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  • Senegal extends state of emergency over coronavirus

    Date: 2020-04-05 17:11:20 GMT - Mauritania - World - SN:66 - ID:8383893

    NOUAKCHOTT, April 5 (MENA) - Senegalese President Macky Sall has extended for 30 days the state of emergency introduced throughout the country in response to the new coronavirus, Africanews reported. The state of emergency first announced by the ....

  • Coronavirus death toll slows in Netherlands, cases up 1,224

    Date: 2020-04-05 16:01:41 GMT - Netherlands - World - SN:62 - ID:8383774

    AMSTERDAM, April 5 (MENA) - The coronavirus death toll in the Netherlands rose by 115 overnight to 1,776, officials form the Dutch Health Care Institute said on Sunday. This figure is a decrease from Saturday and Friday's toll of 164 and 148, ....

  • Singapore reports 120 new coronavirus cases in record daily jump

    Date: 2020-04-05 15:07:16 GMT - Singapore - World - SN:58 - ID:8383716

    SINGAPORE, April 5 (MENA) - Singapore's health ministry on Sunday confirmed 120 more coronavirus cases, the most new infections reported in a single day for the city-state, the New York Times reported. The number of new cases is a 60% increase ....

  • Kremlin calls for getting prepared for global economic crisis

    Date: 2020-04-05 14:19:09 GMT - Russia - World - SN:56 - ID:8383661

    MOSCOW, April 5 (MENA) - Coordination of anti-crisis measures by many states will be needed to overcome an economic crisis provoked by the coronavirus pandemic among other causes that will be felt further on, TASS quoted Russian president’s press ....

  • Coronavirus infections slowing down in Germany for 3rd day in row

    Date: 2020-04-05 14:16:49 GMT - Germany - World - SN:55 - ID:8383598

    BERLIN, April 5 (MENA) - The daily spread of the novel coronavirus in Germany has been slowing down for the third day in a row, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), German's public health agency, said on Sunday. The number of infections in Germany ....

  • Daily coronavirus deaths continue downward trend in Spain, with 674 in the last 24 hours

    Date: 2020-04-05 13:13:52 GMT - Spain - World - SN:47 - ID:8383567

    MADRID, April 5 (MENA) - The downward trend of daily deaths from the coronavirus in Spain continued on Sunday, with the latest number falling to 674, according to official figures supplied by the Health Ministry. This marks a fall of 135 compared ....

  • UK health min. warns to ban outdoor exercise

    Date: 2020-04-05 13:10:47 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:46 - ID:8383559

    LONDON, April 5 (MENA) - UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock has warned that all public exercise could be banned if people keep flouting social distancing rules, the Mirror newspaper reported on Sunday. His intervention came as a third NHS nurse ....

  • Putin to work remotely for another week: Kremlin

    Date: 2020-04-05 12:39:20 GMT - Russia - World - SN:44 - ID:8383490

    MOSCOW, April 5 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin will continue working remotely for at least another week, especially in light of the recent infection of a Moscow coronavirus hospital chief with COVID-19, Sputnik quoted Kremlin Spokesman ....

  • Cyprus reports 30 new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2020-04-05 07:59:08 GMT - Cyprus - World - SN:16 - ID:8383028

    NICOSIA, April 5 (MENA) - Cyprus announced 30 new cases of Covid-19 on Saturday, bringing the total in the Republic to 426, the Cypriot news agency reported Sunday. Of the 30 cases, 13 were in contacts with confirmed cases, three were from a ....

  • Thailand reports 102 new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2020-04-05 05:50:27 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:5 - ID:8382890

    BANGKOK, April 5 (MENA) - Thailand reported 102 new coronavirus cases and three more deaths, the country's public health ministry said on Sunday as quoted by Sky news. The latest numbers raised the total in the Southeast Asian nation to 2,169 ....

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