Tue 07 April 2020: The Palestinian Authority (PA) is banning the import of all types of Israeli products in its effort to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The new move, decided yesterday, comes after the Jerusalem Governor Adnan Ghaith warned Arab residents of Jerusalem not to risk purchasing goods or used items from Israelis on the eve of […]
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Tue 07 April 2020: IMF funding aimed at helping countries hit by coronavirus will likely to go oil importing countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region – which include Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, and Tunisia – as well as oil exporters Iran and Iraq, according to a new report from MUFG Bank. The […]
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Tue 07 April 2020: In a global pandemic like the current coronavirus situation, our cars are a bit like microbial prisons. All the worst stuff from everywhere in the outside world gets dragged in and stays. All the good stuff follows us in, too, but that subtle whiff of pine on Uncle Fred’s jacket is far […]
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Tue 07 April 2020: Spain reported 637 new coronavirus deaths on Monday, a 4th consecutive daily drop, as death toll reaches 13,055. As with worst-hit Italy, Spain has seen the rate of new infections and deaths slow in recent days, giving cause for hope the peak has passed. On Sunday, it reported 674 fatalities in […]
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Tue 07 April 2020: Fifty-one patients in South Korea who were said to have recovered from COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, have tested positive again. The patients were from Daegu – a southern city in the country’s worst-hit province of North Gyeongsang – and had been placed under quarantine after being diagnosed […]
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Tue 07 April 2020: (AFP) As COVID-19 captures global headlines, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned Tuesday that the world needs nearly six million nurses. The UN’s health agency along with partners Nursing Now and the International Council of Nurses (ICN) underscored in a report the crucial role played by nurses, who make up more […]
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Tue 07 April 2020: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was moved to intensive care Monday when his condition worsened in a battle with the coronavirus, as the death toll from the pandemic hit grim new highs in Europe and the United States. Johnson, the most prominent victim yet of the pandemic, deputised his foreign secretary, […]
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Tue 07 April 2020: (AFP) Americans were put on notice Monday not to let up in the fight against the coronavirus, as a grim milestone of 10,000 deaths cast a pall over the first signs of optimism about the outbreak’s trajectory. The United States has emerged as one of the world’s worst-hit nations, with a […]
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Mon 06 April 2020: Over 270,000 people recovered from coronavirus so far, while infected cases nearing 1.3M, say Johns Hopkins figures The global death toll from coronavirus crossed 70,000 on Monday, according to figures compiled by the U.S.’ Johns Hopkins University. Since emerging in Wuhan, China last December, the COVID-19 disease has spread to at […]
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Mon 06 April 2020: The United States is now urging people to wear face masks when they go outside amid growing evidence suggests that even a simple cloth mask can be an effective tool against the coronavirus if it is used correctly, according to health experts. The US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reversed its […]
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