US President Donald Trump has been among the strongest critics of WHO's handling of the pandemic, accusing it of deference to China and ceasing payments to the agency

More than 78,400 people with COVID-19 have died in the United States and more than 1.3 million people have tested positive, according to the latest estimates from the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University

Hubei province and its capital Wuhan, which were free from new coronavirus cases for the last 33 days, reported six asymptomatic cases on Wednesday, taking the total number of such patients in the province to 626

Coronavirus in India live updates: Home Affairs Secretary Ajay Bhalla has chided West Bengal for inadequate COVID-19 testing and highest mortality rate among states; Maharashtra remains the worst-hit state, followed by Gujarat and Delhi

President Donald Trump said last month that he would halt funding to the World Health Organization, whose director general addressed the conference, over its handling of the pandemic

Agencies are probing which manufacturing should be deemed \"essential\" and how to produce these goods outside of China

Trump had earlier said WHO was like the public relations agency for China

India coronavirus news: In the last few days, Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a series of meetings to discuss strategies to attract foreign investment, promote local manufacturing and boost the economy

Though scientists suggest the likeliest origin of the pandemic remains natural, that it spread from an infected animal to a human, Trump claimed to have seen evidence to support the theory that the origin was an infectious disease lab in Wuhan, the epicentre of the Chinese outbreak

US COVID-19 news: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo alleged the WHO failed to deliver and misled the world on coronavirus

Coronavirus lockdown: Delhi govt allows plumbers, electricians, vets to resume workThe Delhi government has partially relaxed lockdown rules by allowing self-employed persons like plumbers, water purifiers, electricians to resume their jobs. Under the home ministry's guidelines, carpenters and motor mechanics are also allowed to work during the lockdown. In a 7-point order, the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) has given a nod for inter/intra state travel (including air t...

As India tightens FDI norms, Chinese firms and investments may face regulatory and consumer backlash. The friction between Asian giants could be the beginning of an adversarial chapter in trade

Trump's criticism was the latest from his administration to target China's handling of the coronavirus outbreak, which began late last year in the Chinese city of Wuhan and has grown into a global pandemic

U.S. President Donald Trump has lambasted the WHO as being slow to react to the outbreak and being \"China-centric\" and announced a suspension of funding

Wuhan Institute of Virology has dismissed rumours both that it synthesized the virus or allowed it to escape

These companies see India as an alternate manufacturing hub and have taken up their proposals across various levels of the government, including central government departments, Indian missions abroad and state industry departments

Lockdown relaxation in India state-wise: The national capital has reported 78 new COVID-19 cases and 2 more deaths in the past 24 hours, confirmed Delhi Health Department

China has come under increasing global pressure over lack of transparency in its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, which has so far infected over 2,333,160 people and claimed more than 160,790 lives across the world

US President Donald Trump said he has instructed his administration to halt funding to the World Health Organisation over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic while his administration reviews its response to the global crisis; A leading private hospital group in Delhi has planned to have COVID-19 tests conducted on its entire workforce and patients, spanning all its facilities in the country; An FIR has been registered against at least 1000 migrant workers for assembling near Bandra railway station in Mumbai on Tuesday in defiance of the coronavirus lockdown norms, causing a public health scare. Watch this and more news on News Blast.Also Read: Coronavirus lockdown: Why India can't protect small companies the way Germany, Spain, France can

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