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First flight of returning European employees lands in China 30 May 2020 - 12:08 pm
A passenger rushes past check-in desks prior to the first Lufthansa charter flight for Tianjin, China after the lockdown, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, at the airport in Frankfurt, Germany, May 29, 2020. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffe
Indian monkeys snatch coronavirus samples 30 May 2020 - 11:31 am
File photo: A monkey crosses the road near India's Presidential Palace during a 14-hour long curfew to limit the spreading of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New Delhi, India, March 22, 2020. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis/File Photo
China's 'nervous' Xi risks new Cold War, last Hong Kong governor says 30 May 2020 - 11:09 am
FILE PHOTO: Former Hong Kong governor Chris Patten in Hong Kong, China November 25, 2016. REUTERS/Bobby Yip/File Photo
Chinese Covid-19 vaccine expected to begin mass output this year 30 May 2020 - 10:58 am
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South Korea limits school numbers over virus spike 29 May 2020 - 05:07 pm
Students practice social distancing amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak at an elementary school in Daejeon, South Korea, May 27, 2020. Yonhap via REUTERS
Pakistan to resume international flight operations - Civil Aviation Authority 29 May 2020 - 03:54 pm
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Pakistan drug firm to import potential COVID-19 treatment from Bangladesh 29 May 2020 - 02:35 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on April 08, 2020, vials of the drug remdesivir sit on a table during a press conference about the start of a study of the Ebola drug in severely ill COVID-19 patients, at the University Hospital Eppendorf in Hamburg, Germ
Indian doctors go online to treat patients amid coronavirus outbreak 29 May 2020 - 12:58 pm
Doctor Sushila Kataria gives consultation to a patient via video call, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Medanta Hospital in Gurugram, India, May 22, 2020. Picture taken May 22, 2020. REUTERS/Sunil Kataria
Indonesia minister slammed for 'virus is like your wife' remarks 29 May 2020 - 12:43 pm
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S.Korea seeks to import anti-viral remdesivir as new coronavirus cases emerge 29 May 2020 - 11:08 am
Health workers wearing protective gear take samples from a visitor for the COVID-19 coronavirus test at a temporary virus testing centre in Seoul on May 29, 2020. / AFP / YONHAP /
Caseloads rise in India, Russia underlining reopening risks 28 May 2020 - 01:50 pm
An airport employee (C) wearing a face shield checks the body temperature of a passenger at Bagdogra airport after the goverment eased a nationwide lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, on the outskirts of Siliguri on
India and China move in more troops as border tensions rise 28 May 2020 - 09:38 am
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Man in India who sold his goats for airline tickets will finally fly home 27 May 2020 - 12:03 pm
An Indigo flight directed to Varanasi takes off at the Kamaraj domestic airport during the first day of resuming of domestic flights after the government imposed a nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus,
South Korea examines first suspected cases of syndrome in kids linked to COVID-19 27 May 2020 - 10:36 am
FILE PHOTO: A woman wearing a mask to avoid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) takes a photograph of her husband and child after checking in at Gimpo international airport in Seoul, South Korea, May 1, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo
First virus-era Chinese expedition measures Everest 27 May 2020 - 10:20 am
Representational image of Mount Everest
South Korea sees biggest jump in virus cases in seven weeks 27 May 2020 - 10:13 am
Office workers cross a street during the lunch period in central Seoul on May 22, 2020. / AFP / Ed JONES
China's top virologist warns Covid-19 is just tip of the iceberg 26 May 2020 - 03:33 pm
TOPSHOT - An aerial view shows the P4 laboratory at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on April 17, 2020. / AFP / Hector RETAMAL
India coronavirus cases rise as millions return home 26 May 2020 - 12:39 pm
An airport staff member pushes trollies at the entrance of Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, after the government allowed domestic flight services to resume, during an extended nationwide lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (CO