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Coronavirus death toll tops 1,800 as 780mn remain on lockdown in China
Date: 2020-02-18 05:54:44 GMT - China - World - SN:4 - ID:8316506
BEIJING, Feb 18 (MENA) - The death toll from the novel coronavirus has reached 1,873, as almost half of China's 1.3 billion-strong population remain subject to varying forms of travel restrictions and other quarantine measures, CNN reported. All ....
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Hospital director dies in China's Wuhan
Date: 2020-02-18 05:39:11 GMT - China - World - SN:2 - ID:8316502
BEIJING, Feb 18 (MENA) - The head of a leading hospital in China's central city of Wuhan, the epicenter of a coronavirus outbreak, died of the disease on Tuesday, The New York Times reported quoting state television. Liu Zhiming, the director of ....
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10 killed, injured in explosion in Pakistan's Quetta
Date: 2020-02-17 16:24:35 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:53 - ID:8316067
ISLAMABAD, Feb 17 (MENA) - Two people were killed and seven injured in a blast that took place on the city's Shahra-e-Iqbal Road near the Quetta Press Club on Monday, Geo News network reported. Police and security forces cordoned off the scene ....
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ISESCO says shaping the future one of organization's main objectives
Date: 2020-02-17 14:28:14 GMT - Morocco - World - SN:43 - ID:8315682
RABAT, Feb 17 (MENA) - Director-General of the Islamic World Organization for Education, Science and Culture (ISESCO) Salem bin Muhammad Al-Malik said on Monday the organization has chosen to create the future as one of its main pillars in ....
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China accuses US of large-scale cyber theft
Date: 2020-02-17 12:03:39 GMT - China - World - SN:29 - ID:8315469
BEIJING, Feb 17 (MENA) - The US government and relevant departments, in violation of international law and basic norms governing international relations, have conducted large-scale, organized and indiscriminate cyber theft, tapping and surveillance ....
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Japan's fifth flight to evacuate its nationals from Wuhan arrives in Tokyo
Date: 2020-02-17 09:16:15 GMT - Japan - World - SN:13 - ID:8315112
TOKYO, Feb 17 (MENA) - Japan's fifth chartered flight to evacuate its nationals from the central Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak, arrived at Haneda airport Monday morning, the Japanese news agency Kyodo reported. On ....
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WHO: 9 nine confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Eastern Mediterranean Region
Date: 2020-02-17 08:25:59 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:9 - ID:8315079
GENEVA, Feb 17 (MENA) - The World Health Organization announced a total of nine confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Eastern Mediterranean Region as of 16 February 2020. Eight cases were reported in by the United Arab Emirates Ministry of Health and ....
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China: Nearly 1,770 deaths, 70,635 confirmed cases of coronavirus
Date: 2020-02-17 07:33:15 GMT - China - World - SN:8 - ID:8315087
BEIJING, Feb 17 (MENA) - A total of 2,048 new cases of the novel coronavirus were confirmed on the Chinese mainland as of midnight on Sunday and 105 new deaths were reported, according to China's National Health Commission. The total number of ....
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Coronavirus cases in S. Korea reach 30
Date: 2020-02-17 07:07:07 GMT - south korea - World - SN:7 - ID:8315063
SEOUL, Feb 17 (MENA) - South Korea on Monday identified another case of the novel coronavirus, bringing the total number of infections to 30, with the latest two cases prodding the health authorities to actively take steps to prevent community ....
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Americans begin evacuation from cruise ship quarantined in Japan
Date: 2020-02-16 18:04:51 GMT - Japan - World - SN:60 - ID:8314773
TOKYO, Feb 16 (MENA) – American passengers quarantined aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan began evacuating the vessel Sunday to be flown back to the United States, NBC News reported. A letter sent to them by the US embassy in Tokyo ....
