Sun 31 May 2020: (Reuters) – Britain has reached its 200,000 capacity testing target for the coronavirus, including the means for 40,000 antibody tests a day, the government said on Sunday, adding that it had met the goal a day early. Prime Minister Boris Johnson set the target of reaching 200,000 tests a day by […]
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Sun 31 May 2020: Turkey on Sunday opened an emergency hospital in the Turkish metropolis Istanbul as part of the country’s continued fight against the pandemic. The new Yesilkoy Prof. Dr. Murat Dilmener Emergency Hospital in Istanbul is named after a Turkish doctor and academic who was claimed by the virus on May 3. Attending […]
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Sun 31 May 2020: S&P Global Ratings notes four Islamic finance social instruments can help core Islamic countries, banks, and corporations navigate the current situation arising out of Covid-19. These are Qard Hassan, social Sukuk, Waqf, and Zakat. In its article “Islamic Finance And ESG: Sharia-Compliant Instruments Can Put The S In ESG,” S&P says […]
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Sun 31 May 2020: (Reuters) – Russia on Sunday reported 9,268 new cases of the novel coronavirus, raising the national tally to 405,843. Officials said 138 people had died of COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the coronavirus, in the last 24 hours, pushing to nationwide toll up to 4,693. Think your friends would be […]
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Sun 31 May 2020: Mosques across Saudi Arabia reopened for prayers on Sunday, for the first time in more than two months due to the outbreak of coronavirus. #فيديو | التزام المصلين بالإجراءات الاحترازية المتبعة للوقاية من #كورونا خلال أدائهم #صلاة_الفجر في #المسجد_النبوي. #نعود_بحذر #واس_عام pic.twitter.com/dZ7vyTUIkT — واس العام (@SPAregions) May 31, 2020 Worshipers were […]
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Sun 31 May 2020: Nigeria’s move has come in reaction to alleged photos, videos showing racism against Nigerians, other black people in China Nigerian authorities have evacuated 268 nationals from China amid the coronavirus pandemic and alleged discrimination against African, authorities have said. Passengers arrived at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in the capital Abuja […]
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Sun 31 May 2020: Pope Francis called on Saturday for a “more just and equitable society” in the post-coronavirus world, and for people to act to “end the pandemic of poverty”. “Once we emerge from this pandemic, we will not be able to keep doing what we were doing, and as we were doing it. […]
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Sun 31 May 2020: The total number of global confirmed novel coronavirus cases surpassed 6 million late on Saturday, according to a running tally by the US-based Johns Hopkins University. The university’s data showed that the worldwide tally of fatalities had reached 367,356, while the number of recoveries topped 2.53 million. The US remains the […]
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Sun 31 May 2020: Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound — the third holiest site in Islam after Mecca and Medina in Saudi Arabia — reopened on Sunday after being closed for more than two months because of the coronavirus pandemic. Dozens of worshippers in protective masks were let into the compound before the first prayers of […]
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Sat 30 May 2020: At the Kanyinya COVID-19 treatment facility a short distance from Rwanda’s capital Kigali, Akazuba, Ikizere and Ngabo report for duty, but these are no ordinary health care workers. In a bid to minimise contact between patients infected with the coronavirus and doctors and nurses, the country has deployed the three robots […]
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