The governor of New York state on Tuesday said officials had “underestimated” the coronavirus and needed to prepare for the apex of the outbreak. “I’m tired of being behind this virus. We’ve been behind this virus from day one,” Andrew Cuomo told a news briefing. “We underestimated this virus. It’s more powerful, it’s more dangerous […]

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government is furious with Beijing for spreading disinformation about the coronavirus, including that American soldiers may have introduced it in China, and said there would be a “reckoning” when the pandemic ends, according to a report. “There is a disgusting disinformation campaign going on and it is unacceptable. They […]

Sierra Leone has confirmed its first case of coronavirus, a 37-year-old man who traveled from France on March 16 and had been in isolation since, the president said on Tuesday. “When I did my first coronavirus news conference, I said that it was not a matter of if, but when. Well, ‘when’ has come,” President […]

The Swiss death toll from the coronavirus epidemic has risen to 373, the country’s public health agency said on Tuesday, from 295 people on Monday. READ ALSO: FACT CHECK: Coronavirus is not an airborne disease – WHO The number of positive tests increased to 16,176 from 15,575 on Monday, it said. vanguard

Iran’s death toll from coronavirus has reached 2,898, with 141 deaths in the past 24 hours, Health Ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpur told state TV on Tuesday, adding that the total number of infected cases has jumped to 44,606.’ READ ALSO: Europeans send medical supplies to Iran, circumventing sanctions “In the past 24 hours, there have been […]