‘SPREADING AT AN ALARMING RATE’ INDIA’S CORONAVIRUS CASES HIT ONE MILLION

Fri 17 July 2020: On Thursday (July 16) night, India’s total tally of COVID-19 cases hit the one million mark. But since 0.63 million of those are cured, the total active cases is 343,000. The coronavirus infections topped one million in just three days after crossing 900,000. India, home to some of the planet’s most […]

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COVID-19: EU BUDGET SUMMIT KICKS OFF TO RELAUNCH THE EUROPEAN ECONOMY

Fri 17 July 2020: EU leaders try to reach compromise on bloc’s budget, COVID-19 recovery fund under pressure from financial markets BRUSSELS (AA) – EU heads of state and government gathered on Friday to discuss the bloc’s COVID-19 recovery fund and the next long-term budget. Leaders are under a strong pressure to find a compromise […]

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‘COVID-19 RISKS KIDS’ HEALTH, DEVELOPMENT, PROTECTION’, SOCIOLOGY PROFESSOR SAYS

Fri 17 July 2020: Disruption in children routine activities in families, friends, society causes problems, according to sociology professor ANKARA (AA) – The novel coronavirus pandemic poses negative effects on children’s health, development and protection because of the disruption of routine activities of families, friends and society, according to a sociology professor. Ahmed Zayed, who teaches […]

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BRAZIL PASSES 2 MILLION CASES AS VIRUS GAINS STEAM ACROSS LATIN AMERICA

Fri 17 July 2020: Fears worst is yet to come in Latin America as nations hit grim pandemic milestones BOGOTA, Colombia (AA) – Countries in Latin America continued to hit grim COVID-19 milestones Thursday amid fears the worst is yet to come. The virus has infected thousands of people in Brazil, Mexico, Peru and Colombia, while […]

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UK SAYS HACKERS LINKED TO RUSSIA TARGET VACCINE SECRETS

Thu 16 July 2020: Britain says hackers group APT29 is ‘almost certainly’ part of Kremlin’s intelligence services LONDON (AA) – A group of hackers “almost certainly” part of Russia’s intelligence services are trying to reach the secrets of UK, US and Canadian organizations working on a coronavirus vaccine, British cyber security agency said Thursday. In […]

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‘TAKING OFF MY MASK JUST FOR 5 MIN, I CONTRACTED VIRUS’

Thu 16 July 2020: Recovered COVID-19 patient says he stayed at home for 3 months, contracted virus in minutes MARDIN, Turkey (AA) – A business person, infected with COVID-19 while sitting in a car with his friend for only five minutes without a mask in southeastern Mardin province of Turkey, urged everyone to pay attention to pandemic […]

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COVID-19 ANTIBODIES LAST JUST FEW MONTHS: UK STUDY

Thu 16 July 2020: Antibodies peak 3 weeks after infection, decline after as little as 2-3 months, researchers find ANKARA (AA) – Immunity to COVID-19 may decline over months, according to a new study by King’s College University in London. The study, published on the preprint server medRXiv and yet to be peer-reviewed, found that antibodies peaked three […]

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EU TOURISM SECTOR ‘HARDEST HIT’ BY COVID-19

Thu 16 July 2020: Stays in tourist accommodation establishments in EU down 44% year-on-year in January-April ISTANBUL (AA) – The novel coronavirus pandemic hit the tourism industry in the EU deeply by reducing the number of nights spent in tourist accommodation establishments 44% in the January-April period on a yearly basis. “During the early part of 2020, […]

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TURKEY SENDS MEDICAL AID TO VENEZUELA AMID COVID-19

Thu 16 July 2020: Supplies sent to South American country upon directives of Turkish president ANKARA (AA) – Turkey on Thursday dispatched a planeload of medical aid to Venezuela in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. “A Turkish Armed Forces aircraft carrying medical supplies arranged by the Health Ministry upon the directives of President Recep Tayyip […]

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