Tue 24 March 2020: South Africa will go on lockdown on Thursday midnight following the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in South Africa. The lockdown was announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday as a measure to combat the spread of COVID-19. COVID-19: Nationwide lockdown from Thursday midnight “As a consequence, the National Coronavirus Command Council has […]
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Tue 24 March 2020: (AFP) Britain was under lockdown Tuesday, its population joining around 1.7 billion people around the globe ordered to stay indoors to curb the “accelerating” spread of the coronavirus. Across Europe, Asia, North America, the Middle East and parts of Africa, governments have told their citizens to remain at home as they […]
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Mon 23 March 2020: (REUTERS) South Africa reported a sharp jump in confirmed coronavirus cases on Monday to 402, from less than 50 just over a week ago, as the army prepared to deploy in each of the country’s nine provinces, according to an official document seen by Reuters. South Africa’s Health Minister Zweli Mkhize […]
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Mon 23 March 2020: (AP) Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman says the German leader has tested negative for the new coronavirus. Spokesman Steffen Seibert told news agency dpa on Monday that “further tests will be conducted in the coming days.” Merkel went into quarantine at home on Sunday evening after being informed that a doctor who […]
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Mon 23 March 2020: The global death toll from novel coronavirus soared past 15,000 on Monday, according to figures compiled by Johns Hopkins University in the U.S. The virus, which emerged in Wuhan, China last December, has spread to at least 167 countries and regions around the globe, while a total of 15,308 people have […]
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Mon 23 March 2020: Iranian authorities went ahead with a funeral procession for a senior commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) who recently died despite the coronavirus outbreak in the country, according to pictures published by Fars news agency. A funeral procession, attended by hundreds, was held for IRGC commander Hossein Asadollahi in […]
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Mon 23 March 2020: All those who violate the curfew implemented in Saudi Arabia from 7 p.m. until 6 a.m. for the next 21 days will be fined 10,000 riyals ($2,663) and could face jail time if they repeatedly break the law, the Kingdom’s Ministry of Interior announced on Monday. Second-time violators will also be […]
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Mon 23 March 2020: More than 400 infections have been confirmed in India and seven people have died of the COVID-19 disease. At least seven people have died in India after contracting COVID-19, which has infected more than 400 people across the South Asian country, and health experts warn that a big jump in cases […]
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Mon 23 March 2020: Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin gave the authorities five days to develop a system to track people who have come into contact with anyone with coronavirus by using mobile phone geolocation data. Under the new system, people would be sent information if they came into contact with someone who was infected […]
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Mon 23 March 2020: While people are staying at homes all around the world as their governments request amid coronavirus pandemic, experts say people should be active in order to protect mental health. There are over 339,000 confirmed cases and more than 14,700 deaths worldwide from the virus. The World Health Organization, which has labeled […]
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