Fri 28 August 2020: With 2,115 new virus cases, tally climbs to 369,911 A total of 2,115 people tested positive for COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, pushing the tally to 369,911, according to ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari. She said more than 318,270 patients have recovered so far, while 3,811 are hospitalized in critical […]
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Thu 27 August 2020: Grim milestone surpassed as some forecast number of deaths to surpass 200,000 by Labor Day WASHINGTON – The number of known coronavirus deaths in the US exceeded 180,000 as the US continues to account for over 20% of all virus-related fatalities. A running tally being composed by Johns Hopkins University found […]
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Thu 27 August 2020: A second wave of the coronavirus pandemic could hit France in November, a government adviser told local media Wednesday as many countries continue to report record daily rises in COVID-19 case numbers, according to Daily Sabah. France has the seventh-highest COVID-19 death toll in the world, and the government is monitoring […]
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Thu 27 August 2020: African country strengthening capacity to respond to any emerging epidemic, says health official JUBA, South Sudan – South Sudan is on alert as Ebola is lurking in the neighborhood and the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, overshadowing the threat of Ebola in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) spilling over. The new […]
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Thu 27 August 2020: A new study has shown that coronavirus vaccines may not work as effectively for obese people, who are also 48% more likely to die from COVID-19, local media reported on Wednesday. The World Bank commissioned the US’ University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill to analyze global data from countries […]
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Wed 26 August 2020: Ukraine bans entry of foreign nationals except for residence permit holders, members of int’l or humanitarian missions Ukraine is closing its borders for foreigners from Aug. 29 due to growth in the coronavirus cases, the country’s prime minister announced on Wednesday. The ban on the entry will last till Oct. 31 […]
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Wed 26 August 2020: The novel coronavirus has claimed 1,271 more lives in Brazil and 650 in Mexico over the past 24 hours, according to health authorities Wednesday. In Brazil, the world’s second worst-hit country after the US, the death toll climbed to 116,580, while the number of cases surged to nearly 3.67 million, including […]
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Tue 25 August 2020: University of Hong Kong scientists claim to have the first evidence of someone being re-infected with the virus that causes COVID-19. Genetic tests revealed that a 33-year-old man returning to Hong Kong from a trip to Spain in mid-August had a different strain of the coronavirus than the one he’d previously […]
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Tue 25 August 2020: The first volunteers, 48 healthy Britons aged between 18 and 55, have already been given their first doses LONDON – A British pharmaceutical company has started clinical trials of an antibody drug to prevent and treat COVID-19, local media reported Tuesday. The drug is called AZD7442, and is separate from the […]
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Tue 25 August 2020: Almost 922,000 COVID-19 patients have recovered across the continent, says Africa CDC ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – Coronavirus cases in Africa are now close to 1.2 million and the death toll on the continent is nearing 28,000, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said in an update on […]
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