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France’s Covid-19 toll exceeds 28,000, with 483 new deaths reported
Date: 2020-05-17 19:30:36 GMT - France - World - SN:58 - ID:8436433
PARIS, May 17 (MENA) - French health authorities reported 483 new coronavirus deaths on Sunday, the highest number in more than three weeks, even as other indicators continued to show the epidemic receding, France 24 reported. The deaths reported ....
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Bulgaria reports 36 new coronavirus
Date: 2020-05-17 10:45:40 GMT - Bulgaria - World - SN:23 - ID:8435719
SOFIA, May 17 (MENA) - Three people in Bulgaria who had tested positive for Covid-19 have died in the past 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 108, according to figures released on May 17 by the national operational headquarters. A total of ....
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Russia reports 9,709 new coronavirus infections
Date: 2020-05-17 08:07:26 GMT - Russia - World - SN:13 - ID:8435504
MOSCOW, May 17 (MENA) - Russia reported 9,709 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus on Sunday, a rise from 9,200 new cases reported the previous day, Russia Today reported. Russia’s coronavirus taskforce said the overall number of cases ....
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Ban on international travel into Thailand extended until June 30
Date: 2020-05-17 07:55:54 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:12 - ID:8435484
BANGKOK, May 17 (MENA) - The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand has announced an extension of their current ban on international travel another month, until at least the end of June, 2020, Bernama news agency reported. The current ban on ....
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India sees highest 24-hour spike with nearly 5,000 new Covid-19 cases, 120 fresh deaths
Date: 2020-05-17 07:23:14 GMT - India - World - SN:11 - ID:8435448
NEW DELHI, May 17 (MENA) - The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 2,872 and the number of total positive cases climbed to 90,927 Sunday morning, registering an increase of 120 fatalities and a record jump of 4,987 new cases in 24 hours, according to ....
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Brazil passes Italy, Spain in confirmed coronavirus cases
Date: 2020-05-17 07:18:16 GMT - Brazil - World - SN:10 - ID:8435443
BRASILIA, May 17 (MENA) - Brazil's confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus rose on Saturday past those of Spain and Italy, which was once the epicenter of the pandemic, making Brazil's outbreak the fourth largest in the world, according to official ....
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China reports no deaths from COVID-19, 5 new cases
Date: 2020-05-17 06:48:35 GMT - China - World - SN:6 - ID:8435428
BEIJING, May 17 (MENA) - Mainland China reported five new confirmed COVID-19 cases for Saturday, down from eight the previous day, the National Health Commission (NHC) said in a statement on Sunday. Two of the five confirmed cases are so-called ....
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US records 1,000 new coronavirus infections
Date: 2020-05-17 06:47:25 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:5 - ID:8435424
WASHINGTON, May 17 (MENA) - The United States recorded 1,200 coronavirus deaths in the span of just 24 hours, according to the latest real-time tally reported by Johns Hopkins University Saturday. The death toll in the US now stands at ....
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11 firefighters injured in downtown Los Angeles fire
Date: 2020-05-17 06:47:05 GMT - USA - World - SN:4 - ID:8435418
WASHINGTON, May 17 (MENA) - At least 11 firefighters were injured while responding to a downtown Los Angeles fire, Los Angeles Fire Department Capt. Erik Scott said as quoted by Hurra Channel. More than 230 firefighters responded to the scene ....
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Iran reports 1,757 new COVID-19 cases, 35 deaths in 24 hours
Date: 2020-05-16 19:46:21 GMT - Iran - World - SN:53 - ID:8435260
TEHRAN, May 16 (MENA) - The Iranian Health Ministry announced Saturday that some 35 more Iranians died from coronavirus over the past 24 hours, bringing the country's death toll to 6,937. In a statement carried by IRNA news agency, Head of Iran's ....