Sat 14 March 2020: A Hindu group hosted a cow urine drinking party on Saturday as they believe it wards off the coronavirus, as many Hindus consider the cow sacred and some drink cow urine believing it has medicinal properties. Experts have repeatedly asserted that cow urine does not cure illnesses like cancer and there […]
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Sat 14 March 2020: Afghanistan on Saturday announced the closure of all educational institutions to stem the coronavirus pandemic. The country’s health and education ministries announced that the ongoing winter holidays would be extended for one more month until April 21 to contain the outbreak. With the total number of confirmed cases surging to 11, […]
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Sat 14 March 2020: The death toll from the novel coronavirus outbreak in Italy continues to be on the rise, reaching 1,266 after recording the highest leap in a single day on Friday. According to the latest figures provided by the Italian Civil Protection Department, 250 more people died of disease in the last 24 […]
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Sat 14 March 2020: Authorities in Saudi Arabia have arrested several people attempting to flee the Shia-majority region of Qatif – which was put under lockdown over the weekend over fears of coronavirus. A video report on al-Ekhbariya TV shows a number of cars on rough terrain being stopped by road security patrols. The drivers were attempting […]
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Sat 14 March 2020: It seems like even militant groups keeping a low profile in desert hideouts can’t escape coronavirus panic. The Islamic State group, despite their questionable hygiene credentials (think: public beheadings), have decided to follow the example of governments worldwide and issue their own set of guidelines to contain the spread of the virus. […]
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Sat 14 March 2020: Officials in Pakistan have blamed coronavirus cases on returnees from Syria, despite Damascus not reporting a single infection. Chief Minister of Pakistan’s Sindh province, Syed Murad Ali Shah, alleged that nationals returning from the Middle East had imported the disease. A World Health Organisation (WHO) report on the COVID-19 virus published […]
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Sat 14 March 2020: Saudi Arabia confirmed that it was suspending all international flights for two weeks starting from March 15 in a drive against the spread of the global coronavirus. “The Kingdom’s government has decided to suspend international flights for travelers – excluding exceptional cases – for a period of two weeks,” the Saudi […]
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Sat 14 March 2020: US President Donald Trump announced on Friday that internet giant Alphabet is creating a website where people will be able to check whether they have symptoms of the novel coronavirus. Verily Life Sciences, once a project in a Google X lab devoted to “moonshot” projects and now its own health business […]
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Sat 14 March 2020: Since the Covid-19 pandemic that has infected more than 128,000 people and left over 4,700 dead globally, there have been myths about the virus floating around social media. 1. Spreads in hot, humid weather – The virus can be transmitted in all areas regardless of weather conditions, including areas with hot […]
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Sat 14 March 2020: The World Health Organization (WHO) said Friday that Europe was now the “epicenter” of the global coronavirus pandemic, and warned it was impossible to know when the outbreak would peak. “Europe has now become the epicenter of the pandemic,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a virtual press conference. He […]
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