Novel coronavirus

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan (68) has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, confirms his health adviser Dr. Faisal Sultan in a post on Twitter on March 20, reports Dawn Online. The news of Imran Khan’s catching of the covid-19…

Malaysia has postponed all public examinations of the year 2020 until February and March next year following recent spike in novel coronavirus cases in the country. The Education Minister Mohd Radzi Md Jidin announced while holding a…

Atlanta Public Schools (APS) backtrack from the reopening plans of in-person learning until at least January 2021 following recent spike in novel coronavirus cases in the State of Georgia. Instead, they will continue moving forward with…

University of Oxford researchers have claimed they have developed a test method capable of identifying the novel coronavirus in less than five minutes, adding it could be used in mass testing at airports and businesses, reports Reuters.…

The World is most likely to have a Covid-19 vaccine ready by the end of this year, the chief of the World Health Organization (WHO) said without any further details, reports Reuters. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Director-General to…

Nigeria reopens all federal government schools from October 12 thanks to significant drop in novel coronavirus infections recently, said the education minister Adamu Adamu, reports Reuters. According to official data, new Covid-19 cases…

All primary level schools in Pakistan, the second worst affected country by the novel coronavirus in South Asia in terms of the number of cases, has reopened on September 30, reports Radio Pakistan. Kids wearing facemasks attend their…

All schools in China, the most possible origin of the novel coronavirus, re-opened their doors to students on August 31, reports AP citing local authorities. The communist nation has taken the decision following gradually steady…

Almost 2,000 schools in South Korea have suspended in-person classes following the latest spike in the cases of novel coronavirus. The country’s Ministry of Education made the announcement on August 24. The country recorded at least 266…

Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko (59) has tested positive for the novel coronavirus and is in a critical condition. Tymoshenko’s press secretary Marina Soroka said in a Facebook post on August 23. The post states that…

Russia has now begun production of its own coronavirus vaccine `Sputnik V’ on August 15. The state news agency TASS reported quoting the country’s health ministry the same day, reports CNN. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on…

Children in Gaza Strip returned to schools on August 8 after five months of shutdown due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, reports Reuters. But authorities have also expressed caution that they are ready to close schools again if…

The US economy added 1.8 million jobs in July amid the covid-19 pandemic, ignoring economists’ forecasts of 1.5 million new jobs in a survey by Bloomberg. With new employment figures, the unemployment rate in the country now decreases…