Mon 25 May 2020: (Reuters) Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has spoken to the heads of the country’s six big banks to get their views on the state of the economy and the COVID-19 relief efforts, the Globe and Mail reported on Sunday, citing multiple sources. This was Trudeau’s first one-on-one dialogue with the CEOs […]
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Mon 25 May 2020: A four-day-old baby born to a mother infected with coronavirus in Ethiopia tested negative for the disease, officials said on Monday. The mother who is at the Kotebe Hospital, a center dedicated to treating COVID-19 patients in the capital Addis Ababa, gave birth to a baby last Friday. The baby was […]
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Mon 25 May 2020: Eid has become a more sombre affair for Muslim Muslim Malaysian doctors, amid the coronavirus pandemic that has so far seen over 7,000 people in the country infected with the coronavirus, including 115 who have died of COVID-19. Muslim-majority Malaysia has imposed widespread restrictions on movement since mid-March in a bid […]
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Mon 25 May 2020: (Reuters) A French consortium announced on Monday the launch of the production phase for a saliva-based screening test to detect the COVID-19 coronavirus. The consortium said the test would be performed by a healthcare professional and involves collecting less than 1 millilitre of saliva from a patient. The sample is then […]
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Sun 24 May 2020: The United States should stop wasting time in its fight against the coronavirus and work with China to combat it, rather than spreading lies and attacking the country, the Chinese government’s top diplomat Wang Yi said on Sunday. Sino-U.S. ties have nosedived since the outbreak of the new coronavirus, with the […]
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Sun 24 May 2020: (Reuters) First indications of the effectiveness of a potential vaccine against coronavirus may be available in the autumn, the head of the GAVI vaccine alliance told a Swiss newspaper, forecasting a long road from there to broad availability. “Unfortunately, we really do not know which vaccine will work and whether there […]
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Sun 24 May 2020: (Reuters) India’s sports minister on Sunday said any decision to allow the Indian Premier League to go ahead this year would be taken by the government, not the Indian cricket board, and would be based on how well the country has contained the novel coronavirus. Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju said the […]
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Sun 24 May 2020: Muslims around the world began marking a sombre Eid al-Fitr Sunday, many under coronavirus lockdown, but lax restrictions offer respite to worshippers in some countries despite fears of skyrocketing infections. The festival, one of the most important in the Muslim calendar marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan, is […]
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Dabirul Islam Choudhury poses in his 80-meter garden in London, May 23, 2020. (AA Photo) Sun 24 May 2020: A British Muslim centenarian is being hailed as a hero for raising more than 200,000 pounds ($243,000) for coronavirus victims. Dabirul Islam Choudhury, 100, walked 100 laps in his 80-meter garden while fasting during the Islamic […]
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Sun 24 May 2020: The Central African Republic on Sunday announced its first death from the novel coronavirus. The Health Ministry confirmed the death, without providing information about the deceased. The country has registered 552 COVID-19 cases and 18 recoveries so far, according to official figures. The pandemic has killed more than 342,100 worldwide, with […]
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