Mon 03 August 2020: Development comes days after country’s vice president diagnosed with virus BANJUL, Gambia (AA) – Three ministers from the small West African country of Gambia have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, barely four days after Vice President Isatou Touray was diagnosed with COVID-19. A statement from the presidency Sunday evening revealed […]
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Mon 03 August 2020: Millions of COVID-19 tests able to detect the virus within 90 minutes will be rolled out to British hospitals, care homes and laboratories to boost capacity in the coming months, the country’s health minister said on Monday. The “on-the-spot” swab and DNA tests will help distinguish between Covid-19 and other seasonal […]
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Mon 03 August 2020: Coronavirus cases cross 1.8M mark in India on Monday, over 50,000 new cases reported in last 24 hours NEW DELHI – India’s drug controller body granted permission to a local firm for conducting clinical human trials of COVID-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University, an authority announced on Monday. Government officials told […]
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Mon 03 August 2020: Pope Francis called on politicians to create jobs so that economies can relaunch from the lockdowns imposed to combat the coronavirus pandemic. The pope, speaking after the traditional Sunday blessing, said that ‘‘without work, families and society cannot go forward. Let us pray for this, because this will be a problem […]
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Mon 03 August 2020: The number of coronavirus cases recorded worldwide has passed 18 million, according to an AFP tally from official sources at 2240 GMT Sunday. At least 18,011,763 cases have now been registered as the pandemic’s rate of infection continues to accelerate. A million more cases have been detected in just the last […]
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Mon 03 August 2020: ‘I am going to isolate myself for two weeks,’ says Avdullah Hoti BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Kosovo Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti announced Sunday that he has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Hoti said in a post on his Facebook account that he has no symptoms except a mild cough. “I […]
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Sun 02 August 2020: 200,000 people to be tested under campaign over two weeks, says prime minister ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – Ethiopia on Sunday began a massive campaign against the novel coronavirus across the nation of more than 110 million people. The launch of the COVID-19 Prevention and Testing Campaign was announced late on Saturday by […]
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Sun 02 August 2020: COVID-19 figures cross 17M in South Asian country; veteran Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan makes recovery NEW DELHI – India’s minister of home affairs said on Sunday he has tested positive for COVID-19, and is being hospitalized on the advice of doctors. Amit Shah, one of the country’s most powerful politicians, and […]
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Sun 02 August 2020: This year’s Hajj pilgrimage was downsized to 10,000 pilgrims residing inside the Kingdom due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. The government is being cautious this time around. Pilgrims took several medical tests and were asked to quarantine for a week before starting their journey, then isolate for another week in their […]
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Sun 02 August 2020: Thousands of people have marched in Germany’s capital to protest against measures imposed to stem the coronavirus pandemic, saying those restrictions violated people’s rights and freedoms. The crowds rallying in central Berlin on Saturday comprised an array of groups including opponents of vaccinations and conspiracy theorists, among others. There was also a small far […]
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