"So when we have a lot of cases... I don't look at that as a bad thing, I look at that as, in a certain respect, as being a good thing because it means our testing is much better."

A second type looks in the blood for antibodies, the proteins produced by the body days or weeks after fighting an infection

The US economy lost 20.5 million jobs in April, according to data released by the US Bureau of Labour Statistics; women and people of colour hit hardest by layoffs

During a meeting at the White House with US president Donald Trump, Gilead chief executive Daniel O'Day said the company was donating 1.5 million vials of the experimental drug to help COVID-19 patients

Despite no end in sight to the COVID-19 pandemic, US prez says he looks forward to the presidential election

The new testing targets would ensure states had enough COVID-19 tests available to sample at least 2.6 per cent of their populations each month, a figure already met by a majority of states.

Says US President Donald Trump two days after the suggesting injecting disinfectant to kill the novel Coronavirus, appears to confirm halting the briefings out of frustration with questions about handling of the pandemic

The Boston College Law School and Brown University grad, who took over as the DNC CEO in June 2018, succeeding Mary Beth Cahill, announced the move via Twitter on Friday, the American Bazaar reported

"It will help put unemployed Americans first in line for jobs as US reopens. It would be wrong and unjust for Americans to be replaced with immigrants flown in from abroad," he said

Says will sign an executive order to temporarily suspend all immigration to the US to 'protect' the jobs of Americans

COVID-19 has created problems for all meat producers, but pork farmers have been hit especially hard

Around 2,500 people demonstrate against lockdown at Washington state capitol; Trump once again backs protesters

Trump, who has expressed disappointment over China's handling of the disease, alleged non-transparency and initial non-cooperation with the US on dealing with the crisis

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said the bloc 'deeply' regrets the suspension of funds and added that the WHO is now "needed more than ever" to combat the pandemic

Last week, New Delhi cleared the export of 35.82 lakh tablets of hydroxychloroquine to America ; the United States Food and Drug Administration has identified the anti-malaria drug as a possible treatment for the COVID-19

President Donald Trump said that his decision on when to reopen the US economy will be the 'biggest' he has ever taken

The majority of tests around the world use a technology called PCR, which detects pieces of the virus in mucus samples

The US has the third-highest number of reported deaths from the disease in the world, only exceeded by Italy with 15,887 and Spain with 13,055, Al Jazeera reported

While death toll continues to decline in Spain and Italy, atop US doctor warns of '9/11, Pearl Harbor moments'; White House Task Force predicts close to 200,000 lakh virus deaths in next several weeks; China fears second wave

New York reported its highest number of deaths in a single day, with a person dying almost every two-and-a-half minutes