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WHO: 108 drugs tested for treating COVID-19
Date: 2020-05-12 12:53:08 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:30 - ID:8429591
CAIRO, May 12 (MENA) - Director of Programme Management for the Eastern Mediterranean at the World Health Organization (WHO) Rana Hajjeh said the coronavirus is not a deadly virus, as 80 percent of the positive cases recovered without treatment. ....
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WHO: Around 3.5 mn health care workers in Eastern Mediterranean engaged in COVID-19 response
Date: 2020-05-12 12:50:38 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:29 - ID:8429586
CAIRO, May 12 (MENA) - World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean Ahmed Al-Mandhari said that around 3.5 million health care workers in the region are directly or indirectly engaged in the COVID-19 response, ....
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France extends state of emergency through July 10
Date: 2020-05-12 11:39:59 GMT - France - World - SN:23 - ID:8429635
PARIS, May 12 (MENA) - A day after lockdowns began lifting across the country, a law extending France's state of emergency went into effect on Tuesday. The state of emergency law gives the government the power to enforce measures to avoid a ....
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47 killed, wounded as suicide attack targets funeral in Nangarhar province of Afghanistan
Date: 2020-05-12 09:52:54 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:17 - ID:8429377
KABUL, May 12 (MENA) - A suicide attack killed or wounded at least 47 people in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, Khaama Press quoted the provincial government as saying. According to a statement released by Governor’s Office of Nangarhar, ....
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Russia becomes second hardest-hit country with 230,000+ confirmed Covid-19 cases
Date: 2020-05-12 08:48:44 GMT - Russia - World - SN:14 - ID:8429276
MOSCOW, May 12 (MENA) - Russia has had 232,243 confirmed cases of coronavirus since the start of the outbreak, the country’s disease response officials said. By this metric the nation is trailing only behind the US, which has had nearly 1.35 ....
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Boris Johnson defends “road map” for easing UK coronavirus restrictions
Date: 2020-05-12 08:31:42 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:13 - ID:8429275
LONDON, May 12 (MENA) – UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson defended his “road map” for easing the country’s coronavirus restrictions, saying the measures were mere “baby steps”. The prime minister warned the government was ready to reimpose controls ....
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Germany reports 933 new coronavirus cases, 116 fatalities
Date: 2020-05-12 07:17:31 GMT - Germany - World - SN:7 - ID:8429194
BERLIN, May 12 (MENA) - Germany on Tuesday reported 933 new coronavirus cases, according to the Robert Koch institute. This takes the total number of infected people to 170,508. There were 116 more deaths, taking the toll to 7,533. Germany has ....
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COVID-19 patients in intensive care below 1,000 in Italy
Date: 2020-05-11 20:36:14 GMT - Italy - World - SN:60 - ID:8429004
ROME, May 11 (MENA) - Italy's Civil Protection Department said Monday that the number of new coronavirus cases in Italy has slowed further with a rise of 744 in the last 24 hours. In a statement carried by ANSA news agency, the department said ....
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UK reports 210 new COVID-19 deaths
Date: 2020-05-11 19:10:57 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:49 - ID:8428955
LONDON, May 11 (MENA) – The number of people who have died after testing positive for coronavirus in the UK has increased by 210, Sky News reported Monday. The Department of Health detailed that the latest figures show that a total of 32,065 ....
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Coronavirus cases jumped in countries that eased lockdowns - WHO warns
Date: 2020-05-11 18:38:45 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:46 - ID:8428855
GENEVA, May 11 (MENA) – The World Health Organization warned Monday that several countries that have lifted coronavirus restrictions and reopened businesses, including China, have seen jumps in coronavirus cases, underscoring the “challenges that ....
