Wed 06 May 2020: For three days in a row, Russia has reported over 10,000 new cases of Coronavirus — making it the world’s second fastest growing outbreak behind the U.S. However, compared to the U.S., Russia’s total case number is relatively low, with 155,370 cases reported since the start of the outbreak. So too […]
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Wed 06 May 2020: The UK’s Covid-19 death toll may have been significantly higher than previously thought, with almost 30,000 registered deaths until April 24 (April 26 in Scotland), the latest data released by statistics bodies across the UK reveals. A total of 29,998 fatalities in the United Kingdom in that period mention Covid-19 on […]
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Wed 06 May 2020: Researchers at Pfizer Inc. and New York University are working on a never-before-tried coronavirus vaccine that the pharmaceutical company says could be available by September. The vaccine, which carries genetic code known as messenger RNA, attempts to reprogram the deadly pathogen rather than manipulate the live virus. “It is probably the fastest way […]
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Wed 06 May 2020: The World Health Organization says 108 potential Covid-19 vaccines are in development around the world, according to documents posted on its website. Eight of the potential vaccines have been approved for clinical trials. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) trial in the US was the first to start testing on human subjects on March 16. Groups […]
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Tue 05 May 2020: In the city of Surat in Gujarat state, around 4,000 migrant workers — mostly from the states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar — had gathered and were demanding that they be sent back home, said Ashok Munia, a senior Surat police official. “For about two hours, we tried to make them understand […]
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Tue 05 May 2020: Death toll approaches 252,000, nearly 1.2M recoveries, according to Johns Hopkins University The global tally of coronavirus infections surpassed 3.6 million on Tuesday, according to a running tally by the US-based Johns Hopkins University. The university’s data showed that the global deaths reached 251,910, while the number of people who recovered […]
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Tue 05 May 2020: (REUTERS) Authorities in Houthi-held north Yemen confirmed its first case of the new coronavirus on Tuesday, a Somali national found dead in a Sanaa hotel, while the government in the south of the war-torn nation reported nine new infections. One of the last countries to declare COVID-19 infections on April 10, […]
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Tue 05 May 2020: More people have died in the United Kingdom from coronavirus than any other European country, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). On Tuesday, ONS’s weekly figures added more than 7,000 deaths in England and Wales, raising the total for the UK to 32,313. The figure […]
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Tue 05 May 2020: Relief agency dispatches humanitarian aid to Muslim communities in Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines and Myanmar The Istanbul-based Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH) dispatched food packages to residents and refugees affected by the COVID-19 outbreak in Southeast Asian countries. “IHH has sent more than 9,500 packages for families in need,” Mucahit Demir, an official […]
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Tue 05 May 2020: The EU will propose an independent probe of the origins of the coronavirus pandemic at the WHO’s World Health Assembly, the bloc’s foreign affairs spokesperson confirmed on Tuesday. “A thorough understanding of the epidemiology of the coronavirus pandemic is essential for public authorities to make informed decisions,” Virginie Battu-Henriksson told Anadolu […]
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