Tue 02 June 2020: (Reuters) – The six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) nations are facing their worst economic crisis in history amid the double shock of plunging oil prices and the coronavirus pandemic, the Institute of International Finance (IIF) said. Overall real gross domestic product (GDP) will contract 4.4% this year, despite some indications that […]
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Tue 02 June 2020: An employee in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office tested positive for the coronavirus, his office said on Monday, without saying whether the 70-year-old leader had been exposed. A statement from Netanyahu’s office said an “epidemiological investigation is being conducted, which will provide appropriate guidelines for those who came into contact” […]
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Tue 02 June 2020: Researchers concluded single-layer cloth masks are less effective while tight-fitting N95 masks provide best protection. Masks and social distancing can help control the coronavirus, but hand washing and other measures are still needed, a new study has found. Researchers concluded single-layer cloth masks are less effective than surgical masks, while tight-fitting […]
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Tue 02 June 2020: DR Congo reported a fresh Ebola outbreak in its northwest on Monday, the latest health emergency for a country already fighting an epidemic of the deadly fever in the east as well as a surging number of coronavirus infections. The 11th Ebola outbreak in the vast central African country’s history comes […]
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Tue 02 June 2020: With nearly 30,000 dead in Brazil and more than 10,000 dead in Mexico, the novel coronavirus epidemic threatens to shatter hospital systems across Latin America. Four of the 10 countries showing the greatest number of new COVID-19 cases over the last 24 hours were in Latin America, the World Health Organization’s […]
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Mon 01 June 2020: The lockdown and social distancing norms in view of coronavirus pandemic has brought about several changes in our lives. For Britons, the months of lockdown means that six in 10 people haven’t had sex during this time. What makes situation even more grim for them is the new guideline which bans […]
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Mon 01 June 2020: Nigeria will relax restrictions on places of worship that were imposed to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, the chairman of the presidential task force for COVID-19 has said. Boss Mustapha, in a speech to journalists in the capital Abuja, also said a lockdown in the northern city of Kano […]
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Mon 01 June 2020: The World Health Organization chief said Monday he had heard only from the media about US President Donald Trump’s decision of termination to cut ties with the WHO, but the organization wants “continued cooperation”. “The announcement was last Friday as we all heard. And the only communication we have, or announcement, […]
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Mon 01 June 2020: A 100-year-old Indonesian woman has recovered from coronavirus, making her the country’s oldest survivor of the deadly respiratory illness. Kamtim, who like many Indonesians goes by one name, was discharged from hospital this week after a month of treatment in her hometown Surabaya, Indonesia’s second-biggest city, officials said. East Java Governor […]
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Mon 01 June 2020: (Reuters) – The new coronavirus is losing its potency and has become much less lethal, a senior Italian doctor said on Sunday. “In reality, the virus clinically no longer exists in Italy,” said Alberto Zangrillo, the head of the San Raffaele Hospital in Milan in the northern region of Lombardy, which […]
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