Mon 01 June 2020: (Reuters) – Chile has surpassed 100,000 cases of the coronavirus, the health minister said on Monday, as infections have spiraled in the capital Santiago, putting the South American nation´s healthcare system under “extraordinary” strain. The health ministry said total cases since the outbreak began in early March had hit 105,159 while […]
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Mon 01 June 2020: Poverty in the occupied West Bank may double as Palestinians are slammed by the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, the World Bank warned on Monday. The Palestinian territories have seen low infection rates after acting quickly to curtail the spread of COVID-19, with three deaths out of 450 cases registered […]
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Mon 01 June 2020: The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 5,394 and the number of cases climbed to 1,90,535 in the country, which registered biggest single-day spikes of 230 deaths and 8,392 cases till Monday 8 am, according to the Union health ministry. India is now the seventh worst-hit nation by the novel […]
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Mon 01 June 2020: At least 5,564 more people in Africa tested positive for the coronavirus over the past 24 hours, said the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention in its Monday update. The total number of cases in the continent reached 147,099, it said. According to the update, 165 more patients have died […]
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Mon 01 June 2020: Britain will start trials of five new drugs as part of efforts to fight the novel coronavirus, local media reported on Monday. Scientists in the country are looking to sign up hundreds of patients for trials to find a way to prevent people from becoming so ill that they need intensive […]
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Mon 01 June 2020: (Reuters) Russia will start administering its first approved antiviral drug to treat coronavirus patients next week, its state financial backer told Reuters, a move it described as “a game-changer” that should speed a return to normal economic life. Russian hospitals can begin giving the drug to patients starting June 11, with […]
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Mon 01 June 2020: (AP) Aid organizations are making an urgent plea for funding to shore up their operations in war-torn Yemen, saying they have already been forced to stop some of their work even as the coronavirus rips through the country. Some 75% of United Nations programs in Yemen have had to shut their […]
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Mon 01 June 2020: Confirmed coronavirus cases in Latin America have surged past one million, while hard-hit Britain and Russia eased lockdowns Monday, despite not having their outbreaks fully under control. Governments around the world are moving to ease restrictions that have wrecked their economies, even as the number of cases tops 6.1 million and […]
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Sun 31 May 2020: (Reuters) – South Africa has pushed back Monday’s reopening of schools by a week, the Department of Basic Education said on Sunday, saying that a substantial number are not ready to welcome back pupils. The plan for grades 7 and 12, the last years of primary and secondary school respectively, to […]
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Sun 31 May 2020: (Reuters) Sri Lanka plans to reopen its tourism sector in mid-June by allowing only small groups of visitors to begin with, a local newspaper quoted a senior tourism ministry official as saying. A limited number of small groups from around the world would be allowed to visit and stay in approved […]
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