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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Sat 30 May 2020: Death toll nears 4,000 while recoveries stand at 56,000+, says the Africa CDC In Africa, the spread of the coronavirus pandemic seems to get more speed recently with at least 5,000 new infections recorded each day in the continent. Over the past 24 hours, 5,727 new cases have been identified in […]
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Sat 30 May 2020: Russia confirms 8,952 new infections, with 181 virus-related deaths Russia confirmed on Saturday 8,952 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the country’s tally to 396,575. In addition, the pandemic claimed the lives of 181 people, raising the death toll to 4,555, the country’s emergency task force said in a daily report. Over the […]
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Sat 30 May 2020: COVID-19 has a death rate of only 0.05 percent, and the coronavirus pandemic is “on its way out” of the UK, according to a leading epidemiologist at the University of Oxford in an interview with UnHerd’s Lockdown TV. Professor Sunetra Gupta’s estimation is far lower than some other prominent epidemiologists who have put the number at […]
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Sat 30 May 2020: India will witness a spike in coronavirus cases after the current lockdown ends on May 31, and 50 percent of the country’s population is “likely to be infected with the virus” by end of December, a doctor and member of a COVID-19 task force said, according to a local media report. Dr. V Ravi, […]
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Sat 30 May 2020: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz approved on Friday opening the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina to the public starting from Sunday, May 31, as part of the government’s plan to ease coronavirus restrictions and re-open the Kingdom. Worshippers will be able to enter the Prophet’s Mosque for group prayers, with a limit […]
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Sat 30 May 2020: Brazil on Friday reached 27,878 coronavirus deaths, official figures showed, surpassing the toll of hard-hit Spain and making it the country with the fifth-highest number of fatalities. The epicenter of the South American coronavirus outbreak, Brazil saw 1,124 deaths in 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said. It also had a […]
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Sat 30 May 2020: Myanmar reported a surge in COVID-19 cases Saturday, bringing its tally to 224. Of the total, six have died and 130 made full recoveries, according to health ministry. The ministry of health and sports announced late Friday that 17 people who were under a 21-day quarantine after returning from India, tested […]
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