President Donald Trump said his administration is considering requiring travelers on certain incoming international flights to undergo temperature and virus checks to help stop the spread of the coronavirus.
Apr 28, 2020
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Brazil is emerging as potentially the next big hot spot for the coronavirus amid President Jair Bolsonaro's insistence that it is just a "little flu" and that there is no need for the sharp restrictions that have slowed the ...
Apr 27, 2020
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Dead bodies are lying at home and in the streets of Guayaquil, Ecuador, a city so hard-hit by coronavirus that overfilled hospitals are turning away even very ill patients and funeral homes are unavailable for burial.
Apr 24, 2020
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Mexico raised its health emergency level following a rapid increase in coronavirus cases and amid fears the health system could collapse, the government said Tuesday.
Apr 21, 2020
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The Chinese city where the coronavirus first emerged raised its death toll by 50 percent on Friday, revealing the ground zero of the global pandemic had been much worse hit than Beijing had previously reported.
Apr 17, 2020
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Nearly six out of every 10 people around the world are currently forced or urged to stay at home to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, according to an AFP count on Friday.
Apr 17, 2020
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President Donald Trump vowed to unveil plans Thursday to reopen the world's top economy, following cautious moves in Europe, claiming the US had "passed the peak" of the coronavirus crisis despite a record daily death toll.
Apr 16, 2020
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The model is "quite simple", a basic ventilator designed and made in Spain, but it is helping ease pressure on the nation's hospitals that have been overwhelmed by patients struggling to breathe.
Apr 10, 2020
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The worldwide number of fatalities from the novel coronavirus pandemic rose to 86,289 on Wednesday, according to a tally compiled by AFP at 1900 GMT from official sources.
Apr 8, 2020
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More than 20,000 cases of COVID-19 were registered in Latin America and the Caribbean by Wednesday—double the figure from five days ago, according to an AFP tally.
Apr 2, 2020
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