Sun 05 April 2020: Hundreds of thousands of Palestinian and Syrian refugees living in overcrowded and rundown camps in Lebanon are bracing for the novel coronavirus as aid groups mobilise to help. Lebanon is home to tens of thousands of Palestinians living in camps that over the decades have become bustling neighbourhoods, and at least 1.5 million Syrians who […]
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Sun 05 April 2020: Moroccan King Mohammed VI on Sunday pardoned 5,645 prisoners in preventive measures against coronavirus, the Justice Ministry said in a statement. The monarch called for “taking all necessary measures to strengthen the protection of inmates and correctional institutions [concerned with minor prisoners under 18 years old] from the spread of coronavirus.” […]
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Sun 05 April 2020: More than 250,000 people have recovered from the novel coronavirus globally, according to the U.S-based Johns Hopkins University. China has the highest number of recovered people with 77,207. Outside of China, the total number of recovered people is 38,080 in Spain, 26,400 in Germany, 20,996 in Italy, 19,736 in Iran, 15,574 […]
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Sun 05 April 2020: Governments have begun to use any methods necessary in order to secure supplies of crucial medical goods to fight the coronavirus pandemic, such as face masks and ventilators. Countries including the US, France, and Turkey have been accused of confiscating shipments, holding on to supplies, and last minute outbidding each other […]
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Sun 05 April 2020: Clinical trials of a vaccine for the treatment of COVID-19 will be tested on 60 volunteers as of the end of June, Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova has said. Russian state news agency TASS quoted Vice PM Tatyana Golikova Wednesday as saying that pre-clinical trials for the COVID-19 vaccine developed […]
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Sun 05 April 2020: A 63-year-old man was shot dead in the Philippines after threatening village officials and police with a scythe at a coronavirus checkpoint, police said on Saturday. The man is believed to have been drunk when he threatened village officials and police manning the checkpoint in the town of Nasipit in the southern province of Agusan […]
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Sun 05 April 2020: Thousands of African migrants without revenue during Morocco’s coronavirus lockdown could run out of money for food and essentials, and rights groups have urged the government to offer them the same cash help it has promised to citizens, reports Reuters. The North African country has imposed a month-long lockdown restricting movement to […]
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Sun 05 April 2020: The economic losses of the besieged Gaza Strip are estimated at $200 million due to the Israeli siege and the coronavirus, head of the Popular Committee Against Gaza Siege, MP Jamal Al-Khodari, revealed on Friday. Al-Khodari announced in a statement: “These are the direct and indirect losses of the industrial, commercial, construction […]
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Mechanical and Chemical Industry Company workers produce protective masks in Turkey, on Saturday, April 4, 2020. (AA Photo) Sun 05 April 2020: Turkey is producing one million protectives masks, 5,000 medical overalls and 5,000 liters of alcohol-based disinfectants every week, the country’s defense minister said. Hulusi Akar held a teleconference on Friday with commanders-in-chief of […]
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Sun 05 April 2020: Reported deaths at 64,774, according to data from US-based Johns Hopkins University More than 1.2 million cases of coronavirus have been confirmed worldwide, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. Some 64,774 people died after contracting the virus, while 246,893 recovered after treatment. Since appearing in Wuhan, China, last December, […]
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