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97,000 children tested positive for Covid-19 in 2 weeks as more schools plan to reopen
Just as thousands more students return to classrooms this week, another study shows how easily children can get coronavirus...
Coronavirus: Australia records deadliest day but fewer new infections
Australia has recorded its deadliest day of the coronavirus pandemic amid a second wave of infections in Melbourne...
Coronavirus: Is the world winning the pandemic fight?
It is little more than six months since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the arrival of a new virus a global emergency...
Coronavirus: Asymptomatic cases 'carry same amount of virus'
People with symptomless Covid-19 can carry as much of the virus as those with symptoms, a South Korean study has suggested...
Coronavirus: Melbourne police 'assaulted and baited' over lockdown rules
Authorities in the Australian city of Melbourne have warned of a "dangerous" rise in people resisting lockdown measures, sometimes violently.
Coronavirus: Millions return to lockdown in Philippines
Tens of millions of people in the Philippines are back in lockdown, after doctors warned a surge in new coronavirus cases could push the healthcare system to collapse...
Coronavirus: How the travel downturn is sending jet planes to 'boneyards'
Hit by the collapse in demand for flights due to Covid-19 commercial airlines have parked their grounded fleet in some of the most remote locations in the world...
China sends first Covid-19 medical testing team to Hong Kong
Seven health officials have arrived in Hong Kong from mainland China, the first members of a 60-person team that will carry out Covid-19 testing...
Coronavirus: Iran cover-up of deaths revealed by data leak
The number of deaths from coronavirus in Iran is nearly triple what Iran's government claims, a BBC Persian service investigation has found...
Coronavirus: Australia's Victoria records huge case jump
Australia's virus-hit state of Victoria has reported its worst death toll and case rise, prompting fears that a six-week lockdown of state capital Melbourne is not working...