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Next few weeks 'critical' for Europe with 'no fast road back to normal': WHO
Date: 2020-04-16 13:18:11 GMT - Denmark - World - SN:38 - ID:8397862
COPENHAGEN, April 16 (MENA) - The 'storm clouds' of the coronavirus pandemic will hang over Europe for some time, a World Health Organisation chief has warned. Hans Kluge, WHO regional director for Europe, warned that the next few weeks of the ....
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WHO warns of lifting social, economic restrictions
Date: 2020-04-16 12:12:51 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:32 - ID:8397866
GENEVA, April 16 (MENA) - World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom said almost 2 million cases of COVID-19 have now been reported to WHO from around the world, and more than 123,000 deaths. The WHO chief made the remarks on ....
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IMF approves immediate debt service relief for 25 eligible low-income countries
Date: 2020-04-16 11:48:07 GMT - USA - World - SN:29 - ID:8397701
WASHINGTON, April 16 (MENA) - The International Monetary Fund Executive Board approved on Thursday relief on debt service for 25 member countries that are eligible for support from the Catastrophe Containment and Relief Trust (CCRT); a further 4 ....
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Russia's coronavirus cases rise by 3,448 in 5th consecutive one-day record
Date: 2020-04-16 09:39:52 GMT - Russia - World - SN:18 - ID:8397436
MOSCOW, April 16 (MENA) - Russia confirmed 3,448 new coronavirus infections on Thursday, bringing the country’s official number of cases to 27,938 and marking the latest one-day record in new cases, The Moscow Times reported. Two hundred and ....
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China reports 46 new coronavirus cases in mainland
Date: 2020-04-16 08:16:47 GMT - China - World - SN:13 - ID:8397372
BEIJING, April 16 (MENA) - China reported 46 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the mainland, the same as a day earlier, Channel News Asia reported on Thursday, quoting the country's health authority. Of the new cases on Wednesday, 34 were ....
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UNSG backs PM Imran's call of global initiative for debt relief
Date: 2020-04-16 08:01:13 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:12 - ID:8397416
ISLAMABAD, April 16 (MENA) - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday supported Prime Minister Imran Khan’s call for a global initiative for debt relief for developing countries amid Covid-19 pandemic, The Express Tribune ....
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Ghani urges Taliban to positively respond to demands of UN, regional countries, Afghan nation
Date: 2020-04-16 07:34:14 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:9 - ID:8397369
KABUL, April 16 (MENA) - President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has urged the Taliban group to positively respond to the ceasefire demands of the United Nations, the regional countries, Afghan nation and the Afghan government, the Afghan news agency Khaama ....
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S. Korea reports 22 more cases of new coronavirus, total now at 10,613
Date: 2020-04-16 07:23:57 GMT - south korea - World - SN:8 - ID:8397353
SEOUL, April 16 (MENA) - South Korea on Thursday reported 22 more cases of the coronavirus, bringing the nation's total infections to 10,613, the Korean news agency Yonhap reported. It marked the fourth day in a row that the country's new virus ....
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Turkey's coronavirus death toll rises by 115 to 1,518: health minister
Date: 2020-04-15 22:25:56 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:79 - ID:8397252
ANKARA, April 15 (MENA) - Turkey’s confirmed cases of COVID-19 increased by 4,281 in the past 24 hours, and 115 more people have died, taking the death toll to 1,518, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said on Wednesday as quoted by Russia Today. The ....
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A third of French aircraft carrier crew have Covid-19, says defense ministry
Date: 2020-04-15 22:00:02 GMT - France - World - SN:78 - ID:8397229
PARIS, April 15 (MENA) – A third of the nearly 2,000 sailors who were aboard France's aircraft carrier and support craft when a coronavirus outbreak occurred at sea have tested positive for the virus, the defense ministry said on Wednesday. With ....
