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Schools reopen in some parts of Japan after pandemic shutdown
Date: 2020-05-07 06:57:16 GMT - Japan - World - SN:3 - ID:8423403
TOKYO, May 7 (MENA) - Schools that had closed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus reopened Thursday in some regions of Japan, prompting parents to express concern that children will be unable to maintain recommended social distancing and are at ....
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Pompeo thanks Kang for close cooperation on COVID-19, reaffirms strength of alliance
Date: 2020-05-07 06:41:37 GMT - south korea - World - SN:2 - ID:8423389
SEOUL, May 7 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has thanked South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha for Seoul's close cooperation on COVID-19 and reaffirmed the strength of the bilateral alliance, the US State Department said. Pompeo ....
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Coronavirus deaths in Belgium rise by 339 to 8,339
Date: 2020-05-06 21:35:32 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:86 - ID:8423305
BRUSSELS, May 6 (MENA) - Belgium has recorded 339 new deaths of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, bringing the country's total tally to 8,339, the public health institute Sciensano confirmed on Wednesday. Sciensano explained that 229 deaths in ....
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WHO says coronavirus cases declining in West Europe, increase in East Europe, Africa
Date: 2020-05-06 21:13:24 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:83 - ID:8423278
GENEVA, May 6 (MENA) - The World Health Organization warned world leaders Wednesday that there can be “no going back to business as usual” following the coronavirus pandemic, which has upended economies and wreaked havoc on nearly every country ....
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Nearly 200 recurrent genetic mutations of coronavirus identified - Study says
Date: 2020-05-06 20:57:25 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:81 - ID:8423279
LONDON, May 6 (MENA) – Researchers from London have published a study that supports the idea that coronavirus began spreading between humans late last year and transmitted rapidly—and though researchers identified nearly 200 recurrent genetic ....
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Nearly 62,500 coronavirus cases in Canada
Date: 2020-05-06 19:51:14 GMT - Canada - World - SN:71 - ID:8423193
OTTAWA, May 6 (MENA) – Canada's Chief Public Health Officer Theresa Tam said as of Wednesday there were 62,458 reported coronavirus cases in Canada and 4,111 deaths, The New York Times reported. Tam said that Canada's epidemic continues to slow, ....
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Coronavirus death toll in Turkey rises to 3,584
Date: 2020-05-06 19:48:18 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:69 - ID:8423154
ANKARA, May 6 (MENA) – Turkey's Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Wednesday that 64 people have died of coronavirus in the past 24 hours, bringing the death toll of COVID-19 in the country to 3,584. As many as 2,254 new coronavirus cases ....
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Spain extends coronavirus state of emergency for two weeks
Date: 2020-05-06 19:37:21 GMT - Spain - World - SN:66 - ID:8423197
MADRID, May 6 (MENA) - Spain has extended the state of emergency imposed to combat the coronavirus pandemic for two more weeks from Sunday, allowing the government to control people's movements as it gradually relaxes a national lockdown, The New ....
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Italy's daily coronavirus death toll and new cases' tally both rise
Date: 2020-05-06 18:33:52 GMT - Italy - World - SN:61 - ID:8423118
ROME, May 6 (MENA) - Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy climbed by 369 on Wednesday, against just 236 the day before, the Civil Protection Agency said, while the daily tally of new infections also rose, increasing by 1,444 against 1,075 on ....
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Russian billionaire Bosov commits suicide
Date: 2020-05-06 18:32:15 GMT - Russia - World - SN:60 - ID:8423119
MOSCOW, May 6 (MENA) - Russian billionaire Dmitry Bosov, the co-owner of Vostokugol and Sibanthracite coal companies, committed suicide at the age of 52, a source familiar with Bosov confirmed the information to TASS. According to RBC, Bosov ....
