Sun 12 April 2020: The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday that it was looking into reports of some COVID-19 patients testing positive again after initially testing negative for the disease while being considered for discharge. South Korean officials on Friday reported 91 patients thought cleared of the new coronavirus had tested positive again. […]
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Sun 12 April 2020: (AP) As the coronavirus pandemic has caused the global economy to face a far deeper and more savage shock than it has ever experienced, a return to the normalcy is going to be tougher, according to experts. The world economy has never had such a crash landing as it is witnessing […]
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Sun 12 April 2020: World-renowned British primatologist Jane Goodall says the coronavirus pandemic was caused by humanity’s disregard for nature and disrespect for animals. Goodall, who is best known for trail-blazing research in Africa that revealed the true nature of chimpanzees, pleaded for the world to learn from past mistakes to prevent future disasters. During […]
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Sun 12 April 2020: (AFP) Pope Francis will break with centuries of tradition and livestream Easter Sunday mass to allow the world’s 1.3 billion Catholics celebrate their holiest holiday under a coronavirus lockdown. Fear and confusion in the face of a disease whose official death toll has soared past 100,000 — but whose real one […]
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Sun 12 April 2020: (AFP) Canadian lawmakers passed a wage subsidy program Saturday heralded as the largest economic measure in the country since World War II, to help businesses and their employees get through the coronavirus crisis. Parliament is suspended but held an exceptional session in the middle of Easter weekend to adopt the Can$73 […]
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Sun 12 April 2020: (AFP) South Asia is on course for its worst economic performance in 40 years, with decades of progress in the battle against poverty at risk, because of coronavirus, the World Bank said Sunday. India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan and other smaller nations, which have 1.8 billion people and some of the planet’s […]
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Sat 11 April 2020: (AP) Tanzania – U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed to religious leaders of all faiths on Saturday “to join forces to work for peace around the world and focus on our common battle to defeat COVID-19.” The U.N. chief said Christians will be celebrating Easter, Jews are marking Passover, and Muslims will […]
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Sat 11 April 2020: (REUTERS) The number of coronavirus cases detected in the United States rose past half a million over the Easter weekend with more than 18,600 deaths, as President Donald Trump said the decision on when it was safe to reopen the country would be the biggest he had ever had to make. […]
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Sat 11 April 2020: 14% of low income respondents have no food at home due to countrywide shutdown to curb spread of coronavirus Bangladeshi low income people have experienced tough times due to the countrywide shutdown to contain the spread of novel coronavirus, according to a study. “Low income people of the country are suffering […]
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Sat 11 April 2020: Virus has infected 1,701,718, killed 102,867, says Johns Hopkins University The number of novel coronavirus cases worldwide reached 1,701,718 on Saturday, according to data compiled by U.S.-based Johns Hopkins University. According to the figures, since the emergence of the virus in Wuhan, China last December, more than 102,867 people have died […]
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