Sun 19 July 2020: Mecca reported the highest number of new infections, with 224 cases. Meanwhile, Riyadh recorded 212 new cases, Jeddah recorded 189, and Al Hafouf recorded 182, according to the health ministry. Forty people died due to complications caused by COVID-19. This brings the total number of virus-related deaths in Saudi Arabia to […]
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Sun 19 July 2020: PARIS (AA) – Wearing masks will be compulsory for all indoor spaces in France beginning July 20, according to a Saturday announcement by Health Minister Olivier Veran. It is the latest preventative measure by the government to avoid a second wave of the novel coronavirus. French President Emmanuel Macron announced after Bastille […]
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Sun 19 July 2020: India sees nearly 39,000 cases in record single-day spike bringing tally close to 1.1M mark With 38,902 new cases and 543 deaths in the last 24 hours, India early Sunday recorded its biggest surge in COVID-19 cases to date. The country’s case tally to date is now at 1,077,618, as the […]
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Sun 19 July 2020: Some 1,579 new cases seen in last 24 hours as recoveries top 200,000 mark Pakistan’s daily coronavirus tally continued to fall, as the country recorded only 1,579 new cases over the past 24 hours, the lowest single-day sum since May, Health Ministry data said Sunday. With the new cases, the total […]
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Sat 18 July 2020: COVID-19 vaccine developed by Imperial College London also enters next phase of trials Following successful trials, the British government is set to start distributing millions of free coronavirus antibody tests, local media reported on Saturday. The finger-prick tests can tell within 20 minutes if a person has been exposed to the […]
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Sat 18 July 2020: Half of country’s infections reported in past month, official data shows Over 2,700 more infections have taken the number of coronavirus cases in Bangladesh past the 200,000 mark, officials announced on Saturday. At least 2,709 more people tested positive for COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, raising the overall count to […]
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Sat 18 July 2020: Health Ministry report estimates that 30-35M people in Iran are at risk of contracting virus in coming months TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – An estimated 25 million people have contracted the coronavirus in Iran in the past five months, with around 4,000 deaths, the Iranian Health Ministry said Saturday. The ministry warned […]
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Sat 18 July 2020: Algeria, Libya, Lebanon, Tunisia, Jordan, Palestine, Yemen, Morocco, Bahrain report new cases, deaths ISTANBUL (AA) – Coronavirus cases and fatalities continued to rise Friday in Arab countries. Algeria Algeria’s Health Ministry said five additional people died from COVID-19, bringing the tally to 1,057. The number of cases reached 21,948 with 593 new infections in the […]
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Sat 18 July 2020: China’s National Health Commission reported 11 new cases in the far western region of Xinjiang, taking the total number of cases in the capital, Urumqi, to 17. Authorities in Urumqi have reduced subways, buses and taxis and closed off some residential communities, according to Chinese media reports. They also placed restrictions […]
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Fri 17 July 2020: LONDON (AA) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Friday the next phase of the UK’s coronavirus plans, as the country looks towards winter and the risks of a potential second wave. Johnson said that infections were low and stable, and that local lockdowns were now the way forward. “I’m […]
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