Thu 19 March 2020: As the coronavirus takes a firmer hold across the Middle East, there is growing concern that war-torn Syria might face a major outbreak. As concerns over a possible catastrophic prospect grows, a group of medical volunteers in northern Syria teach displaced Syrians how to help prevent catching coronavirus. Medical volunteers are […]
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Thu 19 March 2020: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will pardon 10,000 prisoners including political detainees to mark the Iranian new year on Friday, according to state television. “Those who will be pardoned will not return to jail … almost half of those security-related prisoners will be pardoned as well,” judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili […]
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Thu 19 March 2020: New figures show percentage of infected health workers is almost double number registered in China throughout epidemic. As coronavirus cases jump and deaths surge in Italy, new figures show an “enormous” level of contagion among the country’s medical personnel. At least 2,629 health workers have been infected by coronavirus since the […]
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Thu 19 March 2020: The coronavirus is scary. As more communities are affected, and more schools and public events are cancelled, it’s important that we continue to follow guidelines/recommendations as they change. With the importance of social distancing and limiting mass gatherings, Indivisible leaders need to cancel in-person meetings and large-scale events to protect members […]
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Thu 19 March 2020: (REUTERS) The highly contagious novel coronavirus that has exploded into a global pandemic can remain viable and infectious in droplets in the air for hours and on surfaces up to days, according to a new study that should offer guidance to help people avoid contracting the respiratory illness called COVID-19. Scientists […]
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Thu 19 March 2020: Serhat Pala and his wife Zeynep Ilgaz Pala, a Turkish couple living in the U.S., announced that they can produce kits that with a drop of blood could diagnose COVID-19 within three to 10 minutes. The Pala couple reported that their work started in a company named “Confirm Biosciences,” which they […]
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Thu 19 March 2020: Two of the countries worst-hit by the coronavirus pandemic, Spain and Iran, announced Wednesday thousands of new coronavirus cases. Iran said the virus, known as COVID-19, had killed 147 more people, a new single-day record in the virus-stricken country, raising the overall toll to 1,135. “Now everyone knows about this disease, […]
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Avigan tablets (generic name: Favipiravir), a drug approved as an anti-influenza drug in Japan and developed by Toyama Chemical Co., a subsidiary of Fujifilm Holdings Co. are displayed in Tokyo, Oct. 22, 2014. (Reuters Photo) Thu 19 March 2020: Scientists in China have praised a Japanese-developed drug for showing “very good clinical results” and being […]
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Thu 19 March 2020: As the coronavirus pandemic has continued its spread across the world, markets have been gripped by fear as investors flee a potential recession caused in the virus’s wake. Some sectors have been particularly hard hit as the economic cost and various shutdowns harm core business activities. According to data from financial […]
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Thu 19 March 2020: Two US lawmakers including a Florida representative on Wednesday became the first members of Congress to announce they have tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart’s office said in a statement that “just a short while ago, he was notified that he has tested positive for COVID-19.” The Republican […]
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