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Armenia shuts educational institutions until March 23 over coronavirus - PM
Date: 2020-03-13 09:03:44 GMT - Armenia - World - SN:20 - ID:8351696
YEREVAN, March 13 (MENA) - Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Friday Armenia would shut educational institutions immediately over coronavirus fears until March 23. Armenia has recorded six cases of coronavirus, according to the ....
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Kazakhstan confirms first coronavirus case
Date: 2020-03-13 09:00:27 GMT - Kazakhstan - World - SN:18 - ID:8351687
NUR-SULTAN, March 13 (MENA) - Kazakhstan confirmed the first coronavirus case in the Central Asian country, France 24 channel reported Friday. The channel gave no further details about the case. (MENA) I S N/A S E ....
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Australian home affairs minister tests positive for coronavirus
Date: 2020-03-13 08:19:53 GMT - Australia - World - SN:15 - ID:8351638
CANBERRA, March 13 (MENA) - Minister for Home Affairs Peter Dutton announced on Friday that he has tested positive for the new coronavirus, which causes a disease called COVID-19. In a statement on Friday, Dutton, 49, said he tested for the ....
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Belgium closes down schools, restaurants, coffee shops for coronavirus
Date: 2020-03-13 07:12:39 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:12 - ID:8351569
BRUSSELS, March 13 (MENA) - The government of Belgium decided on Friday closing down schools, restaurants and coffee shops due to the spread of coronavirus. According to Sky News channel, caretaker Prime Minister Sophia Theresa Williams said that ....
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Wife of Canadian PM tests positive for coronavirus
Date: 2020-03-13 06:38:04 GMT - Canada - World - SN:9 - ID:8351520
OTTAWA, March 13 (MENA) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s wife has tested positive for the new coronavirus, his office announced Thursday night. It said Sophie Grégoire Trudeau was feeling well and would remain in isolation. “The ....
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S.Korean stocks tumble due to coronavirus
Date: 2020-03-13 06:22:44 GMT - south korea - World - SN:8 - ID:8351517
SEOUL, March 13 (MENA) - South Korean stocks trimmed earlier losses after tumbling to the lowest in more than eight years as financial authorities vowed to support the market jolted by the outbreak of the new coronavirus, reported Yonhap news agency ....
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Chinese president discuss with UN chief measures against coronavirus
Date: 2020-03-13 06:18:01 GMT - China - World - SN:7 - ID:8351515
BEIJING, March 13 (MENA) - President Xi Jinping has urged the international community to take urgent measures to fight novel coronavirus. He made the call in a phone conversation with United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres. The ....
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Tenth patient dies as UK coronavirus cases hit 590
Date: 2020-03-12 15:17:57 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:44 - ID:8351090
LONDON, March 12 (MENA) - The number of coronavirus cases in the UK has reached 590 - up 134 in the last 24 hours, Sky News reported. Two more patients have died in London hospitals since Wednesday after testing positive, taking the total number ....
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No confirmation that coronavirus won’t survive summer - Indian health ministry
Date: 2020-03-12 14:00:37 GMT - India - World - SN:42 - ID:8350930
NEW DELHI, March 12 (MENA) - The government of India has said that the popular belief that coronavirus doesn’t survive higher temperatures and may not spread in India during summer was unverified. Health ministry officials said in a press ....
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Ferryboat quarantined off Limnos over suspected coronavirus infection
Date: 2020-03-12 11:38:17 GMT - Greece - World - SN:24 - ID:8350520
ATHENS, March 12 (MENA) - A passenger ferry was placed in quarantine in the early hours of Thursday in the northeastern Aegean island of Limnos, as health authorities ascertain whether a sick crew member is infected with the new coronavirus, ....
