Top 10 world news today: China fears COVID-19 second wave, Trump set to prohibit immigration, and more!
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Here are top stories that made rounds in the world arena today
Chinese health authorities have ordered new arrivals to undergo isolation and have made efforts to identify citizens coming from Russia
''I will be signing my Executive Order prohibiting immigration into our Country today,'' Trump tweeted.
BioNTech said it was developing the vaccine candidate, named BNT162, together with its partner, pharma giant Pfizer.
The US House of Representatives will pass Congress' latest coronavirus aid bill on Thursday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said, paving the way for nearly $500 billion more in economic relief amid the pandemic.
With a rapid increase in coronavirus cases in Iran, the officials have announced 94 new deaths due to COVID- 19. Since it's first case in February, Iran has struggled to flatten the curve.
The tensions between the two nations have escalated since a US drone strike killed Major General Qasem Soleimani, the former head of the country's elite Quds Force.
While Japan has been trying their best to avoid large spread of the virus, the country has been battling with positive cases that have been in-hospital transmissions.
The United Nations on Wednesday urged the world to fight climate change with the same determination as it is showing in the battle against COVID-19.
Spain had announced earlier that children who have been housebound for nearly six weeks can go out for walks from the weekend.
The World Health Organisation has become a tool of "Chinese propaganda", the Trump administration has alleged, asserting that the global health agency has lost all its credibility during the ongoing coronavirus crisis.