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Russia sends test systems for detecting coronavirus to Iran, N.Korea
Date: 2020-03-12 07:01:02 GMT - Russia - World - SN:7 - ID:8350242
MOSCOW, March 12 (MENA) - Russia has sent 800 test systems for detecting the novel coronavirus to the countries of the Eurasian Economic Union, Iran, North Korea, Mongolia and the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Federal Service for ....
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Trump announces travel from Europe to be restricted amid coronavirus threat
Date: 2020-03-12 06:49:58 GMT - USA - World - SN:6 - ID:8350223
WASHINGTON, March 11 (MENA) - Amid growing public anxiety over the novel coronavirus, US President Donald Trump announced an extraordinary ban on some travel from Europe to the United States for the next 30 days and called for a series of stimulus ....
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Russia's coronavirus task force requests restrictions on public gatherings
Date: 2020-03-11 21:08:13 GMT - Russia - World - SN:79 - ID:8350055
MOSCOW, March 11 (MENA) - The Russian coronavirus task force has issued recommendations to the federal and regional authorities to restrict public gatherings. "The federal executive authorities and executive agencies of the Russian Federation’s ....
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Mexican subway trains collide, killing 1 and injuring 41
Date: 2020-03-11 20:51:41 GMT - Mexico - World - SN:77 - ID:8350046
MEXICO CITY, March 11 (MENA) – Two subway trains collided, killing at least one person and injuring another 41 in Mexico City, Fox News reported Wednesday. An official said the crash took place Tuesday night at the Tacubaya station in the western ....
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US probably already in recession over coronavirus fears: US economist
Date: 2020-03-11 19:01:09 GMT - USA - World - SN:69 - ID:8349980
WASHINGTON, March 11 (MENA) - The US is probably already in recession thanks to the fear-induced slowdown from the coronavirus, economist Alan Blinder said Wednesday. “I wouldn’t be one bit surprised if when we look back at the data, it is ....
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World Health Organization declares coronavirus pandemic
Date: 2020-03-11 18:07:19 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:64 - ID:8349854
GENEVA, March 11 (MENA) - The World Health Organization just declared the novel coronavirus outbreak to be a pandemic, CNN reported. The novel coronavirus outbreak is the first pandemic caused by a coronavirus, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom ....
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Britain unveils $39 billion spending package as it tries to tackle coronavirus slowdown
Date: 2020-03-11 18:03:57 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:63 - ID:8349764
LONDON, March 11 (MENA) - The UK government will spend billions of pounds in an effort to limit the impact of the coronavirus on the UK economy, the country’s finance chief said Wednesday. The virus outbreak, which emerged in China in late 2019, ....
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Russian top election official hopes coronavirus won’t affect April’s nationwide vote
Date: 2020-03-11 17:00:51 GMT - Russia - World - SN:59 - ID:8349733
MOSCOW, March 11 (MENA) - Russian Central Election Commission (CEC) Chairperson Ella Pamfilova is hopeful that the coronavirus situation won’t disrupt a nationwide vote on constitutional amendments, TASS news agency reported Wednesday. "I expect ....
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Lufthansa Group cancels another 23,000 flights over coronavirus
Date: 2020-03-11 16:32:32 GMT - Germany - World - SN:55 - ID:8349749
BERLIN, March 11 (MENA) - German airline group Lufthansa said it would cancel 23,000 flights from March 29 to April 24 due to the coronavirus outbreak, US News reported Wednesday. "Further cancellations are expected in the coming weeks," ....
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1st person dies of COVID-19 in Indonesia, gov't says
Date: 2020-03-11 09:09:52 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:23 - ID:8348805
JAKARTA, March 11 (MENA) - Indonesia reported its first death from coronavirus; a 53-year-old COVID-19 patient and foreign citizen, The Jakarta Post reported. The Health Ministry’s disease control and prevention director general Achmad Yurianto ....
