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Paraguay announces first coronavirus death case
Date: 2020-03-21 06:39:41 GMT - Paraguay - World - SN:9 - ID:8363106
ASUNCION, March 21 (MENA) - Health Minister Julio Mazzoleni announced on Saturday the first coronavirus death case in the country. In a post on Twitter, he added that the patient had been admitted into the ICU a few days ago. He did not give more ....
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Coronavirus cases in Canada hits 1,000
Date: 2020-03-21 06:32:54 GMT - Canada - World - SN:8 - ID:8363102
OTTAWA, March 21 (MENA) - Canada announced on Saturday that the number of coronavirus cases in the country hits more than 1,000 with 12 deaths. British Colombia province registered 77 new cases until Friday afternoon and Alberta province ....
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France reports 78 more deaths, raising total to 450
Date: 2020-03-20 21:16:16 GMT - France - World - SN:65 - ID:8363028
PARIS, March 20 (MENA) - France on Friday reported 78 more deaths from the coronavirus over the last 24 hours, bringing the total death toll from the outbreak in the country to 450 people, France 24 reported. Top French health official Jerome ....
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WHO strongly warns youth against COVID-19
Date: 2020-03-20 20:22:33 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:64 - ID:8362928
GENEVA, March 20 (MENA) - Coronavirus can sicken or kill young people, who must also avoid mingling and spreading it to older and more vulnerable people, the World Health Organisation (WHO) was quoted by the Strait Times as saying on ....
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NY Gov. orders all nonessential workers to stay home
Date: 2020-03-20 20:21:30 GMT - USA - World - SN:63 - ID:8362907
NEW YORK, March 20 (MENA) - All workers in nonessential businesses across New York state are required to stay home in an effort to combat the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced at a press conference Friday ....
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Trump announces U.S.-Mexico border closure to stem spread of coronavirus
Date: 2020-03-20 18:53:48 GMT - USA - World - SN:58 - ID:8362836
WASHINGTON, March 20 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump announced on Friday the US-Mexico border will be closed to nonessential travel to further help stem the spread of the novel coronavirus, USA Today reported. "As we did with Canada, we're ....
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Air Canada to cut more than 5,000 jobs in response to coronavirus crisis
Date: 2020-03-20 16:27:12 GMT - Canada - World - SN:50 - ID:8362687
OTTAWA, March 20 (MENA) - Canada’s largest airline plans to cut more than 5,000 jobs in the coming weeks as the coronavirus forces it to ground hundreds of international and domestic flights, The Guardian reported. Air Canada is cutting 3,600 ....
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UK Chancellor 'could underwrite £17,000 of salary for every worker
Date: 2020-03-20 15:48:31 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:48 - ID:8362660
LONDON, March 20 (MENA) - UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak is expected to unveil a huge package of wage subsidies to help save stricken companies and employees amid the coronavirus crisis, according to the Daily Mail on Friday. Two of the measures ....
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Putin, Kazakh president discuss steps to prevent spread of COVID-19 - Kremlin
Date: 2020-03-20 15:44:37 GMT - Russia - World - SN:47 - ID:8362724
MOSCOW, March 20 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Kazakh counterpart, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, have discussed, in a phone conversation, steps to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and have agreed to boost cooperation on fighting the ....
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Russia starts testing coronavirus vaccines
Date: 2020-03-20 15:39:57 GMT - Russia - World - SN:46 - ID:8362717
MOSCOW, March 20 (MENA) - Russia has started testing of vaccines against the novel coronavirus disease, Sputnik quoted Russian consumer rights watchdog Rospotrebnadzor as saying on Friday. "The research center of Rospotrebnadzor started testing ....