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Coronavirus: Spain registers 150 deaths, around 2,000 new cases over past 24 hours
Date: 2020-03-17 14:07:11 GMT - Spain - World - SN:52 - ID:8357915
MADRID, March 17 (MENA) - Spain has recorded its deadliest 24 hours since the outbreak of coronavirus began with 150 deaths and close to 2,000 new cases in the last day, the Telegraph reported, quoting the country's Health Ministry as saying on ....
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Ontario declares state of emergency amid COVID-19 pandemic
Date: 2020-03-17 13:50:23 GMT - Canada - World - SN:48 - ID:8357818
ONTARIO, March 17 (MENA) - Ontario Premier Doug Ford has declared a state of emergency as the province tries to slow the spread of COVID-19, CNN reported. Ford made the announcement on Tuesday alongside Health Minister Christine Elliott, Finance ....
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Spokesman: Talk about moving Global Supply Chain from China is unwise
Date: 2020-03-17 13:02:15 GMT - China - World - SN:40 - ID:8357646
BEIJING, March 17 (MENA) - Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Geng Shuang said on Tuesday that talk about moving the Global Supply Chain from China under any reason is unwise and unrealistic. He was responding at a press briefing to statements by ....
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WHO confirms 2 coronavirus cases among its staff
Date: 2020-03-17 12:43:05 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:38 - ID:8357701
GENEVA, March 17 (MENA) - An official from the World Health Organization (WHO), the body leading the global fight against the coronavirus pandemic, said on Tuesday that two staff members have been confirmed to be infected with coronavirus. The ....
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US, UK hospitals vulnerable to surge in virus cases
Date: 2020-03-17 10:58:25 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:27 - ID:8357394
LONDON, March 17 (MENA) - The US and UK both have weaknesses in their healthcare systems which could trigger a collapse if the two countries experience the kind of severe coronavirus outbreak similar to Italy, a Financial Times analysis has ....
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Switzerland declares state of emergency over coronavirus
Date: 2020-03-17 09:32:23 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:19 - ID:8357272
BERN, March 17 (MENA) - The Swiss government on Monday declared a state of emergency lasting until April 19 in a bid to combat the coronavirus pandemic, the Swiss news channel of The Local reported. "A strong reaction is needed across the ....
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S. Korea sends 51,000 coronavirus test kits to UAE
Date: 2020-03-17 08:06:04 GMT - south korea - World - SN:15 - ID:8357040
SEOUL, March 17 (MENA) - South Korea has sent 51,000 coronavirus test kits to the UAE. It marked the first shipment of South Korean test kits to a foreign country, Yonhap news agency reported. The presidential Blue House said in a statement on ....
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Explosion wounds 20 at government office in Thailand
Date: 2020-03-17 07:42:58 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:12 - ID:8357077
BANGKOK, March 17 (MENA) - A bombing of a major government office in Thailand’s insurgency-plagued far south on Tuesday wounded at least 20 people, according to ABC news network. Col Pramote Prom-in said a grenade and a car bomb were used to ....
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Coronavirus: India's death toll at 3 as another COVID-19 patient dies in Mumbai
Date: 2020-03-17 06:54:41 GMT - India - World - SN:5 - ID:8357002
NEW DELHI, March 17 (MENA) - The death toll due to coronavirus outbreak rose to 3 in India after a 64-year-old woman passed away in Mumbai on Tuesday. The fatality was reported from Mumbai's Kasturba hospital, where the woman was receiving treatment ....
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COVID-19: Venezuela to implement national quarantine
Date: 2020-03-17 06:51:54 GMT - Venezuela - World - SN:4 - ID:8357036
CARACAS, March 17 (MENA) - Venezuela will implement a nationwide quarantine after detecting 16 new cases of the novel coronavirus, President Nicolas Maduro said, adding that the total number of cases in the South American country has risen to 33, ....
