China's Sinopharm is also aiming to carry out trials for a possible COVID-19 vaccine in Brazil in a deal with the southern state of Parana pending regulatory approval
The origin of the latest COVID-19 outbreak is still unknown, but authorities previously on Tuesday ruled out the possibility that it came from frozen food items or freight
Prime Minister Boris Johnson imposed a lockdown later than many other nations, which government advisers now claim led to thousands of avoidable deaths
The Philippines, which has a population of 107 million, has the most COVID-19 cases in Southeast Asia with over 164,000 confirmed infections and 2,681 deaths
The South Atlantic Anomaly is a strange phenomenon which causes a weak magnetic field that can knock out satellites and let charged particles reach Earth's surface
WHO epidemiologist Maria Van Kerkhove mentioned in a briefing in Geneva that studies to date showed that less than 10% of population has evidence of antibodies against the virus
Type 1 diabetes causes insulin-producing cells in the pancreas to be destroyed, preventing the body from producing required insulin to regulate the blood sugar levels