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  • Switzerland declares state of emergency over coronavirus

    Date: 2020-03-17 09:32:23 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:19 - ID:8357272

    BERN, March 17 (MENA) - The Swiss government on Monday declared a state of emergency lasting until April 19 in a bid to combat the coronavirus pandemic, the Swiss news channel of The Local reported. "A strong reaction is needed across the ....

  • S. Korea sends 51,000 coronavirus test kits to UAE

    Date: 2020-03-17 08:06:04 GMT - south korea - World - SN:15 - ID:8357040

    SEOUL, March 17 (MENA) - South Korea has sent 51,000 coronavirus test kits to the UAE. It marked the first shipment of South Korean test kits to a foreign country, Yonhap news agency reported. The presidential Blue House said in a statement on ....

  • Explosion wounds 20 at government office in Thailand

    Date: 2020-03-17 07:42:58 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:12 - ID:8357077

    BANGKOK, March 17 (MENA) - A bombing of a major government office in Thailand’s insurgency-plagued far south on Tuesday wounded at least 20 people, according to ABC news network. Col Pramote Prom-in said a grenade and a car bomb were used to ....

  • Coronavirus: India's death toll at 3 as another COVID-19 patient dies in Mumbai

    Date: 2020-03-17 06:54:41 GMT - India - World - SN:5 - ID:8357002

    NEW DELHI, March 17 (MENA) - The death toll due to coronavirus outbreak rose to 3 in India after a 64-year-old woman passed away in Mumbai on Tuesday. The fatality was reported from Mumbai's Kasturba hospital, where the woman was receiving treatment ....

  • COVID-19: Venezuela to implement national quarantine

    Date: 2020-03-17 06:51:54 GMT - Venezuela - World - SN:4 - ID:8357036

    CARACAS, March 17 (MENA) - Venezuela will implement a nationwide quarantine after detecting 16 new cases of the novel coronavirus, President Nicolas Maduro said, adding that the total number of cases in the South American country has risen to 33, ....

  • Mexico coronavirus tally rises to 82

    Date: 2020-03-17 06:33:02 GMT - Mexico - World - SN:3 - ID:8357015

    MEXICO CITY, March 17 (MENA) - Mexican authorities said that cases of coronavirus infection in the country have risen to 82. Al Arabiya news channel reported Tuesday, giving no further details. (MENA) R R N/ ....

  • Boeing SC workers to work from home ‘until further notice’ due to COVID-19

    Date: 2020-03-16 22:22:08 GMT - USA - World - SN:68 - ID:8356887

    WASHINGTON, March 16 (MENA) - Boeing Co., the largest private sector employer in Charleston County, announced Monday that all employees who are able to work from home will do so indefinitely due to the ongoing spread of COVID-19, CNN ....

  • Coronavirus: Macron announces new 15-day restrictions to stop spread of COVID-19

    Date: 2020-03-16 21:28:30 GMT - France - World - SN:63 - ID:8356863

    PARIS, March 16 (MENA) - French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday ordered stringent restrictions on people's movement amid a rapidly worsening coronavirus outbreak, adding that the army will be drafted in to help move the sick to hospitals. ....

  • Russia to suspend schools, universities as of March 21

    Date: 2020-03-16 15:36:55 GMT - Russia - World - SN:39 - ID:8356394

    MOSCOW, March 16 (MENA) - Moscow has banned all public events larger than 50 people from now until April 10, the Moscow Times quoted Mayor Sergei Sobyanin as saying on Monday. Older citizens are also advised to stay at home. From March 21 to ....

  • UNFPA sounds alarm on dire situation facing women, girls in Syria

    Date: 2020-03-16 15:25:18 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:35 - ID:8356251

    CAIRO, March 16 (MENA) - The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) expressed increasing concern about the women and girls trapped in the escalating humanitarian situation in Syria, especially in the north-west, where hostilities have caused mass ....

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