Sat 23 May 2020: (Reuters) Patients with severe COVID-19 given plasma from someone who recovered from the disease were more likely to stabilize or need less oxygen support than other similar hospital patients, according to results of a small U.S. study released on Friday. The study showed a trend toward better survival rates, but the […]
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Sat 23 May 2020: (Reuters) – U.S. presidential adviser Ivanka Trump’s praise of an Indian teenager’s bicycle ride home hundreds of kilometres away is drawing criticism in India for being insensitive to the plight of impoverished migrant workers struggling in a lockdown. The girl carried her father on the back of her bicycle for about […]
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Sat 23 May 2020: The new coronavirus is believed to be spreading throughout Yemen, where the healthcare system “has in effect collapsed”, the United Nations has warned as it appealed for urgent funding. “Aid agencies in Yemen are operating on the basis that community transmission is taking place across the country,” Jens Laerke, spokesman for […]
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Sat 23 May 2020: (AP) The coronavirus pandemic is interrupting immunization against diseases including measles, polio and cholera that could put the lives of nearly 80 million children under the age of 1 at risk, according to a new analysis from the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners. In a new report issued on Friday, […]
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Sat 23 May 2020: The UN peacekeeping mission North Darfur, Sudan has quarantined most of its staff because of fears the spread of the coronavirus, it said Friday in a statement. “The African Union – United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) wishes to inform about seven (7) suspected cases of the Corona Virus (COVID-19) […]
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Sat 23 May 2020: 2 out of 5 daily prayers, also Friday prayers to be allowed in mosques, prayer rooms in country’s 81 provinces Congregational prayer gatherings in Turkey will be partially allowed starting May 29, the country’s Interior Ministry said in a statement on Friday. Two out of five daily prayers, as well as […]
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Sat 23 May 2020: The World Health Organization declared Latin America “a new epicenter” of the coronavirus pandemic Friday. Surges in infections across much of Central and South America continued to drive the global toll higher even as hard-hit nations in Europe, along with the United States, sought to move into a cautious recovery phase […]
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Sat 23 May 2020: US President Donald Trump demanded churches reopen despite the ongoing COVID-19 threat. In Washington President Trump, facing an uphill battle to be reelected in November, continued to pressure state and local governments to reopen the American economy — even as the toll continues to rise in the world’s hardest-hit country, where […]
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Sat 23 May 2020: Spending on video games in the US jumped to a new April record as locked-down consumers sought refuge in play, industry figures released Friday showed. A total of $1.5 billion was spent on video game hardware, software, accessories and game cards, eclipsing a previous April high of $1.2 billion spent in […]
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Sat 23 May 2020: As COVID-19 continues to devastate the world, a growing number of countries are opting to use invasive surveillance methods to stem the spread of the virus and “flatten the curve”. Since the emergence of the novel coronavirus, several countries, led by Israel, China, Singapore and South Korea, started collecting security camera footage and bank records and […]
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