People with blood group 'A' may be more prone to the new coronavirus (COVID-19) infection while those with blood type 'O' has a lower risk of contracting the deadly virus, a first-of-its-kind study claimed on Tuesday. ....

Pakistan on Tuesday reported the first coronavirus death, while the number of confirmed cases increased to 193 with the emergence of 10 new infections, the Ministry of National Health Services announced. ....

First trials have begun on a vaccine for the novel coronavirus ahead of the expected schedule, according to US President Donald Trump. ....

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Pakistan has increased to 183, after Sindh and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP) confirmed 115 and 15 new infections, respectively. ....

The number of active coronavirus cases in Italy has reached 24,747, but the increase was at its slowest pace since March 1, signalling the start of a tipping point for the outbreak in the country, deemed as the epicentre of the pandemic in Europe. ....

The total number of coronavirus deaths worldwide crossed the 7,000 mark on Monday. ....

Over 100 people have been infected with the coronavirus in Pakistan, with most of the cases located in Sindh province. ....

Amid the novel coronavirus scare around the globe, some good news has emerged about the coronavirus. Chinese researchers have revealed that viral infection is not transmittable from pregnant mothers to newborns at birth. ....

A newspaper in a coronavirus-hit Italian town went from having one and a half pages of obituaries to printing 10 now in just a month, a media report said. ....

A leaked UK government document has warned that up to 80 per cent of the country's population "are expected" to be infected with coronavirus, while up to 15 per cent or 7.9 million people might require hospitalisation, a media report said. ....