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Gilead also aims to increase worldwide manufacturing to supply over a million coronavirus patients by year-end, rising to several million in 2021, if required. The company has not disclosed its pricing plans.

In 1847, the Native American Choctaw nation sent $170 of relief aid to the Irish people impacted by the great potato famine. Now, the Irish are reciprocating the act of goodwill.

The wrongful death case filed in circuit court in Miami says Pujiyoko, 27, worked in housekeeping on the Symphony of the Seas and suffered from flu-like symptoms including a fever and shortness of breath but was not tested for six days.

The latest figures confirm a trend in recent weeks that showed medical staff accounting for most new infections.

The Pakistan government has not mentioned the debt relief in the request letters, although it has assessed the cumulative relief quantum at $1.8 billion for May-December 2020 period.

Although India has outlawed caste-based discrimination with mixed success, in Pakistan it is almost encouraged by the state. In July, the Pakistani military placed newspaper advertisements for sewer sweepers with the caveat that only Christians should app...

Her detention in a notorious prison is unprecedented in Saudi Arabia, where royal family members are typically held under house arrest or detained in luxury villas or hotels.

Both countries have a Covid-19 mortality rate of just 1% and have boosted their medical equipment reserves as they plan to slowly reopen their economies.

The research, published in the Journal of Medical Virology, shows that an interaction between the body's two main lines of defence may be causing the immune system to go into overdrive in some patients.

The virus is compounding longtime concerns among security and UN experts that the IS would stage a comeback after its 'caliphate,' was brought down last year.

A notice published Saturday in Turkey's Official Gaztte rescinded restrictions on exporting ventilators, intubation tubes, life support machines, intensive care unit monitors and other critical care devices.

The country's prisons minister, Iris Varela, told local newspaper Ultimas Noticias on Friday that the incident resulted from an escape attempt and that the prison director had been shot and wounded.

United Kingdom housing minister said investigation will be done on China's actions regarding coronavirus will be asked after the crisis is over.

If found guilty of promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of race, the man could be jailed for up to three years, fined or both.

Limited testing and delayed travel alerts for areas outside China contributed to the jump in U.S. cases starting in late February, said Dr. Anne Schuchat.

The Spring Astronomy Day is celebrated on May 2. The world will celebrate the next Astronomy Day on September 26.