Thu 16 April 2020: Millions in Arab nations lack access to basic handwashing facilities as virus spreads across region The UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) said Wednesday that 74 million people lack access to a basic handwashing facilities to prevent the spread of the coronavirus outbreak in Arab nations. The Beirut-based […]
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Thu 16 April 2020: (REUTERS) Britain should ask for an extension to its post-Brexit transition period to ease uncertainty at a time when the world economy is being hammered by the coronavirus pandemic, the head of the International Monetary Fund said. “It is tough as it is. Let’s not make it any tougher,” Kristalina Georgieva, […]
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Thu 16 April 2020: Turkey has barred employers from laying off workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, a top government official said on Thursday. Employment contracts cannot be nullified for a three-month period except in unconscionable situations, according to the country’s labor, social services and family minister. Turkey will also pay 39.24 Turkish liras (about $5.70) […]
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Thu 16 April 2020: (REUTERS) U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday his government is trying to determine whether the coronavirus emanated from a lab in Wuhan, China, and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Beijing “needs to come clean” on what they know. The source of the virus remains a mystery. General Mark Milley, […]
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Thu 16 April 2020: The Arab League warned Wednesday that a humanitarian disaster could occur if the coronavirus pandemic spreads in refugee camps in Syria, Anadolu reports. A statement by the bloc’s 22 Arab nations came after a meeting between its Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul-Gheit and UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen. They discussed the dangerous consequences of […]
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Thu 16 April 2020: Apolitical Muslim group linked by Indian media to rising number of coronavirus cases in South Asian country India on Wednesday brought charges of culpable homicide not amounting to murder against Maulana Saad Kandhalvi, head of the Muslim missionary group Tablighi Jamaat, and six others, a police official said. The group — […]
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Thu 16 April 2020: Dr Saud Anwar, a Connecticut state senator, receives unsung hero parade for a multipronged effort to fight coronavirus. Saud Anwar is taking on the novel coronavirus on multiple fronts: as a Connecticut resident, a state senator, and first and foremost, he says, as a doctor. “I am just a doctor, who […]
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Thu 16 April 2020: Three whistle-blowers who tried to inform the world about the true scale of the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan are still missing two months after vanishing from the public sight. The whereabouts of Chen Qiushi, Fang Bing and Li Zehua have been a mystery since February, and Chinese officials have not publicly […]
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Thu 16 April 2020: (REUTERS) US officials sent two warnings about safety concerns at a Chinese coronavirus research laboratory in the city of Wuhan two years before the outbreak of the COVID-19, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday. The warnings, contained in cables sent to Washington, stated that the laboratory was conducting risky studies on […]
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Thu 16 April 2020: (AFP) The coronavirus pandemic is likely to have a “profound and pervasive impact” on global mental health as billions struggle to cope with isolated living and anxiety spikes, experts warned Thursday. In a paper published in Lancet Psychiatry, a panel of 24 specialists call for more funding for research into the […]
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