Reporting 28 more coronavirus infections on Monday, South Korea also said it had found three new cases of “mutated genome sequences” of the virus. “Genetic mutations were detected to spike protein, the major surface protein of the virus, from the three COVID-19 imported cases – two...

The novel coronavirus outbreak claimed 572 lives in Brazil over the past 24 hours, health authorities said on Monday. The COVID-19 death toll in Brazil -- the second-hardest hit by the virus worldwide -- rose to 101,049, while the tally of cases surged to over 3.35 million, including more...

Egyptian lawmakers are pushing for a new law to protect the identity of women coming forward to report sexual abuse and assault as the nation's MeToo movement picks up speed. An Egyptian parliamentarian committee has approved a draft law that would give survivors of sexual assault and...

India’s recoveries from the novel coronavirus rose to 1,530,070 on Monday, accounting for 69% of its cases.  “The recovery of more than 1.5 million has been made possible because of the policy of testing aggressively, tracking comprehensively and treating efficiently. Better...