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SIBU: A seven-year-old boy is believed to have drowned while taking a bath with his grandparents in Sungai Ngemah on Thursday (April 23) evening. The victim has been identified as Nekson Dana Rainmond. Kanowit Fire and Rescue Department…

NEW YORK: The experimental Covid-19 coronavirus treatment Remdesivir has failed in its first randomised clinical trial, inadvertently released results showed on Thursday, dampening expectations for the closely watched drug. A draft summary…

WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo charged Thursday that China may have known of the new coronavirus as early as November, renewing accusations that Beijing has not been transparent. “You’ll recall that the first cases of this…

PUTRAJAYA: The Health Ministry has alluded that travel bans will probably remain in place even after the movement control order (MCO) is lifted. Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (pic) says that border control measures…

WASHINGTON: The coronavirus appears to weaken more quickly when exposed to sunlight, heat and humidity, a US official said on Thursday in a potential sign that the pandemic could become less contagious in summer months. US government…

SINGAPORE, April 23  -- Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH) has preliminarily confirmed 1,037 new cases of COVID-19 infection in the republic, bringing the tally to 11,178. The ministry said the vast majority of the cases came from…

NEW YORK: A 100-year-old World War II veteran has died of the new coronavirus a century after his twin brother was killed in the 1918-19 Spanish flu pandemic, US media reports said. Philip Kahn fought at the Battle of Iwo Jima and helped…

GENEVA: The World Health Organization on Wednesday warned that the coronavirus crisis would not end any time soon, with many countries only in the early stages of the fight, as the global death toll surpassed 180,000. The pandemic has…

PUTRAJAYA: Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin (pix) will announce tonight how Malaysia will manage the Covid-19 situation. The prime minister said he will chair a special meeting on Covid-19 later this evening with the ministries and agencies…

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump (pix) issued rare criticism of a Republican state governor Wednesday, expressing strong disagreement with Georgia’s decision to reopen small businesses such as tattoo parlors and nail salons. Trump’s…