Fri 05 June 2020: (Reuters) Four weeks ago, with its most important festival coming up and millions of people facing starvation as economic activity dwindled, Pakistan lifted a two-month-long coronavirus lockdown. Prime Minister Imran Khan has said despite rising infections and deaths, the country would need to learn to “live with” the virus to avert pushing tens […]
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Wed 03 June 2020: Brazil’s death toll from the new coronavirus surpassed Italy’s to become the third-highest in the world Thursday, as the UN’s secretary-general called for a “people’s vaccine” to stem the pandemic. The bleak figures from Brazil underlined the grim toll the virus is taking in Latin America, the latest epicenter in the […]
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Fri 05 June 2020: Health officials in the Palestinian enclave of Gaza announced Thursday the arrival of medical supplies sent by Turkey to help fight the coronavirus outbreak. In a statement, Health Ministry spokesman, Ashraf al-Qudra, confirmed that two polymerase chain reaction (PCR) machines had been delivered for detecting the virus. “We thank the Turkish […]
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Thu 04 June 2020: Governments, companies and individuals around the world have pledged $8.8bn for a global vaccines alliance to help immunisation programmes stalled by the coronavirus pandemic and support the development and distribution of a potential COVID-19 vaccine. The virtual meeting on Thursday beat a funding target of $7.4bn for Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, to provide […]
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Thu 04 June 2020: Turkey plans to resume flights with around 40 countries in June and has reached preliminary agreements for reciprocal air travel with 15 countries, Transport Minister Adil Karaismailoglu said on Thursday. Turkey largely sealed off its borders as part of measures to contain the coronavirus outbreak. Domestic flights resumed on Monday to […]
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Thu 04 June 2020: Defence secretary Ajay Kumar has tested positive for COVID-19, making him the highest ranking Central government official to be infected with the SARS-CoV2 virus, well-placed sources told The Wire on Wednesday. The Wire has also learned that two key officials quarter-backing the government’s handling of the COVID-19 crisis – Dr Balram Bhargava, head of […]
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Thu 04 June 2020: Egyptian officials said 36 more people had died from the virus, bringing the death toll to 1,088. Another 1,079 new cases were diagnosed, bringing the total to 28,615, while the number of recoveries reached 7,350. Egypt, Yemen and the United Arab Emirates confirmed new cases and deaths Wednesday from the novel […]
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Thu 04 June 2020: On Monday, Health Minister Saeed Namaki called on the Iranians to observe social distancing rules, warning that any negligence can prove costly and undo all hard work done over the past three months. According to health experts, the case chart over the past few weeks shows signs of a second wave […]
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Wed 03 June 2020: The Nigerian Center for Disease Control, NCDC, confirmed on Tuesday that over 800 health workers had contracted COVID-19. Out of the 812 infected, 29 were NCDC staff. Chief Executive Chikwe Ihekweazu said the center had provided staff with Personal Protective Equipment, PPE. Contrary to claims that such workers were largely exposed in the line of work. […]
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Wed 03 June 2020: The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Yemen on Monday warned that the death rate from the novel coronavirus in the war-torn country has increased 20.77 per cent. The UN official noted that hundreds of infected people are believed to have died at home from the disease due to the widespread fear […]
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