Sun 03 May 2020: The Turkish Trade Ministry lifted temporary export restrictions and a requirement for private companies to obtain advance permission before shipping abroad medical equipment used in treating COVID-19. A notice published Saturday in Turkey’s Official Gazette rescinded restrictions on exporting ventilators, intubation tubes, life support machines, intensive care unit monitors and other […]
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Sun 03 May 2020: It was written more than 70 years ago, but Albert Camus’ celebrated classic La Peste (The Plague) is speaking to us as loudly as ever. The book, which tells of the spread of a plague in a North African town and the human response to death, has seen a major uptick in sales since the […]
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Sat 02 May 2020: The Chairman of the Turkish Pharmacists’ Association Erdoğan Çolak announced that 55 million masks were distributed to pharmacies as part of the Turkish government’s plan to dispense them to citizens free of charge, to help combat the spread of the coronavirus in Turkey. Until 11 March, the date of the first registered case […]
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Sat 02 May 2020: Russia reported 9,623 new coronavirus cases – its highest daily rise since the start of the pandemic – bringing the total to 124,054, mostly in the capital Moscow. The death toll nationwide rose to 1,222 after 57 people died in the last 24 hours, Russia’s coronavirus crisis response centre said on […]
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Sat 02 May 2020: There are more than 40,000 cases of the deadly coronavirus across Africa, according to Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention data released on Saturday. The African continent has reported 40,749 cases and 1,689 deaths so far, according to the Africa CDC, while 13,383 have recovered from the illness. The death […]
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Sat 02 May 2020: British authorities reported 621 more coronavirus-related deaths on Saturday to bring the death toll in the country to 28,131. The UK has the second highest COVID-19 death toll in Europe after Italy since fatalities in care homes were added to the tally last week. At the daily press briefing, Secretary for […]
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Sat 02 May 2020: A Turkish military cargo plane carrying the second batch of medical supplies landed Friday in the US to deliver aid to its NATO ally battling the coronavirus outbreak. The plane touched down at Joint Base Andrews outside Washington, D.C. The first shipment Wednesday brought 500,000 surgical masks, 4,000 overalls, 2,000 liters […]
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Sat 02 May 2020: More than 440 health care workers have tested positive for COVID-19 in Pakistan and eight have died so far, as per latest data shared by authorities. Figures updated on the National Emergency Operation Centre’s website on Thursday showed 191 medical workers tested positive in a span of a week. The new […]
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Sat 02 May 2020: The death toll and number of cases from the novel coronavirus continued to rise Friday in a number of Arab countries as the Middle East struggles to contain its spread. Iraq The death toll rose to 94 with one additional fatality in the past 24 hours, according to health officials. […]
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Sat 02 May 2020: According to the United Nations, people over 80 years of age are dying of COVID-19 at five times the rate of people under 80. Elderly parents are no longer being visited by their children, residential care homes are being shunned and regulated on a heightened basis by authorities. In Abu Dhabi, […]
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