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Japan mulls offering anti-flu drug Avigan to nations fighting virus
Date: 2020-04-03 15:30:28 GMT - Japan - World - SN:61 - ID:8381440
TOKYO, April 3 (MENA) - The Japanese government is considering offering the anti-influenza drug Avigan for free to countries looking to use it to treat new coronavirus patients, Kyodo quoted its top government spokesman as saying Friday. "Some 30 ....
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Ontario confirms 462 new COVID-19 cases, death toll at 81
Date: 2020-04-03 15:23:00 GMT - Canada - World - SN:59 - ID:8381427
OTTAWA, April 3 (MENA) - Ontario confirmed 462 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, bringing the provincial total to 3,255, CBC reported. The official tally includes 67 deaths, however CBC News has accumulated data from local public health units and ....
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Germans to be fined up to 500 euros for breaking distancing rules
Date: 2020-04-03 15:14:20 GMT - Germany - World - SN:57 - ID:8381404
BERLIN, April 3 (MENA) - Germans risk being fined up to 500 euros ($540) for standing too close to each other from Friday as officials crack down on people flouting rules brought in to control coronavirus, according to the Local newspaper. German ....
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Officials from S. Korea, Germany to hold videoconference on coronavirus response
Date: 2020-04-03 15:13:08 GMT - south korea - World - SN:56 - ID:8381429
SEOUL, April 3 (MENA) - South Korean officials will hold a videoconference with their German counterparts Friday to share the country's experience in battling the new coronavirus, Yonhap news agency quoted a foreign ministry official as ....
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Neymar makes secret £770,000 donation in fight against coronavirus
Date: 2020-04-03 14:58:54 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:55 - ID:8381364
LONDON, April 3 (MENA) - Neymar has been revealed as the man behind a secret £770,000 donation to help fight coronavirus, the Sun newspaper reported on Friday. Reports in Brazil named the Paris Saint-Germain star after he made the anonymous ....
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Swiss coronavirus death toll rises to 484, cases jump by more than 1,000
Date: 2020-04-03 14:12:25 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:51 - ID:8381239
GENEVA, April 3 (MENA) - The Swiss death toll from coronavirus has reached 484, the country's public health ministry said on Friday, rising from 432 people on Thursday, swissinfo reported Friday. The number of people who have tested positive for ....
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Philippines reports 29 new COVID-19 fatalities, only one recovery as cases breach 3,000
Date: 2020-04-03 14:04:50 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:50 - ID:8381217
MANILA, April 3 (MENA) - The number of known coronavirus infections in the Philippines reached 3,018 Friday as the officially reported cases worldwide soared past the one million mark, Philippine Star reported. The Department of Health recorded ....
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Coronavirus cases rise to 2,458 in Pakistan
Date: 2020-04-03 14:01:58 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:49 - ID:8381219
ISLAMABAD, April 3 (MENA) - The number of confirmed Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Pakistan rose to 2,458 on Friday after more people tested positive in the country, Geo News reported. Punjab province topped the number of infected cases by 928, ....
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Russia slams La Stampa's reports about help to Italy
Date: 2020-04-03 13:58:20 GMT - Russia - World - SN:47 - ID:8381144
MOSCOW, April 3 (MENA) - The Russian Defense Ministry sees the Italian newspaper La Stampa's publications about alleged uselessness of Russia's assistance to Italy amid the coronavirus outbreak as "sleazy Russophobic fake information," the Russian ....
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India welcomes twin babies Corona, Covid
Date: 2020-04-03 12:41:15 GMT - India - World - SN:39 - ID:8381121
NEW DELHI, April 3 (MENA) - Newly-born twins in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh have been named Corona & Covid, Indian newspaper the Economic Times reported on Friday. The twins, a boy and girl, were born on the night of March 26-27 amid the ....