There is no evidence that the Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine, which is primarily used against tuberculosis, protects people against infection with the novel coronavirus, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. ....

Outside the epicentres of New York and New Jersey, the US coronavirus infection curves were "starting to plateau", the White House task force indicated even as the country's death toll has increased to 23,608 and some states on the east and west coasts began collaborating on strategies to reopen their economies. ....

Governor of the US state of New York Andrew Cuomo said statewide deaths from coronavirus rose to 10,056, adding "the worst is over if we continue to be smart" in coping with the novel coronavirus. ....

A United Nations spokesman said that as of Sunday evening, there were 189 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the entire UN system across the world, including three deaths. ....

In first such bold admission, the World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday said that the SARS-CoV2 -- the new corovavirus that has infected over 18 lakh people and killed over 1.17 lakh globally -- is at least 10 times deadlier than the Swine Flu virus. ....

The coronavirus pandemic has claimed 20,465 lives in locked-down Italy, bringing the total number of infections, fatalities and recoveries so far to 159,516, according to latest data released by the country's Civil Protection Department. ....

The death toll of those hospitalized in Britain who tested positive for the novel coronavirus reached 11,329 as of Sunday afternoon, marking a daily increase of 717, the Department of Health and Social Care said. ....

Two pilots were killed on Monday when a Pakistan Army aircraft crashed near the city of Gujrat in Punjab province during a routine training mission, according to the military's media wing. ....

China reported the highest number of new coronavirus cases in nearly six weeks on Monday, as it tried to prevent a second wave of coronavirus infections, a media report said. ....

The global coronavirus death toll increased to 114,245 on Monday morning, while the overall number of confirmed cases stood at 1,850,527, according to data compiled by the Washington-based Johns Hopkins University. ....