Sun 08 March 2020: Iraq’s cases increases to 56, Lebanon 28, Egypt 37 Health officials in Iraq, Lebanon and Egypt announced Saturday there has been an increase in cases of coronavirus in those nations. Egypt said the virus known as COVID-19 was detected in 33 people on a tourist ship in the south. Health Minister […]
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Sun 08 March 2020: 27 die in past 24 hours in China, while 44 new cases reported The death toll from the coronavirus outbreak in China rose to 3,099 Sunday, according to the National Health Commission. Authorities said 27 people died in the last 24 hours, while 44 new cases were found, pushing up the […]
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Sun 08 March 2020: Residents of the United Arab Emirates should “avoid direct contact with others, in particular cheek and nose greetings, shaking hands, kissing and hugging” in an effort to combat the spread of coronavirus, the Ministry of Health said on Friday. The ministry confirmed on Saturday 15 new COVID-19 cases, raising the total […]
Continue ReadingSun 08 March 2020: New York Governor Andrew Cuomo declared a state of emergency after the number of coronavirus cases increased to 76 in the state Saturday. The governor said the state commissioned hundreds of tests to diagnose people showing the symptoms and added that dozens of people have been put under mandatory quarantine. He […]
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Sun 08 March 2020: (AP) Facebook is temporarily banning advertisements for medical face masks as part of an effort to prevent use of its platform to exploit people’s concerns about the new coronavirus. The ban covers advertisements on the social media platform as well as commercial listings on Facebook Marketplace, the company said. Facebook said […]
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Sat 07 March 2020: Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas announced a state of emergency for 30 days in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, as a counter-measure against the spread of the coronavirus. Following Abbas’s announcement, PA Prime Minister Mohamed Shtayyeh broadcast the closure of all of the government institutions in both parts of the country. However, the government in […]
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State news agency Xinhua said rescue efforts were ongoing. Sat 07 March 2020: Around 70 people were trapped after a hotel collapsed in China’s eastern Fujian province on Saturday evening, officials said, adding that the hotel was recently converted into a quarantine facility for coronavirus patients. Xinjia Hotel collapsed around 7:30 pm (1130 GMT) and […]
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Sat 07 March 2020: (REUTERS) The number of coronavirus patients in Germany stood at 684 on Saturday morning, the country’s public health agency, the Robet Koch Institute, said, an increase of 45 over Friday evening. The cases are concentrated in the west and south of the country, with 346 in the state of North Rhine […]
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Sat 07 March 2020: Russia, which has so far confirmed 10 cases in country, temporarily bans border crossing for people arriving from Iran The Russian government announced on Friday a decision to close its border for foreign citizens and people without citizenship, arriving to Russia from Iran. The decision published on the government’s website, was […]
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Sat 07 March 2020 A second case of the novel coronavirus has been confirmed in South Africa. A 39-year-old woman from Gauteng, who was part of the same travel group to Italy as the first case, has been diagnosed with the virus, Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize said on Saturday. The Department of Health has […]
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