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Pools, zoos to reopen as Europe starts to ease coronavirus lockdown
Date: 2020-04-28 20:45:21 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:65 - ID:8413481
LONDON, April 28 (MENA) - The drive to ease lockdowns across Europe intensified today as several countries set out blueprints for how to restore normality in everyday life, Evening Standard reported. Austria's health minster Rudolf Anschober ....
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Lavrov says some P5 leaders need more time to prepare for COVID-19 summit
Date: 2020-04-28 20:32:33 GMT - Russia - World - SN:63 - ID:8413440
MOSCOW, April 28 (MENA) - Russia expected that a coronavirus-centered video-conference summit among the leaders of the United Nations Security Council Permanent Five could be held as early as this week, but other participants need additional time to ....
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Malaysia: Still no cases of Covid-19 reinfection detected
Date: 2020-04-28 19:46:45 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:58 - ID:8413456
KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 (MENA) - The Health director-general maintained that Malaysia has not had any former Covid-19 patient being reinfected and only a handful of patients with weak positive results for the disease, Bernama news agency reported. ....
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No of COVID-19 cases passes 200,000 in Italy
Date: 2020-04-28 19:10:36 GMT - Italy - World - SN:56 - ID:8413422
ROME, April 28 (MENA) - The Civil Protection Department said Tuesday that the total number of coronavirus cases in Italy has passed the 200,000 mark, ANSA news agency reported. It said 105,205 people are currently infected with COVID-19 in Italy, ....
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UK coronavirus hospital death toll increases by 586
Date: 2020-04-28 19:03:49 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:55 - ID:8413371
LONDON, April 28 (MENA) - A further 586 deaths have been recorded in UK hospitals of patients who tested positive for coronavirus, British Health Secretary Matt Hancock has announced, bringing the total to 21,678. The 24-hour deaths figure is up ....
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Brazil's Bolsonaro appoints new justice minister
Date: 2020-04-28 19:00:05 GMT - Brazil - World - SN:54 - ID:8413379
BRASILIA, April 28 (MENA) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has appointed André Mendonça as the new Justice Minister, replacing Sergio Moro who resigned last Friday after accusing his boss of wrongdoing, according to The New York Times on ....
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Shortfall threatens critical aid for nearly 1 million displaced Yemenis, refugees: UNHCR
Date: 2020-04-28 17:55:34 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:47 - ID:8413094
GENEVA, April 28 (MENA) - Nearly one million vulnerable displaced people and refugees in Yemen are at risk of losing their shelter, vital cash assistance for essentials like food and medicine, and much more, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, warned ....
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Gavi gives UNICEF $40 mln to help low-income countries fight COVID-19
Date: 2020-04-28 15:30:06 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:34 - ID:8413004
GENEVA, April 28 (MENA) - The Gavi Vaccine Alliance has urgently made US$ 40 million available to UNICEF to secure personal protective equipment (PPE), diagnostic tests and other vital supplies on behalf of 58 low and lower-middle-income countries ....
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Chinese military warns US warship in South China Sea
Date: 2020-04-28 15:23:17 GMT - China - World - SN:31 - ID:8412917
BEIJING, April 28 (MENA) - Chinese military is monitoring a US warship, which entered Chinese territorial waters off the Xisha Islands in the South China Sea without permission, and has warned it to leave, CGTN network reported, quoting a spokesman ....
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Scandinavian Airlines to lay off 5,000 employees due to COVID-19 outbreak
Date: 2020-04-28 11:30:40 GMT - Sweden - World - SN:15 - ID:8412512
STOCKHOLM, April 28 (MENA) - Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) said it is laying off up to 5,000 employees because of the coronavirus lowering demand for air travel, CNN reported on Tuesday. "As a result of COVID-19, demand is expected to be ....
