9.45 am : Chinese officials have reported eight new cases of the coronavirus, according to AP. Of these, just two cases have been detected...
9.45 am: Chinese officials have reported eight new cases of the coronavirus, according to AP. Of these, just two cases have been detected in Beijing. There have been 334 cases of the virus in Beijing since three weeks ago, when an outbreak was first detected.
9.40 am: Over 97 lakh samples have been tested so far, says the Indian Council of Medical Research. On Saturday, 2,48,394 samples were tested.
The total number of samples tested up to July 4 is 97,89,066 of which 2,48,934 samples were tested yesterday: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) pic.twitter.com/LjYKujSCs0
— ANI (@ANI) July 5, 2020
9.26 am: World Health Organization chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan has told The Wire that speed in manufacturing a vaccine may be important, but it cannot not come at the cost of scientific and ethical standards. Swaminathan has said that the vaccine cannot be given to people from August 15.
9.20 am: Three new coronavirus cases have been reported in New Zealand on Sunday, all individuals who returned from abroad. The total number of cases in the country is now 1,183, with just 21 active cases.
9.15 am: United States President Donald Trump has claimed that 99% of cases in the country are “totally harmless”, The Guardian reports. “Now we have tested almost 40 million [4 crore] people,” Trump says. “By so doing, we show...
