Australia's science agency announced on Thursday it has begun trials on ferrets to produce a vaccine against the novel coronavirus.  A statement released by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) -- the country's national science agency -- said that...

Iraq has thousands of confirmed COVID-19 cases, many times more than the 772 it is has publicly reported, according to three doctors closely involved in the testing process, a health ministry official and a senior political official. The sources all spoke on condition of anonymity. Iraqi...

 Iran’s parliament speaker has contracted the coronavirus, the country's highest-ranking government figure yet to catch the disease, while in Israel, several top officials entered quarantine when the health minister tested positive on Thursday. Iran's parliament announced Ali...

Jordan imposed a 24-hour nationwide curfew on Thursday, starting from midnight, to help stem the coronavirus outbreak, the state news agency reported. Medical staff will be exempt. Jordan had registered 278 coronavirus cases and five deaths as of April 1.