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Temperature, humidity affects virus life on surfaces, C-section may raise risk for infected mothers
The following is a brief roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments ...Central Europe leaders hold first face-to-face talks of virus crisis
Masks and gloves will be the order of the day when the prime ministers of four ex-communist countries on Thursday hold the ...Europe reopens borders amid worst global recession in memory
The world faces the worst global recession in nearly a century, a key economic body warned Wednesday, while in Europe, restrictions to ...Brazil resumes publishing virus toll, criticizes WHO
Brazil’s government resumed publishing the country’s total death toll from the coronavirus pandemic Tuesday, after facing accusations of trying to hide the ...Moscow exits lockdown as WHO says global crisis ‘worsening’
Moscow emerged from a strict coronavirus lockdown on Tuesday despite Russia seeing thousands of new cases every day, as the World Health ...Russian chefs in naked lockdown protest after virus strips them of income
Russian restaurant owners stripped of their income by the coronavirus lockdown are campaigning for their businesses to be allowed to reopen by ...Germany to extend virus-related travel ban for non-European countries
Germany plans to extend a travel ban for non-European countries until Aug. 31, government sources told Reuters on Tuesday, adding Berlin was ...Nepali police clash with lockdown demonstrators
Police fired water cannon at about 500 people who staged a demonstration in Kathmandu on Tuesday against the Nepali government’s handling of ...North Korea cuts communication lines to South
North Korea is severing all official communication links with the South, it announced Tuesday in a move analysts said was aimed at ...Vietnam plans to resume flights to some virus-free countries
Vietnam plans to allow a resumption of flights to and from countries that have had no cases of coronavirus for 30 days, ...