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The biggest increases were from the United States, Brazil, India and South Africa, according to a daily report. The previous WHO record for new cases was 228,102 on July 10. Deaths remained steady at about 5,000 a day.

Scientists recommended that physicians treat it as a multi-system disease with manifestations including blood clots, kidney failure, and neurological symptoms like delirium.

Le Monarque, a fashionable restaurant in Old Montreal, reopened its doors just a few days ago but not without putting some creative safety measures in place first.

Fauci on Thursday had said it was a "reasonable assumption" that airborne transmission was occurring even though there was not a lot of solid evidence behind it. The WHO urged more studies on the issue.

The country's ethics watchdog said last week that it had launched a probe into the 48-year-old prime minister, after the contract was awarded to the charity in June.

He said that, by extinguishing clusters of infection, the world could "potentially avoid the worst of having second peaks and having to move backwards in terms of lockdown".

Britain's ambassador to the EU, Tim Barrow, said it will not join the 2.4 billion-euro European Union plan to secure advance purchases of promising COVID-19 vaccines.

The surge is making some Americans hesitant to return to public spaces and patronize businesses, despite US President Donald Trump's efforts to downplay the risks.

The 1.5-C mark is the level to which countries have agreed to try to limit global warming. Scientists say average temperatures around the world are already at least 1 C higher now than during the period from 1850-1900 because of man-made greenhouse emissi...

The US Department of State will not issue visas to students enrolled in schools and/or programmes that are fully online for the fall semester nor will US Customs and Border Protection permit these students to enter the US, the ICE release said.

Pompeo said he has spoken with Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar a number of times about this and that Delhi has done its best to respond to the situation.

During the exchange of fire, a bullet hit Iqbal and he died on the spot, while the two constables, Faisal Khan and Tayyab, sustained injuries and were rushed to hospital.

The research, published in the journal Brain, identified one rare and sometimes fatal inflammatory condition, known as ADEM, which may be increasing in prevalence due to the pandemic.

The White House immediately hit back, describing Mary Trump's book as one based on 'falsehoods'.

Novavax has been chosen to participate in Operation Warp Speed, a U.S. government program that seeks to begin delivering millions of doses of a safe, effective vaccine for COVID-19 next year.

The federal government is supporting Moderna’s vaccine project with nearly half a billion dollars and has chosen it as one of the first to enter large-scale human trials.