Sat 02 May 2020: The head of emergencies at the World Health Organization reiterated that the group believes the novel coronavirus is “natural in origin.” Dr Michael Ryan responded Friday to to comments by US President Donald Trump, who said he has seen information that the virus may have emerged from a virology institute […]
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Sat 02 May 2020: Pakistan has reported a record 990 new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of infections to 17,439 with 391 deaths so far in the country, the health ministry said on Friday. The Ministry of National Health Services said Punjab reported 6,340 cases, Sindh 6,675, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa […]
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Fri 01 May 2020: Turkey will send medical supplies to Somalia to help the country combat the novel coronavirus outbreak, the presidential spokesman said on Friday. “Today, by instructions of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a cargo load of medical supplies, masks, overalls, test kits and other equipment is going to Somalia to help them against […]
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Fri 01 May 2020: (REUTERS) The pandemic of COVID-19 is clearly still a global health emergency and is of particular concern as it spreads more widely in countries with weak health systems, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. Three months after the WHO’s emergency committee first advised the WHO’s director general Tedros Adhanom […]
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Fri 01 May 2020: Turkey’s planned deployment of Russian S-400 missile defenses has been delayed by the COVID-19 outbreak but will ultimately go ahead, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s spokesman said on Thursday. “There has been a delay because of the coronavirus but it will move forward as it was planned,” Ibrahim Kalın told an online […]
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Fri 01 May 2020: According to a new analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) that the rate of coronavirus deaths among British black Africans in hospital is 3.7 times higher than the UK’s white population and this highlights “stark inequalities” between different ethnic groups. The IFS research also found that after stripping out the role […]
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Fri 01 May 2020: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres tells world leaders to stop bickering, back global coronavirus pandemic response. The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed his disappointment with international leaders’ response to the coronavirus challenge gripping the world. He called for a global ceasefire and said nations needed to unite to fight the […]
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PRNewsfoto/King Salman Humanitarian Aid an Fri 01 May 2020: The agreement will benefit two million people The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) signed on Thursday an agreement with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees to provide supplies and medical equipment for UNRWA to fight the new coronavirus in […]
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Fri 01 May 2020: (REUTERS) Gilead Sciences Inc, maker of the closely-watched experimental coronavirus drug remdesivir, on Thursday said it will work with international partners to expand production of the potential COVID-19 treatment. The company said it still expects to have more than one million remdesivir treatment courses manufactured by December, “with plans to be […]
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Fri 01 May 2020: Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin on Thursday announced he has tested positive for the coronavirus, as the country’s number of confirmed cases surged past 100,000 after its largest daily increase. In a televised meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Mishustin said he has to “observe self-isolation” to protect his colleagues, suggesting […]
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