By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Officials in Spain are now reporting nearly 30,000 coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID-19 cases as Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez decided Sunday to extend the state...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Minnesota state health officials reported the first confirmed death of a Minnesota resident due to COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. The death...

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul has tested positive for COVID-19. He is the first US Senator to test positive. According to posts on his Twitter feed, the Senator is feeling fine and is in quarantine. He is...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Italy Ministry of Health recorded an additional 5,560 COVID-19 cases during the past 24 hours, bringing the epidemic total in the country to 59,138. Officials...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The New York Department of Health recorded an additional 4,812 coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID-19 cases, bringing the statewide total to 15,168. This includes 9,045...

LabCorp announced that it will be able to perform more than 20,000 COVID-19 tests per day beginning Friday, March 20, ahead of its original schedule. This represents a significant increase in capacity...

Cepheid announced Saturday it has received Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) for Xpert® Xpress SARS-CoV-2, a rapid molecular diagnostic test for qualitative...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The sectoral vice president of Communication, Culture and Tourism, Jorge Rodríguez, assured that of the 70 positive cases of coronavirus (Covid-19) registered to...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Vermont officials announced Thursday the the state’s first deaths in those infected with the new coronavirus COVID-19. According to health officials, the first...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews COVID-19 With the addition of a confirmed coronavirus disease 2019, or COVID-19 case Saturday, the total case count in Sri Lanka now stands at 78 with one case reported...