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  • Swiss death toll from coronavirus surpasses 800

    Date: 2020-04-10 11:52:17 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:30 - ID:8390190

    GENEVA, April 10 (MENA) - The Swiss death toll from coronavirus reached 805, rising from 756 people on Thursday, the country's public health ministry was quoted by US News as saying on Friday. The number of confirmed cases also increased to ....

  • Tokyo reports 189 new COVID-19 infections, breaking single-day record

    Date: 2020-04-10 11:42:37 GMT - Japan - World - SN:28 - ID:8390200

    TOKYO, April 10 (MENA) - The Tokyo Metropolitan Government confirmed 189 new cases of COVID-19 infections on Friday, breaking the single-day record for the third consecutive day, The Japan Times reported. With the new cases, the total number of ....

  • Ukraine records 311 new COVID-19 cases, total stands at 2,203 cases

    Date: 2020-04-10 11:25:38 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:26 - ID:8390163

    KIEV, April 10 (MENA) - The Ukrainian Public Health Center of the Health Ministry has reported that some 2,203 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Ukraine, Interax reported Friday. "Of these, 69 are fatal, while 61 patients have recovered. ....

  • Coronavirus pandemic to cause 'much bigger wave' of protectionism - trade expert

    Date: 2020-04-10 11:20:38 GMT - Singapore - World - SN:25 - ID:8390105

    SINGAPORE, April 10 (MENA) - Governments around the world will turn increasingly protectionist in the near term as they try to limit the economic damage from the coronavirus pandemic, a trade expert said on Thursday. COVID-19 has already spread ....

  • Indonesia reports 219 new coronavirus cases, total stands at 3,512

    Date: 2020-04-10 11:12:57 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:23 - ID:8390134

    JAKARTA, April 10 (MENA) - Indonesia reported 219 new coronavirus cases and 26 new deaths, a health ministry official Achmad Yurianto told reporters on Friday. This brings the total number of cases and deaths to 3,512 and 306, respectively, The ....

  • Coronavirus cases in Afghanistan hit 521

    Date: 2020-04-10 08:59:36 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:15 - ID:8389852

    KABUL, April 10 (MENA) - The Afghan Health Ministry announced on Friday 37 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours in the country taking the total number of cases to 521. According to Khaama Press News Agency, 16 of the new cases were detected ....

  • Russia’s coronavirus cases nearing 12,000

    Date: 2020-04-10 08:31:14 GMT - Russia - World - SN:12 - ID:8389770

    MOSCOW, April 10 (MENA) - The number of coronavirus cases in Russia rose by 1,786 in the past 24 hours, reaching 11,917, the anti-coronavirus crisis center said in a statement on Friday. "A total of 11,917 coronavirus cases have so far been ....

  • UK premier moved out of intensive care but remains in hospital

    Date: 2020-04-09 22:28:56 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:91 - ID:8389569

    LONDON, April 9 (MENA) – UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is out of intensive care and in "extremely good spirits", Downing Street has said. The prime minister has been in St Thomas' Hospital in London since Sunday evening, when he was first ....

  • Fed’s latest actions go further than Great Recession- paper

    Date: 2020-04-09 20:40:57 GMT - USA - World - SN:86 - ID:8389504

    NEW YORK, April 9 (MENA) - The Federal Reserve’s latest actions go even further than what the central bank did during the Great Recession, Washington Post reported. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell said Thursday the US economy is in an ....

  • US coronavirus death toll hits 15,000

    Date: 2020-04-09 20:34:38 GMT - USA - World - SN:85 - ID:8389521

    WASHINGTON, April 9 (MENA) - The death toll in the US from the novel coronavirus hit more than 15,000 on Thursday, a new high-water mark as the pandemic continues to ravage the country, The Hill reported. The grave milestone comes as more than ....

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