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Addis Ababa, May 1, 2020 (FBC) -The number of people recovering from coronavirus (COVID-19) worldwide has increased to more than 1 million, according to data from Worldometer. The United…

Addis Ababa, April 30, 2020 (FBC) - German pharmaceutical company BioNTech has begun testing a potential vaccine for the new coronavirus on volunteers. BioNTech, which is working with the…

Addis Ababa, April 29, 2020 (FBC) -The United States has confirmed more than 1 million cases of COVID-19, according to Johns Hopkins University. Since March, the US has reported more…

Addis Ababa, April 28, 2020 (FBC) -Record 50.8 million people worldwide are internally displaced due to conflict or disaster, with coronavirus posing a new threat, a report warns. In its…

Addis Ababa, April 27, 2020 (FBC) -Italy has outlined plans to ease the strict restrictions it imposed seven weeks ago to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte…

Addis Ababa, April 25, 2020 (FBC) -The strong rejection of President Trump's disinfectant comments continues. During a coronavirus taskforce briefing on Thursday, he suggested research…

Addis Ababa, April 24, 2020 (FBC) -The US military has declared a public health emergency in all its installations in Djibouti following a sharp rise of coronavirus cases in the country.…

Addis Ababa, April 24, 2020 (FBC) - African nations that lack ventilators for the treatment of COVID-19 patients will receive some from a donation of 300 supplied by the Jack Ma Foundation,…

Addis Ababa, April 23, 2020 (FBC) - Head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom has warned against complacency in the fight against the corona virus, saying the disease "will be…

Addis Ababa, April 23, 2020 (FBC) -US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to temporarily suspend the approval of some green cards. The measure, which contains a number of…