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Los Angeles Zoo Reopens After 166 Days Following Closure due to COVID-19

The closure brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic was the longest in the history of the Los Angeles Zoo

Aug 27, 2020

By IANS

Society

Australian Archbishops Slammed for Opposing AstraZeneca's Coronavirus Vaccine Over 'Ethical Concerns'

AstraZeneca, in partnership with Oxford University, has been developing the potential vaccine by using the kidney cell line called HEK-293

Aug 26, 2020

By Vishakha Sonawane

Society

Iraq Confirms 3,837 New Cases of Coronavirus and 72 More Deaths

Iraq has been taking a series of measures to contain the coronavirus pandemic since February when the first COVID-19 case appeared in the country

Aug 26, 2020

By IANS

Society

Three Men Arrested in Japan on Suspicion of Coronavirus Relief Fraud

The arrests follow a string of scandals involving government payouts for businesses struggling during the coronavirus pandemic

Aug 26, 2020

By IBTimes SG Desk

Society

Myanmar Closes Schools After Biggest Daily Spike in Coronavirus Cases

The deadly novel virus resurfaced in Myanmar on August 16 after a month without community transmission, with the majority of those cases in Sittwe

Aug 26, 2020

By IBTimes SG Desk

Society

Davos Meeting Postponed to Summer 2021 on Coronavirus Fears: WEF

The deadly virus outbreak has created a major stir around the world in recent times infecting over 23.9 million worldwide

Aug 26, 2020

By IBTimes APAC Desk

Society

Kenya Extends Coronavirus Curfew as COVID-19 Cases Spike Outside Capital

The COVID-19 outbreak has hit the economy, with the finance ministry projecting growth will slow to 2.5% this year from 5.4% last year

Aug 26, 2020

By IBTimes APAC Desk

Society

Government of France Says Second Coronavirus Wave Threatens But Life Needs to Go On

Countries around Europe are struggling with how to reboot their economies and get daily lives of citizens as close to normal as possible without increasing the spread of the virus

Aug 26, 2020

By IBTimes APAC Desk

Science

Why Men Are More Prone to Coronavirus Infection? New Study Gives Clues

The coronavirus that originated from China has already killed more than 824,200 people worldwide

Aug 26, 2020

By Nirmal Narayanan

Society

Lebanon Can 'Lose Control' of the Coronavirus Outbreak: PM Diab

Lebanon has confirmed 525 new cases of the deadly coronavirus infections and 12 more deaths on Tuesday

Aug 26, 2020

By IBTimes APAC Desk

Society

Kazakhstan Secures Supplies of Russian Coronavirus Vaccine Candidate

The Nur-Sultan government mentioned that the vaccine will be made available to at-risk Kazakh citizens free of charge

Aug 26, 2020

By IBTimes APAC Desk

Society

Coronavirus Death Toll in Iran Crosses 21,000: Health Ministry

The deadly virus outbreak has created a major stir around the world in recent times claiming the lives of over 819,000 people globally

Aug 26, 2020

By IBTimes APAC Desk

Society

Coronavirus Antibody Therapy in Australia Targets Trial in Early 2021

With new cases decreasing, Victoria's government has come under the fire for seeking to extend a state of emergency by another year

Aug 26, 2020

By IBTimes APAC Desk

Society

Chinese Province Bans Shrimp From Ecuador to Contain Spread of Coronavirus

The notice from the provincial State Administration for Market Regulation comes after COVID-19 got detected on the inner wall of containers containing imported Ecuadorean shrimp

Aug 26, 2020

By IBTimes SG Desk

Society

Japan Scientists Say Ozone Effective in Neutralizing Coronavirus

The potency of the novel virus declined by over 90% when subjected to the low-level ozone for 10 hours

Aug 26, 2020

By IBTimes SG Desk

November Supermoon: Striking visuals of the closest full moon until 2034

Society

Germany to Increase the Monitoring of Quarantined Travelers

The deadly virus outbreak has created a major stir around the world in recent times infecting people in more than 170 nations

Aug 26, 2020

By IBTimes APAC Desk

Society

CDC Changes Covid-19 Testing Guidelines Abruptly, Wary Experts Question Timing; Here's What The Update Is

After CDC made changes to its Coronavirus testing guidelines, experts worried that it could cause apprehensions about the virus's actual spread in the community

Aug 26, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder