Sat 16 May 2020: Turkish defense officials on Friday distributed protective health supplies to soldiers stationed at a NATO Allied Land Command based in Izmir, Anadolu Agency reports. In a statement, the Turkish Ministry of National Defense said it distributed the supplies to 320 allied staff of 23 NATO member countries as part of the fight against […]
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Sat 16 May 2020: (REUTERS) India’s total novel corornavirus cases rose to 85,940 on Saturday, taking it past China, where the pandemic originated last year, though a strict lockdown enforced since late March has reduced the rate of contagion. State leaders, businesses and working class Indians have called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi to reopen […]
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Sat 16 May 2020: Yemen Information Minister Muammar al-Iryani claimed Saturday that the Houthi group seized medical equipment aid sent by the World Health Organization (WHO). “Medical equipment aid provided by WHO were sent to hospitals in regions where Houthis are present, but they seized them in order to send them to their own supporters,” […]
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Sat 16 May 2020: Newly released economic data showed the US economy is in a terrible state and may not rebound quickly even when the devastating lockdowns imposed to stop the coronavirus pandemic are lifted. Data tracking industrial production and the vital retail sector released Friday showed record declines in April, the first full month […]
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Sat 16 May 2020: As the World Health Organization prepares to host its main annual meeting next week, fears abound that US-China tensions could hamper the strong action needed to address the COVID-19 crisis. The UN health agency, which for months has been consumed by the towering task of trying to coordinate a global response […]
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Sat 16 May 2020: A large section of media in India accused of running shows that appear to blame Muslims for the spread of the virus. “During this lockdown, why does every crowd gather only near mosques?” journalist Arnab Goswami recently asked on the Indian news channel, Republic TV. The well-known anchor was referring to […]
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Fri 15 May 2020: Lebanon, Kuwait, Yemen, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Friday confirmed new fatalities from the coronavirus, while Morocco, Mauritania, Oman and Qatar reported new cases, Anadolu Agency reports. In Lebanon, the Health Ministry said 26 more people died from COVID-19, bringing the toll to 891. The number of cases rose by […]
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Fri 15 May 2020: (Reuters) Any vaccine to fight the new coronavirus will not be ready for use for at least two years, the chief executive of Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis, which no longer makes vaccines itself, told a German newspaper. Novartis sold its vaccine business in 2015 to GlaxoSmithKline, one of many companies around […]
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Fri 15 May 2020: (Reuters) India has lost two weeks in its bid to get a picture of the spread of the coronavirus in its population because of poor Chinese testing kits, a member of a national task force said, complicating a decision on opening up from a lockdown. The kits were for antibodies to […]
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Fri 15 May 2020: The United Kingdom is in talks with Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG to buy an accurate COVID-19 antibody test, following the lead of the European Union and the United States, which have already given preliminary approval to the tests. Mass antibody testing with millions of kits is being considered by many […]
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