Each time Maria, an Indian care worker living in Israel, goes shopping she is consumed by fears of bringing the coronavirus into the home of the 91-year-old woman she looks after.

The U.N. Security Council began work Wednesday on a draft resolution co-authored by Tunisia and France urging "enhanced coordination" and a general cessation of hostilities in conflicts on its agenda, in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.

The head of the U.S. agency in charge of developing a vaccine against coronavirus said Wednesday that he was removed from his job for opposing the chloroquine treatment promoted by President Donald Trump.

U.S. President Donald Trump issued rare criticism of a Republican state governor Wednesday, expressing strong disagreement with Georgia's decision to reopen small businesses such as tattoo parlors and nail salons.

China announced Thursday it will donate another $30 million to the World Health Organization to help the global fight against the coronavirus pandemic.

The new leader of Britain's main opposition Labor party on Wednesday accused the government of being slow in its coronavirus response, as lawmakers met for a virtual session in parliament.

A U.S. government expert panel has formally recommended against using a drug combination promoted by President Donald Trump to fight the coronavirus, because of its potential harmful impact on the heart.

Most countries are still in the early stages of dealing with the new coronavirus pandemic, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, adding that most people on the planet remain susceptible to COVID-19.

"Make no mistake: we have a long way to go. This virus will be with us for a long time," WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a virtual press conference.

Iran announced on Wednesday 94 new deaths from the novel coronavirus but said the cases of people infected in the country was on the way down.

The US state of Missouri has sued China's leadership over the coronavirus, prompting an angry rebuke from Beijing Wednesday over the "absurd" claim.