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Senegal registers 36 covid-19 cases
Date: 2020-03-19 06:08:36 GMT - Mauritania - World - SN:7 - ID:8360299
DAKKAR, March 19 (MENA) - Senegal announced five new cases of novel coronavirus on Thursday, bringing the west African state's total number to 36, Senegalese Health Minister Abdoulaye Diouf Sarr announced in statements. The coronavirus has not ....
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Head of Brazilian Senate tests positive for Coronavirus
Date: 2020-03-19 05:59:22 GMT - Brazil - World - SN:6 - ID:8360290
BRASILIA, March 19 (MENA) - The head of the Brazilian Senate, Davi Alcolumbre, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), P.M News reported Thursday. Local media reported citing the senator’s press office as saying that Alcolumbre ....
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US blacklists nine companies over oil trade with Iran
Date: 2020-03-19 05:53:14 GMT - USA - World - SN:4 - ID:8360286
WASHINGTON, March 19 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump's administration sanctioned nine entities for "trading or transporting" oil with Iran, Deutsche Welle reported on Thursday. The blacklisted companies include three mainland China-based ....
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S. Korea reports 152 new virus cases, total now at 8,565
Date: 2020-03-19 05:47:57 GMT - south korea - World - SN:3 - ID:8360284
SEOUL, March 19 (MENA) - South Korea reported 152 new cases of the new coronavirus Thursday, up from 93 new cases a day earlier, bringing the nation's total infections to 8,565, as health authorities have stayed alert for cluster infections across ....
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Facebook launches COVID Information Center
Date: 2020-03-19 05:47:44 GMT - USA - World - SN:2 - ID:8360271
WASHINGTON, March 19 (MENA) - Facebook announced the launch of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Information Center, featured at the top of News Feed, to provide a central place for people to get the latest news and information as well as resources and ....
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WHO warns some children develop ‘severe’ or ‘critical’ disease from coronavirus
Date: 2020-03-18 21:34:38 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:90 - ID:8360211
GENEVA, March 18 (MENA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said parents need to prepare their kids to guard against COVID-19 after a new study showed that babies and very young children can sometimes develop severe symptoms. A recent study ....
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Italy reports 475 coronavirus deaths in one day, cases top 35,000
Date: 2020-03-18 20:33:52 GMT - Italy - World - SN:82 - ID:8360152
ROME, March 18 (MENA) - Italy's death toll from the coronavirus outbreak saw its biggest increase since the outbreak overnight Tuesday, with health officials reporting a whopping 475 deaths in 24 hours, The Hill reported. The Italian health ....
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32 more COVID-19 patients die in England, taking UK total to 104
Date: 2020-03-18 20:13:30 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:78 - ID:8360068
LONDON, March 18 (MENA) - Thirty-two more people have died in England after testing positive for coronavirus - taking the total number of UK deaths to 104, Sky News reported on Wednesday. The latest 32 patients to die were aged between 59 and 94 ....
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Powerful 6.4-magnitude earthquake strikes off Bali
Date: 2020-03-18 19:33:05 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:74 - ID:8360086
JAKARTA, March 18 (MENA) - A powerful 6.4-magnitude earthquake has struck south of Bali, Indonesia, the Daily Mail reported Wednesday. The European Seismological Center (EMSC) said the quake was at a depth of 10 kilometers. It struck at 1:45 ....
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WHO chief says COVID-19 'enemy against humanity'
Date: 2020-03-18 18:12:57 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:69 - ID:8360012
GENEVA, March 18 (MENA) - The head of the World Health Organization on Wednesday said the new coronavirus is an "enemy against humanity", as the number of people infected with the pandemic soared past 200,000. "This virus is presenting us with an ....
