Sun 05 July 2020: Visitors to the Taj Mahal will have to wear masks at all times, keep their distance and not touch its glistening marble surfaces when India’s 17th-century monument to love reopens on Monday after a three-month COVID-19 shutdown. Only 5,000 tourists will be allowed in a day, split into two groups, a […]
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Sun 05 July 2020: Hydroxychloroquine, lopinavir/ritonavir had little to no effect in mortality of COVID-19 patients, says UN health agency GENEVA (AA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) said Saturday it stopped a clinical trial of the anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine to treat coronavirus patients. “WHO today accepted the recommendation from the Solidarity Trial’s International Steering […]
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Sun 05 July 2020: Major West Bank reports 173 new coronavirus cases as 11 cities under 5-day quarantine RAMALLAH (AA) – Palestine’s health minister said Saturday the novel coronavirus is out of control in Hebron in the West Bank. Mai al-Kaila told a local television channel that 173 new cases were reported in Hebron since […]
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Sun 05 July 2020: The previous biggest daily global increase had been 189,00, on Tuesday. The World Health Organization says member states reported more than 212,000 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 to the global body Saturday, the highest single-day increase since the start of the pandemic. The Geneva-based WHO said the highest number of new […]
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Sat 04 July 2020: Shankar Kurhade, 48, a resident of Pune in the Indian State of Maharashtra, claims his gold mask weighs 50 grams and costs around $3,870., he isn’t even sure if it is effective against COVID-19. Shankar Kurade from the Pimpri-Chinchwad region of Pune is making headlines, and has gone viral on social […]
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Sat 04 July 2020: JAKARTA, Indonesia (AA) – The total number of coronavirus cases in Southeast Asian countries has reached 161,441 as of Saturday, including 4,593 fatalities and 91,833 recoveries. The latest figures showed 3,143 new cases and 63 fatalities over the last 24 hours, with most cases reported in Indonesia and the Philippines. Indonesia, […]
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Sat 04 July 2020: Iran on Saturday confirms 148 deaths and 2,449 coronavirus cases TEHRAN (AA) – Amid a new surge in coronavirus cases in Iran, at least five members of the newly elected parliament have contracted the disease, according to local media. MPs Mohammad Tala Mazloomi, Syed Mohammad Mohid, Hosseinali Haji Dalegani, Ali Asgar […]
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Sat 04 July 2020: Fraud allegations reported in relation to government relief fund JOHANNESBURG (AA) – South Africa’s will begin an investigation into claims that employers have been claiming funds from the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) and not paying it to distressed employees, President Cyril Ramaphosa said Friday. “We want to investigate this very closely […]
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Sat 04 July 2020: More than 394,000 people have recovered from infection in country NEW DELHI (AA) – India on Saturday reported its biggest single-day spike of 22,772 coronavirus cases and 442 deaths, according to the Health Ministry. The coronavirus positive cases now stand at 648,315, while 18,655 people have died of COVID-19, the disease […]
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Sat 04 July 2020: Global coronavirus cases have exceeded 11 million, according to tallies by Reuters news agency and the Johns Hopkins University, marking another milestone in the spread of the disease that has killed more than half a million people in seven months. The number of cases is more than double the figure for […]
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