No COVID-19 Deaths in Mainland China Over Past Day - State Health Committee
April 08, 2020 at 02:49 AM
BEIJING (Sputnik) - Not a single person died of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in mainland China over the past 24 hours, the first such day since January, according to China's state health committee. Read More »
Spain registers fewer than 700 new coronavirus-related deaths as daily fatalities show signs of slowing
April 07, 2020 at 02:48 AM
Spain's death toll from Covid-19 has risen by 674 in the last 24 hours, the country’s Health Ministry reported, marking fewer deaths than in previous days. The number of newly-confirmed cases has also fallen by around 1,000. Read More »
Some good news! Number of people who’ve RECOVERED from Covid-19 passes quarter of a million
April 07, 2020 at 02:38 AM
Perhaps the most under-reported statistic in the entire coronavirus pandemic passed an important milestone on Sunday as 250,000 were marked as having recovered from the illness. Read More »
US overtakes China’s coronavirus toll with more than 3,400 dead
April 02, 2020 at 02:15 AM
The number of people who have died from the coronavirus outbreak in the US has surpassed that of China. The US tops the list of the Covid-19 affected nations worldwide, with more than 174,000 confirmed cases. Read More »
Russia Developing Portable Express Coronavirus Test - Rostec Executive Director
March 31, 2020 at 04:15 AM
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Russian state-owned corporation Rostec is now developing a portable mini-laboratory for coronavirus diagnostics, executive director Oleg Yevtushenko said. Read More »
Russia Has Three Drugs That Can Help Treat COVID-19 – Russian Academy of Sciences
March 31, 2020 at 04:11 AM
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Three antiviral drugs that can be used to treat COVID-19 were developed in Russia in conjunction with scholars from the Russian Academy of Sciences; the academy's vice president and head of the biomedical sciences unit Vladimir Chekhonin said. Read More »
Germany's health system could buckle if faced with crisis seen in Italy, public health chief warns
March 31, 2020 at 02:42 AM
Germany’s health infrastructure would not be able to cope with the huge influx of Covid-19 patients currently seen in Italy, the head of Robert Koch Institute (RKI) has said. Read More »
Covid-19 claims first UK healthcare worker as official says life won’t ‘get back to normal’ for at least SIX MONTHS
March 30, 2020 at 03:56 AM
A doctor working in the UK's National Health Service has paid the ultimate price for fighting on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic, becoming the UK’s first healthcare worker to die from Covid-19. Read More »
Coronavirus pandemic is 'ACCELERATING,' warns WHO chief as global death toll keeps rising rapidly
March 26, 2020 at 03:51 AM
The Covid-19 outbreak is far from dying down, head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned, urging nations to act while it still was possible to "change the trajectory" of the pandemic. Read More »
Coronavirus Vaccines Expected by 2021-2022 - WH Official
March 26, 2020 at 03:45 AM
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Coronavirus vaccines are expected to be available by 2021-2022 season when the novel disease can reemerge, the White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Deborah Birx told reporters. Read More »
