WHO: Coronavirus patients most infectious when they first feel unwell

June 9th, 20200 GENEVA (Reuters) — Studies show people with the coronavirus are most infectious just at the point when they first begin to feel unwell, World Health Organization (WHO) experts said on Tuesday. This feature has made it so hard to control the spread of the virus that causes the COVID-19 disease,...

As coronavirus spreads to the Middle East, governments struggle to contain the outbreak

February 28th, 20200 DUBAI - Coronavirus cases have now been confirmed in at least nine countries in the Middle East, with the largest number of deaths in Iran, and six countries reporting first infections this past week.  The United Arab Emirates (UAE) was the first country in the Middle East to report a confirmed case of the virus, officially known as...