Thu 23 April 2020: (AFP) The head of the US agency in charge of developing a vaccine against coronavirus said Wednesday that he was removed from his job for opposing the chloroquine treatment promoted by President Donald Trump. Dr. Rick Bright said he was removed on Tuesday as director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and […]
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Thu 23 April 2020: (AFP) The Tokyo 2020 Olympics cannot be delayed beyond the year-long postponement already forced by the coronavirus outbreak, the organising committee’s president has warned in comments published Thursday. Tokyo 2020 president Yoshiro Mori said there is “absolutely no” chance of postponing the Games beyond their rescheduled July 23, 2021 opening, according […]
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Thu 23 April 2020: (AFP) Spending on digital video games hit a record high $10 billion in March as people stuck at home under coronavirus lockdowns turned to gaming, market tracker SuperData reported on Thursday. Money spent on major console games leapt to $1.5 billion in March from $883 million in February, while spending on […]
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Wed 22 April 2020: Over 180,000 die due to disease, more than 2.6M people infected, according to US-based Johns Hopkins University figures The global tally of recoveries from coronavirus exceeded 700,000 on Wednesday. According to running data compiled by the U.S.-based Johns Hopkins University, a total of 701,426 recoveries were recorded across the globe, while […]
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Wed 22 April 2020: Turkey on Wednesday donated medical protective equipment for Pakistani doctors battling the coronavirus in the country, an official said. The medical supplies were handed over by Turkish Ambassador to Islamabad Ihsan Mustafa Yurdakul to Pakistani officials at the Islamabad International Airport. “A special Turkish Airlines flight brought 20,000 masks, 50,000 protective […]
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Wed 22 April 2020: The death toll in the U.S. from coronavirus exceeded the 45,000 mark on Wednesday, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. The university’s running tally counted 45,075 deaths and 825,306 cases. The country continues to lead in COVID-19 cases and virus-linked deaths worldwide. It has nearly a double fatalities than […]
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Wed 22 April 2020: The General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques completed on Tuesday the cleaning and sterilization of the cover (Kiswa) and surface of the Holy Kaaba in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. A specialized technical team carried out the annual customary cleaning process before the beginning of the fasting month of […]
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WhiteHelmets member disinfecting refugee tents, in Idlib. Wed 22 April 2020: (AP) Over 70 million people worldwide have been driven from their homes by war and unrest, up to 10 million are packed into refugee camps and informal settlements, and almost none have been tested for the novel coronavirus. While the relative isolation of many […]
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Wed 22 April 2020: Tablighi Jamaat leader Maulana Saad Kandhalvi, who has been booked by the Delhi Police for holding a religious congregation here during the lockdown, on Tuesday appealed to coronavirus survivors to donate blood plasma for infected people. In a letter issued on Tuesday, Saad said he and some other members of the […]
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Wed 22 April 2020: The coronavirus Covid-19 has achieved what tyrants haven’t been able to by spreading fear and panic around the whole world, encompassing all creeds and ethnicities. The virus does not discriminate between a Muslim and a Christian, black or white, rich or poor, prince or pauper; everyone is the same in its […]
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