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  • EU to provide one billion euros for global vaccine search: Von der Leyen

    Date: 2020-05-04 15:38:21 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:42 - ID:8420435

    BRUSSELS, May 4 (MENA) - The European Union pledged on Monday 1 billion euros ($1.09 billion) for the global search for vaccines and treatment for the novel coronavirus, US News quoted the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen as saying ....

  • Italy eases coronavirus restrictions after two month lockdown

    Date: 2020-05-04 09:38:38 GMT - Italy - World - SN:16 - ID:8419679

    ROME, May 4 (MENA) - Italy has eased its movement restrictions after a two-month lockdown in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, reported Euro News Monday. Around 4.4 million people will return to work on Monday, after being confined to their ....

  • Singapore to ease lockdown, let business reopen from May 12

    Date: 2020-05-04 09:22:30 GMT - Singapore - World - SN:15 - ID:8419677

    SINGAPORE, May 4 (MENA) - Singapore will allow companies to resume business operations gradually from May 12 while maintaining a partial lockdown until June 1 to curb the spread of the new coronavirus, Kyodo News Agency reported Monday. "We are ....

  • Russia records over 10,000 new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2020-05-04 08:34:32 GMT - Russia - World - SN:12 - ID:8419654

    MOSCOW, May 4 (MENA) - Russia announced it recorded over the past 24 hours 10,581 new coronavirus infections, bringing the country’s official number of cases to 145,268 and marking a new one-day record increase, said the Russia's coronavirus crisis ....

  • China reports three new coronavirus cases, all imported

    Date: 2020-05-04 07:09:11 GMT - China - World - SN:7 - ID:8419541

    BEIJING, May 4 (MENA) - China's National Health Commission received reports of three new confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland on Sunday, all of which were imported. One suspected case arriving from overseas was reported in Shanghai, ....

  • UK reports 381 new coronavirus deaths

    Date: 2020-05-03 20:56:36 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:61 - ID:8419400

    LONDON, May 3 (MENA) - NHS England announced 381 further deaths of people who tested positive for Covid-19, bringing the total number of reported deaths in hospitals in England to 28,446, the Guardian reported. UK Cabinet Office Minister Michael ....

  • Italy's daily coronavirus death toll hits seven-week low

    Date: 2020-05-03 20:55:06 GMT - Italy - World - SN:60 - ID:8419412

    ROME, May 3 (MENA) - Deaths from the coronavirus epidemic in Italy climbed by 174 on Sunday, the Civil Protection Agency said, posting the smallest daily toll of fatalities since March 10. The daily number of new cases declined sharply to 1,389 ....

  • Over 1,228 coronavirus cases found in Russian army

    Date: 2020-05-03 20:19:13 GMT - Russia - World - SN:59 - ID:8419399

    MOSCOW, May 3 (MENA) - The number of coronavirus cases in the Russian Armed Forces and military educational institutions was over 3,000 from March to May 3, TASS reported. "1,254 servicemen with positive results were found during the 100% ....

  • Ontario reports 434 new coronavirus cases, 40 deaths as total cases exceed 17,500

    Date: 2020-05-03 19:36:23 GMT - Canada - World - SN:56 - ID:8419296

    OTTAWA, May 3 (MENA) - Ontario reported 434 new cases of novel coronavirus Sunday morning, bringing the total number of cases in the province to 17,553, Global News reported. Forty new deaths were reported, bringing the total fatalities ....

  • UN chief calls for greater protection of journalists

    Date: 2020-05-03 19:35:34 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:55 - ID:8419263

    NEW YORK, May 3 (MENA) - Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres called for greater protection of journalists who are providing the “antidote” to what he has characterized as a pandemic of misinformation surrounding the COVID-19 ....

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