Fri 20 March 2020: Saudi Arabia will suspend all domestic flights, buses, taxis and trains for 14 days amid the coronavirus outbreak, an Interior Ministry official told the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA). The new measures will go into effect on Saturday and are a part of the Kingdom’s ongoing efforts to fight the spread […]
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Fri 20 March 2020: (REUTERS) While many Muslims in Indonesia’s capital accepted advice to avoid religious gatherings and prayed at home on Friday elsewhere in the world’s most populous Muslim country, people ignored the risk of coronavirus and crowded into their mosques. A religious gathering in Malaysia late last month attended by some 16,000 people […]
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Fri 20 March 2020: Russian scientists have begun testing prototypes of potential vaccines against the new coronavirus on animals in a laboratory in Siberia, Russia’s consumer health regulator said on Friday. Russia has reported 199 coronavirus cases so far, less than in many other European countries, but the figure has risen sharply in recent days. […]
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Fri 20 March 2020: Chief of World Health Organization tells diplomats 89% of nations have lab testing capacity for new coronavirus More than 70% of countries have a COVID-19 national preparedness and response plan, and 89% have lab testing capacity for the novel coronavirus, the World Health Organization (WHO) chief said Thursday. Dr. Tedros Adhanom […]
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Fri 20 March 2020: Netflix and YouTube agreed to reduce streaming quality in the European Union to avoid straining the internet as thousands of Europeans, constrained by the coronavirus outbreak, switch to teleworking and watch videos at home. The move comes after EU industry chief Thierry Breton urged streaming platforms to cut the quality of […]
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Fri 20 March 2020: The global death toll from the novel coronavirus outbreak exceeded 10,000 as the epicenter of the pandemic shifted toward Europe and the U.S. The disease caused by the virus, known as COVID-19, has infected more than 245,000 people across the world. More than 79% of the fatalities occurred in the world’s […]
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Fri 20 March 2020: US health authorities on Thursday advised medical personnel facing a shortage of protective masks to use bandanas or scarves in an emergency. The guidance was among a series of recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for federal, state and local health care personnel (HCP) dealing with the […]
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Fri 20 March 2020: The pharmaceutical industry expects it will take 12 to 18 months to roll out a coronavirus vaccine, executives said Thursday, as they jointly pledged to make it available worldwide based on need. Bureaucracy could be slashed to speed up the process — but the time needed for safety testing could not […]
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Fri 20 March 2020: Australian cricket great Shane Warne has halted production of gin at a distillery he co-owns to make medical-grade hand sanitiser for hospitals in these “challenging times”. The spin legend, who played 145 Tests, responded to Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s plea for companies to help wherever they can during the spiralling coronavirus […]
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Fri 20 March 2020: With millions of face masks, low interest loans and teams of medical experts, China is trying to paint itself as a Good Samaritan while deflecting criticism over its initial missteps in handling the coronavirus. Beijing has showered struggling European nations with aid as part of a diplomatic charm offensive. In recent […]
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