coronavirus deaths as nations scramble to tackle a worsening crisis with winte...
25 Nov, 2021, 08.45 PM IST
Germany latest country to pass 1 lakh deaths from COVID-19Official figures released Thursday show Germany has become the latest country to pass the grim milestone of 100,000 deaths from COVID-19 si...
25 Nov, 2021, 11.44 AM IST
Global COVID-19 cases hit 250 million, eastern Europe infections at record levelsThe daily average number of cases has fallen by 36% over the past three months, according to a Reuters analysis, but the virus is still inf...
08 Nov, 2021, 10.56 AM IST
WHO: Europe the only region with rise in COVID-19 last weekIn its weekly assessment of the pandemic released late Tuesday, the U.N. health agency said there were about 2.7 million new COVID-19 cases...
20 Oct, 2021, 02.32 PM IST
UK to set out new tougher COVID border measures, PM Johnson saysAsked why the British toll was the highest in Europe, PM Boris Johnson said, there are no easy answers, perpetual lockdown is no answer.
27 Jan, 2021, 06.25 PM IST
UK death toll is 'horrendous', minister says, as grim milestone of 100,000 loomsThe UK's official COVID-19 death toll is 91,470 - Europe's worst death figure and the world's fifth worst after the United States, Brazil, ...
20 Jan, 2021, 02.39 PM IST
UK reports highest daily COVID-19 deaths since AprilThe four nations of the United Kingdom recorded 1,041 deaths within 28 days of a positive test for the virus on Wednesday and a further 62,...
06 Jan, 2021, 10.07 PM IST
Covid toll turns spotlight on Europe's taboo of data by raceThere is no easy fix. Even in Britain, where more detailed data on race and ethnicity is available, there is debate over the root causes of...
19 Nov, 2020, 11.59 AM IST
Boris Johnson expected to order lockdown for England as COVID-19 cases top 1 millionThe United Kingdom, which has the biggest official death toll in Europe from COVID-19, is grappling with more than 20,000 new coronavirus c...
01 Nov, 2020, 08.07 AM IST
Global death toll from COVID-19 passes 400,000The milestone was reached Sunday, a day after the Brazilian government stopped publishing a running total of coronavirus deaths and infecti...
07 Jun, 2020, 04.13 PM IST
Italy to reopen borders for tourists in early JunePrime Minister Giuseppe Conte enforced an economically crippling shutdown in early March to counter a pandemic that has so far killed more ...
16 May, 2020, 02.15 PM IST
The second coronavirus wave: How bad will it be as lockdowns ease?In India, which partly relaxed its lockdown this week, health authorities scrambled Wednesday to contain an outbreak at a huge market. Hard...
06 May, 2020, 08.04 PM IST
US records 1,891 coronavirus deaths in past 24 hours: Johns HopkinsThe US has seen a total of 732,197 confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the start of the global health crisis, according to the Baltimore-base...
19 Apr, 2020, 07.14 AM IST
Italy reports lowest virus death toll in over three weeksThe 431 new deaths reported by the civil protection service were the lowest since March 19. Italy's death total now stands at 19,899, offic...
12 Apr, 2020, 10.05 PM IST
Europe's virus toll surges, world plunges into recessionEurope has suffered the brunt of the coronavirus crisis in recent weeks, with millions across the continent on lockdown and the streets of ...
28 Mar, 2020, 06.25 PM IST