Wed 25 March 2020: U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged leaders of the world’s 20 major industrialized nations on Tuesday to adopt a “wartime” plan including a stimulus package “in the trillions of dollars” for businesses, workers and households in developing countries trying to tackle the coronavirus pandemic. He said in a letter to the Group […]
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Wed 25 March 2020: The Senate and White House have reached agreement on a $2 trillion stimulus package for the US economy and millions of Americans ravaged by the coronavirus crisis, top lawmakers said early Wednesday. “At last, we have a deal,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said, hailing the massive “wartime level of investment […]
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Wed 25 March 2020: (AFP) India’s billion-plus population went into a three-week lockdown on Wednesday, with a third of the world now under orders to stay indoors, as US politicians agreed to spend $2 trillion to counter the economic damage of the coronavirus pandemic. Financial markets soared as the Senate and the White House thrashed […]
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Tue 24 March 2020: The coronavirus pandemic is spreading around the world, bringing with it the risk of being unprepared for isolation or lockdown conditions – whether mandatory or voluntary. Over 2.6 billion people worldwide are being instructed to observe lockdowns as a preventative measure against the spread of the virus. Most of the countries […]
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Tue 24 March 2020: The World Bank and International Finance Cooperation have allocated $26.7m to help the Yemeni government’s fight against the coronavirus pandemic, it was reported on Monday. The grant was announced by Yemen’s Minister of Planning and International Cooperation, Nagib Al-Aweg. According to Al-Aweg, the government had asked for international support for its […]
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Tue 24 March 2020: Bangladesh pharma regulator allows mass production of dot blot test kit but researchers say it has its limitations. A group of scientists in Bangladesh has developed a $3 testing kit they claim can detect coronavirus in less than 15 minutes. The South Asian nation’s pharmaceutical regulator – the Directorate General of […]
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Tue 24 March 2020: Health Minister Fahrettin Koca did not give more information but anti-malarial drug chloroquine has recently been used to treat coronavirus patients in China and now in France. Turkey’s health minister said Monday that the country is using a drug sent from China on patients suffering from the novel coronavirus. “From this morning […]
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Tue 24 March 2020: As the Western world scurries to find hand sanitisers in a bid to tackle coronavirus, Turkey is selling out of cologne which has for generations been used as a disinfectant. Cologne is traditionally seen as a symbol of hospitality, as well as an aid to hygiene, in a country that sets great store by both. Many […]
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Tue 24 March 2020: The coronavirus can significantly affect mental health for everyone, but especially for those with mental illness. Both the anxiety of contracting the disease as well as the increase in loneliness and isolation can worsen and trigger symptoms. Acknowledging, recognizing and acting on mental distress in these uncertain times is key […]
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Tue 24 March 2020: An Iranian state TV presenter who had previously likened coronavirus to the common cold, has been infected with the virus and is currently in quarantine. TV presenter Atefeh Mirseyedi came under criticism for downplaying the threat of coronavirus in the early days of the outbreak in Iran. Watch: Iranian state TV […]
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