ar
en
fr
World
- Service : English General
- Category : World
-
Singapore registers 623 news coronavirus cases
Date: 2020-04-17 15:33:27 GMT - Singapore - World - SN:50 - ID:8399542
SINGAPORE, April 17 (MENA) - The Singaporean Health Ministry announced 623 new cases of Covid-19, Today Online newspaper reported on Friday. This takes the total number of infections in Singapore to 5,050. The ministry said in a preliminary ....
-
China updates national tally for COVID-19 cases deaths after Wuhan revision
Date: 2020-04-17 15:12:22 GMT - China - World - SN:47 - ID:8399394
BEIJING, April 17 (MENA) - China’s National Health Commission said that it has updated the death toll and total confirmed cases in the mainland after Wuhan city revised its tally. China’s national level death toll now stands at 4,632, up from ....
-
WHO lauds Macron's efforts to fight COVID-19
Date: 2020-04-17 14:57:59 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:45 - ID:8399375
GENEVA, April 17 (MENA) - Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director of the World Health Organization, thanked Friday French President Emmanuel Macron for his leadership in the international response to the coronavirus pandemic. "Merci beaucoup ....
-
China reports African swine fever in pigs transported to Jiangsu province
Date: 2020-04-17 14:55:50 GMT - China - World - SN:44 - ID:8399382
BEIJING, April 17 (MENA) - China has confirmed a new case of African swine fever in the eastern province of Jiangsu, the agriculture ministry said on Friday. The outbreak, detected in Muyang county in Jiangsu, was found in 17 hogs illegally ....
-
Japanese PM vows swift cash handouts as national emergency bites
Date: 2020-04-17 14:55:28 GMT - Japan - World - SN:43 - ID:8399412
TOKYO, April 17 (MENA) – Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged Friday to deliver 100,000 yen ($933) in cash to all citizens in Japan "as soon as possible" as his declaration of a nationwide state of emergency will curb people's freedoms amid the ....
-
419 medical workers infected with coronavirus in Belarus
Date: 2020-04-17 13:32:44 GMT - Russia - World - SN:38 - ID:8399376
MENISK, April 17 (MENA) - The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus in Belarus has reached 4,799 with over 550 of them being registered over the past 24 hours, Sputnik quoted the Belarusian Health Ministry said on Friday. According to the ....
-
Tokyo reports 201 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2020-04-17 11:48:52 GMT - Japan - World - SN:31 - ID:8399155
TOKYO, April 17 (MENA) - The Tokyo Metropolitan Government confirmed 201 cases of COVID-19 on Friday, marking a new single-day high, according to the Japan Times. The new cases, an increase from the 149 reported on Thursday, bring the total ....
-
Afghanistan's COVID-19 count rises to 906
Date: 2020-04-17 11:29:23 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:26 - ID:8399209
KABUL, April 17 (MENA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Afghanistan has reached 906 after 66 people were diagnosed with the disease over the past 24 hours, local media reported on Friday, citing the country's Public Health ....
-
Coronavirus relapse cases continue to rise in S. Korea
Date: 2020-04-17 11:03:48 GMT - south korea - World - SN:25 - ID:8399109
SEOUL, April 17 (MENA) - South Korea's health authorities vowed Friday to better monitor people who retested positive for the novel coronavirus, as relapse cases of the disease are rising steadily in the country, Yonhap news agency reported. The ....
-
Coronavirus: 3rd batch of China’s aid arrives in Cyprus
Date: 2020-04-17 10:55:22 GMT - Cyprus - World - SN:23 - ID:8399129
NICOSIA, April 17 (MENA) - The third batch of China’s aid is expected to arrive on Thursday night in Cyprus, according to Chinese Ambassador, Huang Xingyuan, Cyprus Mail reported. "China's official aid to Cyprus, including 5,000 protective ....
