Most populous county in U.S. sees COVID-19 cases top 600,000

Dec 21, 2020

Los Angeles (US), December 21: Los Angeles County, the most populous county in the United States, on Friday hit a grim milestone of 600,000 confirmed...

NYS COVID-19 test positivity rate, hospitalizations trend down: governor

Dec 21, 2020

New York (US), December 21: Of the 197,251 COVID-19 tests reported on Saturday in New York State, 9,957 were positive, or 5.05 percent of the...

CDC panel recommends frontline essential workers, 75+ seniors in line for COVID-19 vaccine

Dec 21, 2020

Washington (US), December 21: An advisory panel of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) voted Sunday to recommend that frontline essential workers...

US Senate majority leader says Congress has reached deal on COVID-19 relief

Dec 21, 2020

Washington (US), December 21: U.S. Congress has just reached an agreement on the long-awaited COVID-19 relief package, and lawmakers will pass the bill as soon...

UNGA president calls for ensuring COVID-19 vaccines accessible to all people

Dec 21, 2020

United Nations, December 21: Volkan Bozkir, president of the 75th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), on Sunday called for ensuring that COVID-19 vaccines...

Uganda's second deputy PM dies aged 85

Dec 20, 2020

Kampala (Uganda), December 20: Uganda's Second Deputy Prime Minister Ali Kirunda Kivejinja has died in a hospital in the capital Kampala aged 85, a top...

UN chief condemns attack in Somalia's Galkayo

Dec 20, 2020

United Nations, Dec 20: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday strongly condemned the attack that took place in Galkayo on Friday, which resulted in...

U.S. to shut down two consulates in Russia

Dec 20, 2020

Washington (US), December 20: The United States planned to close its consulate in Vladivostok, Russia, and to suspend operations at one in Yekaterinburg, U.S. State...

CDC advisory group votes to recommend Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine

Dec 20, 2020

Washington (US), December 20: An independent vaccine advisory group to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) voted Saturday to recommend American drugmaker...