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Chinese scientists seeking potential COVID-19 treatment find "effective" antibodies 01 Apr 2020 - 11:22 am
People wearing face masks ride bicycles on a street following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Beijing, China March 30, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins
China reports 130 asymptomatic cases of Coronavirus in one day 01 Apr 2020 - 08:59 am
People eat their breakfast near a closed store and a barricade in Wuhan, Hubei province, the epicentre of China's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, April 1, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song
Facing shortages, India bets on China for swift ramp-up of protective health gear: sources 31 Mar 2020 - 08:57 pm
Traffic policemen wearing coronavirus-themed helmets in a campaign to educate the public during lockdown against the COVID-19 in Bangalore on March 31, 2020. AFP / Manjunath Kiran
Myanmar journalist faces life sentence over interview 31 Mar 2020 - 04:41 pm
Voice of Myanmar (VOM) editor-in-chief Nay Myo Lin (C) sits in a vehicle as he is escorted from his home by the police to court in Mandalay on March 31, 2020. / AFP / Zaw Zaw
India manhunt after Islamic gathering becomes virus hotspot 31 Mar 2020 - 03:59 pm
Men wearing a protective facemasks walk to board a special service bus taking them to a quarantine facility amid concerns about the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Nizamuddin area of New Delhi on March 31, 2020. AFP / Sajjad Hussain
Pakistan's coronavirus tally soars past 1,800 31 Mar 2020 - 02:17 pm
Workers wearing protective gear spray disinfectant on a street at a residential area during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Islamabad on March 29, 2020. / AFP / Aamir QURESHI
China to focus on Asymptomatic coronavirus cases as public fears grow 31 Mar 2020 - 12:49 pm
Students sit in a classroom as grade three students in middle school and high school return after the term opening was delayed due to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, in Huaian in China's eastern Jiangsu province on March 30, 2020. / AFP / STR
Malaysia calls on women to 'stop nagging, use makeup' in coronavirus advice 31 Mar 2020 - 11:16 am
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Indian doctors fight coronavirus with raincoats, helmets amid lack of equipment 31 Mar 2020 - 10:57 am
A doctor wearing a torn raincoat stands at the major coronavirus disease (COVID-19) treatment facility amid concerns about the spread of the disease in Kolkata, India, March 26, 2020. Picture taken March 26, 2020. REUTERS/Stringer
S.Korea puts off school opening again, will turn to online 31 Mar 2020 - 10:06 am
A student wearing a mask to prevent contracting the coronavirus walks past a professor of Pusan National University Park Hyun who used to be a coronavirus patient as he have an interview with Reuters at Pusan National University in Busan, South Korea, Mar
Cherry blossoms, empty stores in virus-hit Japan 31 Mar 2020 - 09:36 am
People wearing protective face masks following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are seen among blooming cherry blossoms in Tokyo, Japan March 26, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato
Nineteen killed in massive China forest fire 31 Mar 2020 - 08:40 am
Firefighters battle a forest blaze in Xichang in China's southwestern Sichuan province early on March 31, 2020. / AFP / STR
Woman convicted in Thai knife attack held in girl's death 30 Mar 2020 - 07:42 pm
A passenger sits in a commuter train in Bangkok on March 26, 2020, amid decreased passengers numbers due to fears over the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus. AFP / Mladen Antonov
Philippines grounds company's aircraft after deadly fire 30 Mar 2020 - 05:14 pm
Debris of the crashed plane are seen at Pasay City, Metro Manila, Philippines, March 29, 2020. Manila International Airport Authority Media Affairs Division/Handout via REUTERS
Fear on front lines as hospital staff face threats, stigma over coronavirus 30 Mar 2020 - 02:40 pm
FILE PHOTO: Rickshaws block a street from outsiders to protect a neighborhood from the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Manila, Philippines, March 24, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez/File Photo
China sends medical aid to Pakistan to combat virus outbreak 30 Mar 2020 - 01:49 pm
In this handout photograph taken and released by the Pakistan's Press Information Department (PID) on March 28, 2020, Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi (R) greets Chinese doctors upon their arrival at the Islamabad International airport in
Philippines reports seven coronavirus deaths, 128 more infections 30 Mar 2020 - 11:27 am
FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective mask on his neck walks past closed shops in an empty street following the lockdown in the Philippine capital to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Manila, Philippines, March 24, 2020. REUTER
India says no plan to extend coronavirus lockdown as poor struggle 30 Mar 2020 - 10:08 am
A deserted street and closed shops are pictured during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus in Amritsar on March 29, 2020. / AFP / Narinder NANU