Sun 05 April 2020: Do not throttle information during the crisis, Kashmir Press Club says The International Federation of Journalists and the South Asia Media Solidarity Network launched a four-day-long social media campaign on Saturday to highlight Kashmir’s ongoing internet controls amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The IFJ-SAMSN campaign “Postcards from Kashmir: Inside the world’s longest […]
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Sun 05 April 2020: (REUTERS) A conspiracy theory that links 5G mobile telecommunications masts to the spread of the novel coronavirus is dangerous fake news and completely false, Britain said on Saturday after masts in several parts of the country were torched. When asked by a reporter about the so called “theory” that 5G telecommunications […]
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Sun 05 April 2020: France is to begin clinical trials involving transfusions of blood plasma from coronavirus survivors into patients who have severe symptoms in a bid to treat the illness, the institutions involved said Saturday. Drug makers are racing to develop a vaccine and treatment for the pandemic, which has killed over 60,000 people […]
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Sun 05 April 2020: (AFP) South African public healthcare workers dispersed into the buzzing streets of Johannesburg’s Yeoville neighbourhood as Africa’s worst virus-hit country rolled out mass door-to-door testing for COVID-19. Armed with screening questionnaires and testing kits, medics and volunteers set up their testing station on the front porch of a block of flats […]
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Sun 05 April 2020: The coronavirus pandemic is increasing poverty in Britain, where levels are already high after a decade of austerity triggered by the global financial crisis, according to experts. Official data shows that more than 14 million people in the UK are classed as living in poverty, or nearly one-quarter of the population. […]
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Sun 05 April 2020: (AFP) The novel coronavirus has put global trade on hold, placed half of the world population in confinement and has the potential to topple governments and reshape diplomatic relations. The United Nations has appealed for ceasefires in all the major conflicts rocking the planet, with its chief Antonio Guterres on Friday […]
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Sat 04 April 2020: The Syrian regime on Thursday sealed off the town of Sayyida Zainab, claiming it was a precautionary measure against coronavirus as the Damascus suburb is “densely populated”, according to state news agency SANA. The regime still claims that there are only 16 cases in the whole country, including just one in the Rif Dimashq governate […]
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Sat 04 April 2020: (Reuters) – The number of crew on the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier who have tested positive for the coronavirus has risen 13% in the past 24 hours to 155, the Navy said on Saturday, in the wake of the firing of the carrier’s captain. The Navy said 44% of the […]
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Sat 04 April 2020: Chomsky slams US’s handling of virus as he warns nuclear war, global warming threats will remain after pandemic is over. The coronavirus crisis could have been prevented because there was enough information available to the world, according to Noam Chomsky, who has warned that once the pandemic is over, two critical […]
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Sat 04 April 2020: The death toll from coronavirus in India has risen to 68, authorities said Saturday. The tally of confirmed cases has risen to 2,902, with the most cases reported from the states of Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan. As part of measures to curb the spread of the virus, […]
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