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  • COVID-19 cases surpass 1.2 million worldwide

    Date: 2020-04-05 19:25:10 GMT - USA - World - SN:75 - ID:8383962

    WASHINGTON, April 5 (MENA) – The global death toll from coronavirus has passed 67,000 Sunday. There are more than 1.2 million known cases of infection, according to the Johns Hopkins University tally. In the US, there are more than 321,000 ....

  • Italy records lowest virus death toll in over 2 weeks

    Date: 2020-04-05 18:49:23 GMT - Italy - World - SN:74 - ID:8384008

    ROME, April 5 (MENA) - Italy on Sunday recorded its lowest daily death toll from the novel coronavirus in over two weeks and saw the number of critical care patients decline for the second day. The 525 official Covid-19 fatalities reported by ....

  • Kremlin calls for getting prepared for global economic crisis

    Date: 2020-04-05 18:45:26 GMT - Russia - World - SN:72 - ID:8384006

    MOSCOW, April 5 (MENA) - Russian president's press secretary Dmitry Peskov said Sunday coordination of anti-crisis measures by many states will be needed to overcome an economic crisis provoked by the coronavirus pandemic among other causes that ....

  • Senegal extends state of emergency over coronavirus

    Date: 2020-04-05 17:11:20 GMT - Mauritania - World - SN:66 - ID:8383893

    NOUAKCHOTT, April 5 (MENA) - Senegalese President Macky Sall has extended for 30 days the state of emergency introduced throughout the country in response to the new coronavirus, Africanews reported. The state of emergency first announced by the ....

  • Coronavirus death toll slows in Netherlands, cases up 1,224

    Date: 2020-04-05 16:01:41 GMT - Netherlands - World - SN:62 - ID:8383774

    AMSTERDAM, April 5 (MENA) - The coronavirus death toll in the Netherlands rose by 115 overnight to 1,776, officials form the Dutch Health Care Institute said on Sunday. This figure is a decrease from Saturday and Friday's toll of 164 and 148, ....

  • Singapore reports 120 new coronavirus cases in record daily jump

    Date: 2020-04-05 15:07:16 GMT - Singapore - World - SN:58 - ID:8383716

    SINGAPORE, April 5 (MENA) - Singapore's health ministry on Sunday confirmed 120 more coronavirus cases, the most new infections reported in a single day for the city-state, the New York Times reported. The number of new cases is a 60% increase ....

  • Kremlin calls for getting prepared for global economic crisis

    Date: 2020-04-05 14:19:09 GMT - Russia - World - SN:56 - ID:8383661

    MOSCOW, April 5 (MENA) - Coordination of anti-crisis measures by many states will be needed to overcome an economic crisis provoked by the coronavirus pandemic among other causes that will be felt further on, TASS quoted Russian president’s press ....

  • Coronavirus infections slowing down in Germany for 3rd day in row

    Date: 2020-04-05 14:16:49 GMT - Germany - World - SN:55 - ID:8383598

    BERLIN, April 5 (MENA) - The daily spread of the novel coronavirus in Germany has been slowing down for the third day in a row, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), German's public health agency, said on Sunday. The number of infections in Germany ....

  • Daily coronavirus deaths continue downward trend in Spain, with 674 in the last 24 hours

    Date: 2020-04-05 13:13:52 GMT - Spain - World - SN:47 - ID:8383567

    MADRID, April 5 (MENA) - The downward trend of daily deaths from the coronavirus in Spain continued on Sunday, with the latest number falling to 674, according to official figures supplied by the Health Ministry. This marks a fall of 135 compared ....

  • UK health min. warns to ban outdoor exercise

    Date: 2020-04-05 13:10:47 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:46 - ID:8383559

    LONDON, April 5 (MENA) - UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock has warned that all public exercise could be banned if people keep flouting social distancing rules, the Mirror newspaper reported on Sunday. His intervention came as a third NHS nurse ....

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