Sat 09 May 2020: Restrictions on travel into the European Union will be kept in place until at least mid-June, the bloc announced on Friday. While borders between EU nations may soon begin to reopen in some form or another, the European Commission, the bloc’s executive branch, has backed keeping curbs on travel to the continent in […]
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Sat 09 May 2020: (AFP) Worshippers packed Mauritania’s largest mosque on Friday, mostly ignoring social distancing rules, after the West African state lifted restrictions on public prayers meant to curb coronavirus infections. The government said this week it would “progressively ease” a series of anti-virus measures, allowing markets to open and mosques to hold Friday […]
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Sat 09 May 2020: Health authorities in several Arab countries confirmed more cases and deaths Friday from the novel coronavirus as the Middle East struggles to contain its spread. Egyptian officials said the death toll from the virus rose to 503 after 21 patients died. The number of cases there has risen to 8,476 while […]
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Sat 09 May 2020: The United States on Friday stunned other members of the UN Security Council by preventing a vote on a resolution drafted by France and Tunisia for a ceasefire in various conflicts around the world to help troubled nations better fight the coronavirus pandemic, diplomats said. Washington’s reversal came a day after […]
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Sat 09 May 2020: A World Health Organization food and animal disease expert said Friday that he believes a market in the Chinese city of Wuhan selling live animals likely played a significant role in the emergence of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, but more research is needed to determine precisely how. Chinese authorities shut down the market in January […]
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Sat 09 May 2020: China continues to hide and obfuscate COVID-19 data from the world, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday, asserting that he has seen a significant amount of evidence suggesting that a laboratory in the Chinese city of Wuhan was underperforming and the virus could well have emanated from there. […]
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Fri 08 May 2020: Mosques in Germany will reopen their doors to worshippers this weekend, following a government decision to ease coronavirus restrictions in the country. The mosques around the country will gradually reopen according to some guidelines set out by Germany’s Muslim Coordination Council (KRM). Yakup Ayar, the head of Sehitlik Mosque Association, said […]
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Fri 08 May 2020: While nearly 3.9M infected by virus, US’s Johns Hopkins University figures show almost 1.3M recoveries Global coronavirus-related fatalities Friday exceeded the 270,000 mark, according to a running tally by the US-based Johns Hopkins University. The figures counted 270,20 deaths, while the numbers of cases and recoveries stand at 3,864,696 and 1,292,672 […]
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Fri 08 May 2020: Russia confirmed 10,699 new coronavirus infections Friday, bringing the country’s official number of cases to 187,859. Russia now has the world’s second-fastest rate of new infections behind the United States. It is the fifth most-affected country in terms of infections, surpassing Germany and France on Thursday. Ninety-eight people died over the past 24 hours, […]
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Fri 08 May 2020: The leader of Britain’s Labour Party, Keir Starmer, says the UK needs to do “everything” to protect the most vulnerable from the novel coronavirus, especially those in care homes, he wrote in an op-ed marking VE day on the The Daily Telegraph newspaper. “We have all heard the harrowing stories of the virus spreading […]
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