COVID-19 RECOVERIES IN RUSSIA CROSS 230,000, DEATH TOLL 5,971

Mon 08 June 2020: The number of patients who recovered from COVID-19 crossed 230,000 in Russia on Monday. A total of 230,688 people were successfully treated of the disease, including 3,957 discharged from hospitals over the last 24 hours, the country’s emergency team said in a daily report. Meanwhile, another 8,985 cases were registered in […]

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SPIKING FATALITIES IN LATIN AMERICA, GLOBAL CORONAVIRUS DEATH TOLL ABOVE 400,000

Mon 08 June 2020: Surging fatalities in Latin America helped push the global coronavirus death toll above 400,000 on Sunday, even as Europe emerged from its virus lockdown with infections increasingly under control there. Brazil has the world’s third-highest toll — more than 36,000 dead — but President Jair Bolsonaro has criticized stay-at-home measures imposed […]

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UK: PLACES OF WORSHIP SET TO REOPEN FOR PRIVATE PRAYER FROM JUNE 15

Sun 07 June 2020: The British government will allow places of worship to reopen on June 15 — but only for private prayer. Weddings and other services will not be permitted under the latest easing of the coronavirus lockdown. People are expected to adhere to social-distancing rules. Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick said it has been […]

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TURKEY SENDS MEDICAL AID TO BANGLADESH TO FIGHT VIRUS

Sun 07 June 2020: Much-needed medical assistance delivered in line with longstanding close ties between two countries, says Turkish envoy Turkey’s state-run aid agency on Sunday delivered medical supplies to Bangladesh in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. “TIKA [Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency] provided one thousand N95 masks, one thousand PPE suits, two ventilators […]

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MALAYSIA TO REOPEN MOST ECONOMIC ACTIVITY WITH VIRUS OUTBREAK ‘UNDER CONTROL’

Sun 07 June 2020: (Reuters) – Malaysia on Sunday said it would reopen nearly all economic activity and allow interstate travel starting June 10, lifting coronavirus restrictions imposed nearly three months ago as it moves to revive an economy battered by the pandemic. Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin announced in a televised address the novel coranvirus […]

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