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Manisha Singh, who has previously served as the Acting Under Secretary of Economic Growth, Energy and the Environment, will represent US in the America's next envoy to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.

Antibody tests, which show who has been infected, are often inaccurate, recent research suggests, and it is not clear whether a positive result actually signals immunity to the coronavirus.

UK Environment Secretary George Eustice announced the update during the daily briefing in London and revealed that hospitalisations from COVID-19 had continued to register a downward trajectory.

Onnuri Church, one of the biggest churches in Seoul, required members to sign up online ahead of the service and sit on designated seats to maintain distance.

The vast majority of the news cases are work permit holders residing in dormitories for foreign workers, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said in its preliminary release of figures.

The total number of Pakistanis who have returned from Afghanistan amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis has reached 1,632.

With millions staying at home, concentrations of lung-damaging PM2.5 particles fell by nearly 15% in more than 300 Chinese cities in the first three months of 2020.

The WHO said earlier that there was "no evidence" that people who have recovered from COVID-19 and have antibodies are protected from a second infection.

The oil-rich Gulf is reliant on the cheap labour of millions of foreigners -- mostly from India, Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka.

Italy has the most deaths with 25,969 followed by Spain with 22,902, France with 22,245 and Britain with 19,506.

Criticism of Johnson’s Conservative government is mounting as the U.K.’s COVID-19 death toll rises and a nationwide lockdown imposed a month ago drags on.

Returning migrant workers ask after sweethearts left behind in Thailand, while other customers come laden with concerns for husbands or lovers working on oil rigs or as sailors, says Thet.

Here's everything you need to know about the novel coronavirus, its mechanism and the drugs that are being explored as potential treatments.

Controversy has swirled around hydroxychloroquine since US President Donald Trump started promoting use of the unproven drug touted as a remedy for COVID-19.

The two doctors have been exposed to patients with Covid-19 and are concerned that current PPE availability is inadequate to protect them from infection.

UK Health Secretary said that though the daily rise in the toll was lower than previous days, it is important continue to strictly follow the social distancing norms in place to control its spread.