Sun 03 May 2020: The number of coronavirus cases in the Russian Armed Forces and military educational institutions was over 3,000 from March to May 3, the Ministry of Defense said in its bulletin released on Sunday. “1,254 servicemen with positive results were found during the 100% screening in the Russian Armed Forces from March […]
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Sun 03 May 2020: Chairman of the Qatar Committee for the Reconstruction of Gaza H E Ambassador Mohammed Al Emadi said that the Committee will begin today the process of disbursing cash assistance to the needy families in the Gaza Strip. Ambassador Al Emadi said that the distribution process is implemented through the post offices […]
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Sun 03 May 2020: The aid is likely to assist some 7,000 medical professionals as they work to fight the infection. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Saturday sent a plane carrying seven tonnes of medical supplies to India to boost the country’s efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19. “The UAE is committed to […]
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Sun 03 May 2020: Bangladesh reported 665 new coronavirus cases on Sunday — the largest single-day increase since the outbreak was first reported in the country on March 8, the country’s state-run news agency Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) said. The densely populated South Asian nation has so far reported 9,455 cases and 177 deaths, the BSS reported, citing a senior health […]
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Sun 03 May 2020: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday that there was “enormous evidence” that the coronavirus pandemic originated in a laboratory in Wuhan, China. “There is enormous evidence that this is where it began,” he said on ABC’s “This Week.” But while highly critical of China’s handling of the matter, […]
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Sun 03 May 2020: Iran plans to reopen mosques and schools in areas that have been consistently free of the coronavirus as President Hassan Rouhani’s government starts to ease restrictions that were aimed at containing the outbreak, reports Reuters. With mosques closed and religious gatherings banned since mid-March as the outbreak spread in the Middle East’s […]
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Sun 03 May 2020: Turkey on Saturday sent a shipment of medical supplies, including new Turkish-made ventilators, to Somalia to help the Horn of Africa country combat the coronavirus outbreak. The ventilators, made through recent technological advances, will be the “breath of life for our Somali brothers,” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Twitter. […]
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Sun 03 May 2020: Saudi Arabia will take strict and painful measures to deal with the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic, the finance minister said on Saturday, adding that “all options for dealing with the crisis are open”. Earlier this week, the Kingdom reported that its budget had fallen into a $9 billion deficit after […]
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Sun 03 May 2020: In March, India’s top court said that it was “difficult for prisoners to maintain social distancing” and ordered that detainees convicted of crimes with jail terms of no more than seven years be given parole. Many states started releasing thousands of inmates. Although there are no official numbers on how many […]
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Sun 03 May 2020: (REUTERS) Countries must lift lockdowns gradually, while still being “on the look-out” for COVID-19 and ready to restore restrictions if the virus jumps back, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. Vulnerable people in institutions, including those in long-term care facilities, prisons and migrant dormitories, must be protected, its top […]
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