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Russia to send medical personnel & equipment to help Italy contain coronavirus outbreak
Date: 2020-03-22 11:15:37 GMT - Russia - International - SN:4 - ID:8364716
Russia is set to send teams of doctors, medical virologists, protective gear and medical equipment to Italy to help fight the Covid-19 pandemic in the country, Sputnik news agency reported. Upon the Italian side's readiness, the inducted ....
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FDA approves anti-malaria drug to treat COVID-19
Date: 2020-03-19 23:57:49 GMT - USA - International - SN:6 - ID:8361841
President Donald Trump announced Thursday that a common drug used to fight malaria has shown great promise in treating people infected with COVID-19, Hurra channel reported. The drug, chloroquine, is a medication used to prevent and to treat ....
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Italy's coronavirus death toll surpasses China's number of fatalities
Date: 2020-03-19 23:55:10 GMT - Italy - International - SN:4 - ID:8361839
With 427 deaths in the last 24 hours, Italy's COVID-19 death toll has reached 3,405, surpassing China's number of fatalities, ABC News reported. Coronavirus has killed 3,249 in China, according to Johns Hopkins University. As COVID-19 ravages ....
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Dutch Health minister resigns one day after fainting in parliament
Date: 2020-03-19 23:53:00 GMT - Netherlands - International - SN:3 - ID:8361838
The Dutch Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport, Bruno Bruins, has resigned, the Dutch government said in a statement to CNN. The announcement comes one day after he collapsed during a parliamentary session. Bruins was responsible for the ....
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Coronavirus: Macron announces new 15-day restrictions to stop spread of COVID-19
Date: 2020-03-17 07:40:46 GMT - France - International - SN:4 - ID:8357113
French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday ordered stringent restrictions on people's movement amid a rapidly worsening coronavirus outbreak, adding that the army will be drafted in to help move the sick to hospitals. "We are at war." That was ....
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Gunmen kill 32 at ceremony in Afghan capital
Date: 2020-03-07 00:17:45 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:7 - ID:8342750
At least 32 people were killed and dozens wounded when gunmen opened fire Friday at a ceremony in Afghanistan’s capital attended by prominent political leaders, ABC news reported. Daesh claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement on its ....
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US to begin taking DNA samples from immigrants who enter country illegally
Date: 2020-03-07 00:15:29 GMT - USA - International - SN:6 - ID:8342748
US border agents will soon begin a widespread program to gather DNA samples from immigrants who enter the country illegally and are in federal custody, two administration officials were quoted by NBC News as saying. The officials said the ....
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Second coronavirus case confirmed in NZ
Date: 2020-03-04 08:20:10 GMT - New Zealand - International - SN:3 - ID:8338476
A second case of coronavirus has been confirmed in New Zealand, Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield said as quoted by CNN. The patient is a woman in her 30s who recently returned to Auckland from northern Italy. She is a New Zealand ....
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China's COVID-19 death toll reaches 2,946 since disease outbreak
Date: 2020-03-03 07:12:31 GMT - China - International - SN:5 - ID:8336768
Chinese health authority said Tuesday it received reports of 125 new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection and 31 deaths on Monday on the Chinese mainland. All the deaths were in Hubei Province, according to the National Health ....
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China: Death toll of coronavirus rises to 2,915
Date: 2020-03-02 08:22:48 GMT - China - International - SN:3 - ID:8335090
A total of 202 new cases of the novel coronavirus were confirmed on the Chinese mainland and 42 new deaths were reported Sunday night, according to China's National Health Commission. The total number of confirmed cases on the Chinese mainland ....
