Models available to US health experts now project that mortality due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) will be at around 61,000 people, significantly lower than earlier forecasts, White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Deborah Birx said. ...
The Bihar state health department has issued notices to more than 76 doctors for being "absent from duties" in view of threat posed by the coronavirus outbreak. ...
Senior US diplomat Alice Wells has said that at least 29,000 US citizens have flown back from South and Central Asian countries, including India on 13 repatriation flights. ...
The US government was arranging to airlift American citizens stuck in India because of the lockdown imposed in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a State Department official. ...
Democracies like the United States and India should lead the effort around the world to combat the coronavirus pandemic, Morgan Ortagus, the spokesperson for the US State Department said on Thursday. ...
Over 9,000 Americans who were unable to return to the United States due to the coronavirus pandemic have been repatriated, State Department spokesperson Morgan Orgatus said in a press release on Tuesday. ...
US Secretary of State Micheal Pompeo on Monday made an unannounced visit to Kabul (Afghanistan) and Doha (Qatar) to hold talks with the Afghan government in an effort to prevent the country's peace deal from unwinding, CNN reported. ...