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  • Geogria reports 1st coronvirus death

    Date: 2020-04-04 19:26:39 GMT - Georgia - World - SN:65 - ID:8382763

    TBILISI, April 4 (MENA) - A 79-year-old woman, who tested positive for the coronavirus, died in Georgia on Saturday, the presiding doctor at the clinic where she was treated said, reporting the country's first death related to the pandemic. The ....

  • Asymptomatic patients of COVID-19 play minor role in spreading panademic - Chinese epidemiologist

    Date: 2020-04-04 18:46:56 GMT - China - World - SN:63 - ID:8382721

    BEIJING, April 4 (MENA) - The transmission capability of asymptomatic patients of COVID-19 is about one-third of that of symptomatic ones, said Wu Zunyou, chief epidemiologist at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday, ....

  • COVID-19 cases surpass 1.1 million worldwide

    Date: 2020-04-04 18:19:11 GMT - USA - World - SN:61 - ID:8382709

    WASHINGTON, April 4 (MENA) – The global death toll from coronavirus has passed 60,000 Saturday. There are more than 1.1 million known cases of infection but more than 233,000 people have recovered, according to the Johns Hopkins University ....

  • Five-year-old child among latest UK coronavirus deaths

    Date: 2020-04-04 18:12:30 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:60 - ID:8382710

    LONDON, April 4 (MENA) - A five-year old child is among 708 people to have died with coronavirus in the UK, as Britain’s death toll rose to 4,313, the biggest increase since the outbreak began. The latest figures show the recorded death toll from ....

  • Russia’s coronavirus cases pass 4,700

    Date: 2020-04-04 09:52:07 GMT - Russia - World - SN:28 - ID:8382033

    MOSCOW, April 4 (MENA) - The number of coronavirus cases in Russia rose by 582 in the past 24 hours, reaching 4,731, the coronavirus response center said in a statement Saturday. "So far, a total of 4,731 coronavirus cases have been recorded in ....

  • Thailand: 89 new coronavirus cases registered

    Date: 2020-04-04 09:38:16 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:24 - ID:8382003

    BANGKOK, April 4 (MENA) - One man died and 89 more caught the coronavirus disease over the past 24 hours, raising the total to 2,067 cases and 20 fatalities, Bangkok Post quoted authorities as saying on Saturday. Dr Taweesin Visanuyothin, the ....

  • Moscow's coronavirus cases rise to 3,357

    Date: 2020-04-04 09:01:59 GMT - Russia - World - SN:22 - ID:8381969

    MOSCOW, April 4 (MENA) - The number of coronavirus cases in Moscow jumped by 434 to 3,357 over the past 24 hours, health authorities said. Up to 2,923 cases had been reported in the Russian capital, including 24 deaths, RT channel reported ....

  • Kyodo: Abe cautious about declaring emergency

    Date: 2020-04-04 08:40:23 GMT - Japan - World - SN:20 - ID:8381950

    TOKYO, April 4 (MENA) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is hesitating to take a decision of declaring the state of emergency in the country despite alarm at the rapid increases in coronavirus infections in urban areas like Tokyo and Osaka, ....

  • Over 2,000 Russian citizens who want to return home remain in US — ambassador

    Date: 2020-04-04 08:24:07 GMT - Russia - World - SN:18 - ID:8381913

    MOSCOW, April 4 (MENA) - Over 2,000 Russian citizens who are currently in the United States have expressed desire to return home to the Russian Embassy in Washington, Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov said in his answers to ....

  • Chinese mainland reports 18 new imported COVID-19 cases

    Date: 2020-04-04 08:19:09 GMT - China - World - SN:16 - ID:8381878

    BEIJING, April 4 (MENA) - The Chinese mainland reported 18 new imported cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), bringing the total number of imported cases to 888, the official Xinhua news agency quoted the National Health Commission as ....

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