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[ad_1] WASHINGTON: US officials believe China covered the scope of the coronavirus outbreak, and how contagious the disease is, to stock up on the necessary medical supplies to respond to it, intelligence documents show. Chinese leaders “intentionally concealed the severity” of the world pandemic in early January, according to a …

[ad_1] Mumbai Kolkata: Indian factories will start quietly as the government eases security shutdown conditions partially from May 4 and manufacturing appears to be back to normal as many plants have been closed for more than a month . Automakers will begin production this month with production at about a …

[ad_1] Mumbai India expects bad debt at its banks to double after the coronavirus crisis suddenly halted the economy, a senior government official and four of the top bankers told Reuters. Indian banks are already grappling with Rs 9.35 lakh rupees ($ 123 billion) of impaired loans, equivalent to approximately …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: As the third phase of the national shutdown begins Monday with relaxations, the government plans to increase its Covid-19 testing capacity to perform one lakh per day tests for rapid antibodies (blood-based tests) and more definitive. RT-PCR in late May. Providing new rapid test kits would mean …

[ad_1] Police in the Dhubri district of western Assam detained 27 Bangladeshi citizens on Sunday who had entered the state on a tourist visa prior to the closure of COVID-19, but were found to be working for a contractor in the eastern part. The 27 people, traveling in two seized …

[ad_1] By: Express News Service | New Delhi | Updated: May 4, 2020 7:14:19 am A worker paints circles outside a liquor store to ensure distance, on Mohali Sunday. (Express photo by Jasbir Malhi) MAHARASHTRA: Shops to open in Mumbai, Pune Liquor stores, electronics stores, mobile phone stores and stationeries …

[ad_1] As of the morning of Sunday 3 May the United States has over 1 million confirmed coronavirus cases, 152,000 have recovered and 64,283 have died during the pandemic. New York remains the epicenter of the outbreak in the U.S., while President Donald Trump is urging all states to reopen …

[ad_1] MUMBAI / NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India expects bad debt at its banks to double after the coronavirus crisis suddenly halted the economy, a senior government official and four top bankers told Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A man counts Indian currency bills inside a store in Mumbai, India, August 13, …

[ad_1] British Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Michael Gove gestures while holding the Daily Covid-19 Digital News Conference with NHS Medical Director Professor Stephen Powis (no photo) to update on the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at 10 Downing Street in London, Great Britain, May 3, 2020. Pippa Fowles …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON: Four months after a mysterious new virus began its deadly march around the world, the search for a vaccine has taken on an intensity never seen before in medical research, with huge implications for public health, the global economy and politics. Seven of the approximately 90 projects carried …