Tue 10 March 2020: Pakistan on Monday confirmed eight new novel coronavirus cases, prompting authorities to further tighten the screening at the airports and borders. All new cases were reported from the southern city of Karachi, raising the total number of patients across the country to 16, according to a statement from the health department […]
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Tue 10 March 2020: China’s President Xi Jinping arrived in Wuhan, the epicenter of coronavirus outbreak, on Tuesday morning where he is set to inspect epidemic control efforts and visit front line staff such as medical workers, state media reported. His visit to the city marks the first time he has done so since the […]
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A medical worker walks past empty beds as a patient rests at a temporary hospital set up for COVID-19 patients in a sports stadium in Wuhan, China, March 5, 2020. Tue 10 March 2020: The new coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, has the world in its grip. According to recent data, 3.4% of those infected […]
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Tue 10 March 2020: The global death toll from the new coronavirus passed 4,000 on Tuesday, as China reported 17 new deaths. The toll reached 4,011 in the outbreak that has spread to over 100 countries with more than 110,000 cases of infection, according to Agence France-Presse (AFP) figures. The epidemic has disrupted global travel […]
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Tue 10 March 2020: (AFP) The International Monetary Fund called on governments worldwide Monday to join forces and roll out aggressive financial supports for the coronavirus-infected global economy, including direct payments to workers and businesses. But while several countries have taken steps to cushion the blow to their economies and boost confidence, including the United […]
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Mon 09 March 2020: DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran has released approximately 70,000 prisoners because of the coronavirus outbreak in the country, Iranian judiciary chief Ebrahim Raisi said on Monday, according to Mizan, the news site of the judiciary. “The release of the prisoners, to the point where it doesn’t create insecurity in society … will […]
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Mon 09 March 2020: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz issued directives on Monday to for the Kingdom to provide financial support worth $10 million to the World Health Organization (WHO) to combat the coronavirus outbreak, according to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA). The decision comes in response to the WHO’s calls for countries to […]
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Mon 09 March 2020: With an alarming amount of disinformation about the new coronavirus circulating on social media, Turkish police have decided to start investigating people spreading hoaxes or fake news about the deadly COVID-19, authorities said Saturday. According to the General Directorate of Security, officers will peruse social media platforms on the lookout for […]
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Mon 09 March 2020: A 100-year-old Chinese man became the oldest known patient to pull through the deadly coronavirus after he fully recovered from the disease on Saturday, Chinese state news agency Xinhua reported. According to the report, he was admitted to Hubei’s Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital in Wuhan on Feb. 24. and […]
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FILE PHOTO Mon 09 March 2020: Indian officials confirmed Monday that a 3-year-old child has tested positive for the novel coronavirus in the southern state of Kerala, making it the first such case in the country. Two more cases of coronavirus were confirmed in India, taking the total infections in the country to 41. This […]
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