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Italy has deadliest day from coronavirus with 969 fatalities
Date: 2020-03-27 18:16:41 GMT - Italy - World - SN:66 - ID:8372432
ROME, March 27 (MENA) - The Italian civil protection agency said Friday that 9,134 people have died with the coronavirus in Italy, 969 up on the number given on Thursday. It is the highest daily rise in deaths anywhere in the world since the ....
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North Macedonia officially joins NATO
Date: 2020-03-27 18:12:10 GMT - USA - World - SN:65 - ID:8372489
WASHINGTON, March 27 (MENA) - North Macedonia has officially become NATO's 30th member, the alliance announced Friday. North Macedonia became NATO's newest member with the presentation of its "instrument of accession" to the US State Department ....
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Coronavirus: UK death toll rises to 759
Date: 2020-03-27 17:03:27 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:64 - ID:8372372
LONDON, March 27 (MENA) - A total of 759 people who tested positive for coronavirus have now died in the UK, according to health officials, marking a 181 rise in deaths from Thursday’s figures, The Independent reported. The Department of Health ....
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Russia suspends int'l flights
Date: 2020-03-27 15:38:09 GMT - Russia - World - SN:56 - ID:8372316
MOSCOW, March 27 (MENA) - Russia suspended regular international flights due to the coronavirus outbreak, its air carriers will only evacuate passengers from abroad, TASS news agency reported. About 53,000 people have returned to Russia from ....
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S. Korea calls in Chinese amb. over Beijing's decision to ban entry of foreigners
Date: 2020-03-27 15:17:46 GMT - south korea - World - SN:55 - ID:8372258
SEOUL, March 27 (MENA) - The foreign ministry called in Chinese Ambassador to South Korea Xing Haiming on Friday over Beijing's banning of the entry of foreigners without prior notice, which a senior Seoul official called "regrettable.", according ....
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Coronavirus cases rise to 1298 in Pakistan
Date: 2020-03-27 14:55:16 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:53 - ID:8372090
ISLAMABAD, March 27 (MENA) - The number of confirmed Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Pakistan rose to 1,298 on Friday after more people tested positive in Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Islamabad Capital Territory, Geo News reported. Sindh ....
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Ukraine confirms 218 coronavirus cases – Health Ministry
Date: 2020-03-27 14:54:17 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:52 - ID:8372255
KIEV, March 27 (MENA) - As of Friday morning, 218 cases of COVID-19 coronavirus infection have been recorded in Ukraine, Deputy Health Minister and chief sanitary doctor of Ukraine Viktor Liashko said during a press briefing in Kyiv on ....
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British health secretary Matt Hancock tests positive for coronavirus
Date: 2020-03-27 14:07:45 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:49 - ID:8372163
LONDON, March 27 (MENA) - Matt Hancock has tested positive for coronavirus, in a second blow to the British government’s handling of the crisis after Boris Johnson was infected. The British health secretary is overseeing the NHS’s efforts to cope ....
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US army reports 2 more coronavirus cases in S.Korea
Date: 2020-03-27 13:26:22 GMT - south korea - World - SN:47 - ID:8372068
SEOUL, March 27 (MENA) - US Forces Korea (USFK) reported two additional cases of the coronavirus Friday, bringing the total number of infections among its population to 12, and enforced a partial lockdown of the Pyeongtaek garrison, Yonhap news ....
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Afghan cabinet approves plan to impose curfew in Kabul city
Date: 2020-03-27 13:25:46 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:46 - ID:8372044
KABUL, March 27 (MENA) - The Afghan cabinet approved a plan to impose curfew in Kabul city in a bid to combat and prevent the outbreak of coronavirus (COVID-19) disease, Khaama Press reported. Senior Presidential Advisor Waheed Omar said the ....
