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Coronavirus: MEPs call for €2 trillion ‘recovery plan’ to rebuild economy
Date: 2020-05-15 20:40:11 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:58 - ID:8434259
BRUSSELS, May 15 (MENA) - Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) approved on Friday a resolution calling for a €2 trillion recovery fund to rebuild Europe’s economy after the COVID-19 pandemic. It asks the European Commission for "a global ....
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France records 104 new Covid-19 deaths as hospital numbers drop below 20,000
Date: 2020-05-15 20:31:25 GMT - France - World - SN:57 - ID:8434267
PARIS, May 15 (MENA) - France's death toll from the coronavirus rose by 104 to 27,529 on Friday, the health ministry announced, as the number of patients in hospital and in intensive care units continued to drop, France 24 reported. Friday’s ....
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Second more deadly wave of coronavirus 'to hit Europe this winter'
Date: 2020-05-15 20:16:15 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:56 - ID:8434262
LONDON, May 15 (MENA) - European countries should brace themselves for a deadly second wave of coronavirus infections because the pandemic is not over, the World Health Organisation’s top official in Europe has said. In an exclusive interview ....
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Trump says Coronavirus vaccine could come this year
Date: 2020-05-15 18:54:38 GMT - USA - World - SN:50 - ID:8434178
WASHINGTON, May 15 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump unveiled a crash effort on Friday aimed at developing a coronavirus vaccine by the end of the year but said the country would return to normal with or without one, CNN reported. "I just want ....
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US coronavirus infections top 1.4 million
Date: 2020-05-15 18:51:51 GMT - USA - World - SN:49 - ID:8434190
WASHINGTON, May 15 (MENA) - As of early Friday, more than 1.4 million people in the US have been infected with the coronavirus, and more than 85,000 have died, according to Johns Hopkins University. US President Donald Trump on Friday announced ....
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Coronavirus: Vaccines, medicine must be fairly shared to beat outbreak, WHO head says
Date: 2020-05-15 18:29:14 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:47 - ID:8434165
GENEVA, May 15 (MENA) - Scientists and researchers are working at "breakneck" speed to find solutions for COVID-19 but the pandemic can only be beaten with equitable distribution of medicines and vaccines, the head of the World Health Organization ....
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Japan to test 10,000 people for coronavirus antibodies
Date: 2020-05-15 18:27:27 GMT - Japan - World - SN:46 - ID:8434187
TOKYO, May 15 (MENA) - Japan will test around 10,000 people for coronavirus antibodies starting from next month, as part of efforts to better understand the deadly infection, Kyodo quoted health minister Katsunobu Kato as saying Friday. The ....
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Afghanistan records highest single-day death toll from coronavirus
Date: 2020-05-15 17:38:35 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:42 - ID:8434126
KABUL, May 15 (MENA) - Afghanistan recorded a single-day highest number of positive coronavirus cases and deaths from the disease during the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Public Health said on Friday. Deputy Public Health Minister Dr. Wahid ....
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UK coronavirus death toll jumps by 384 as total nears 34,000
Date: 2020-05-15 16:56:31 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:38 - ID:8434051
LONDON, May 15 (MENA) – The number of people who have died after testing positive for coronavirus in the UK has jumped by 384 to nearly 34,000, Evening Standard quoted the UK Department of Health as saying. It brings the total number of Covid-19 ....
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2 migrants test positive for COVID-19 in overcrowded Greek camp
Date: 2020-05-15 15:45:35 GMT - Greece - World - SN:35 - ID:8433994
ATHENS, May 15 (MENA) - Two asylum seekers recently arrived in Greece’s Lesvos island, the site of the country’s biggest migrant camp, have tested positive for the coronavirus, Greek Migration Ministry sources said on Friday. The cases, doubling ....
