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Italy reports 651 new coronavirus deaths
Date: 2020-03-22 21:17:34 GMT - Italy - World - SN:69 - ID:8365519
ROME, March 22 (MENA) - Italy's world-topping toll from the coronavirus pandemic approached 5,500 on Sunday after the Mediterranean country reported another 651 deaths. The latest daily toll was smaller than Saturday's record 793 fatalities but ....
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Merkel in quarantine after doctor tests positive for virus
Date: 2020-03-22 20:24:48 GMT - Germany - World - SN:65 - ID:8365438
BERLIN, March 22 (MENA) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel has gone into quarantine after being informed that a doctor who administered a vaccine to her has tested positive for the new coronavirus, ABC News reported. Merkel's spokesman said the ....
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Pakistan seeks debt relief to fight Covid-19
Date: 2020-03-22 19:30:11 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:62 - ID:8365311
ISLAMABAD, March 22 (MENA) - Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that countries like Pakistan, which are burdened by external debt, should be provided relief in repayment of loans so that they could focus on dealing with the ....
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OIC chief lauds member states' anti-coronavirus efforts
Date: 2020-03-22 15:06:45 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - World - SN:37 - ID:8365041
JEDDAH, March 22 (MENA) - The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) expressed Sunday its full solidarity with all member states against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. In a statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA), OIC ....
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Johnson urges Britons to stay home as UK braces for Italian-style crisis
Date: 2020-03-22 12:25:02 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:21 - ID:8364705
LONDON, March 22 (MENA) - UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has warned that his country was only "two or three" weeks behind Italy, where the death toll from Covid-19 rose by 793 in 24 hours, according to the Telegraph. The PM has also asked ....
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Doctor becomes Malaysia's 9th Covid-19 fatality
Date: 2020-03-22 08:20:30 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:15 - ID:8364378
KUALA LUMPUR, March 22 (MENA) - A medical doctor with the Health Ministry died from Covid-19 in Kangar, Perlis, New Straits Times reported. He became the ninth fatality of the coronavirus outbreak in the country. The 48-year-old known as ‘Case ....
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Russia to send medical personnel & equipment to help Italy contain coronavirus outbreak
Date: 2020-03-22 06:55:17 GMT - Russia - World - SN:11 - ID:8364293
MOSCOW, March 22 (MENA) - Russia is set to send teams of doctors, medical virologists, protective gear and medical equipment to Italy to help fight the Covid-19 pandemic in the country, Sputnik news agency reported. Upon the Italian side's ....
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China reports 6 new deaths
Date: 2020-03-22 05:53:55 GMT - China - World - SN:4 - ID:8364274
BEIJING, March 22 (MENA) - China’s National Health Commission reported 46 new confirmed cases and six more deaths as of Saturday. That brings the country’s total to 81,233 cases and 3,264 deaths. Of the new cases, China said 45 were ....
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India starts 14-hour curfew to curb coronavirus spread
Date: 2020-03-22 05:24:12 GMT - India - World - SN:2 - ID:8364269
NEW DELHI, March 22 (MENA) - India launched a 14-hour long curfew on Sunday to limit the fast-spreading coronavirus epidemic in the country, where 315 people have so far been found to have contracted the disease, Sky news reported. On Saturday, ....
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Coronavirus deaths exceed 12,944; 303,000 infected globally
Date: 2020-03-21 22:00:39 GMT - USA - World - SN:78 - ID:8364241
WASHINGTON, March 21 (MENA) - The novel coronavirus has infected at least 303,001 people and killed at least 12,944 worldwide as of March 21, data collected by The US Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine shows. The coronavirus has spread ....
