Sat 10 October 2020: China has joined the global alliance to produce a vaccine to treat COVID-19, the country’s Foreign Ministry said on Friday. The COVAX pledge to get vaccines to poorer nations as soon as they are developed aims to head off fears rich countries will limit distribution of game-changing medicines made by their […]
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Fri 09 October 2020: Europe surpassed 100,000 daily reported Covid-19 cases for the first time on Thursday. Cases throughout the continent have been steadily rising over the past week even as new infections in worst-affected countries such as India and Brazil have shown signs of slowing down. The focus of the outbreak in the European region […]
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Fri 09 October 2020: Spain’s government declared a state of emergency in Madrid on Friday, wresting control of efforts to fight the spread of COVID-19 from local authorities in a region that is experiencing one of Europe’s most significant coronavirus outbreaks. On Thursday, a Madrid court struck down public health measures imposed by the central […]
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Fri 09 October 2020: The European Union on Thursday donated 900,000 COVID-19 testing kits to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, a public health agency. EU Commissioner for External Affairs Josep Borrell and Kwesi Quartey, deputy chairperson at the African Union, attended the handover ceremony at the Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, […]
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Fri 09 October 2020: “The health situation continues to deteriorate in France,” Veran said at the top of his speech. PARIS – COVID-19 infections continued to climb Thursday in France with 18,129 new cases and 77 additional fatalities registered, according to the Health Ministry. The total number cases rose to 671,638 with the death […]
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Fri 09 October 2020: ‘I fully anticipate the president’s safe return to public engagements at that time,’ says Sean Conley US President Donald Trump’s physician said Thursday that he fully anticipates the president’s safe return to public engagements by Saturday. In a memo, White House physician Dr. Sean Conley said Trump has completed his course […]
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Thu 08 October 2020: Unemployment is seen as the biggest worry over the next 10 years for business executives around the world, closely followed by concern about the spread of infectious diseases, according to a survey by the World Economic Forum. Unemployment rates have rocketed due to lockdowns and other restrictions to combat the coronavirus […]
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Thu 08 October 2020: The findings of the study suggest that geographically, the country that benefited most was China, where billionaire wealth grew fastest of all in Asia The total wealth of billionaires across the globe has risen to $10.2 trillion as of the end of July — a new high after the year’s V-shaped […]
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Thu 08 October 2020: Latin America accounts for over one third of COVID-19 deaths globally BOGOTA, Colombia Confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in Brazil have passed 5 million, with the country’s death toll approaching 150,000, health authorities confirmed Wednesday. The country reported 31,553 new cases, bringing the total number of infections to 5,000,694. More […]
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Wed 07 October 2020: Figure is 2nd highest single-day tally in several months, after lock downs lifted Twelve people died from corona virus in Pakistan over the past 24 hours, the second-highest single-day tally in the last several months, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday. The fresh casualties raised the total number of deaths from […]
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