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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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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, ....

  • Pentagon halts service member travel to countries most affected by coronavirus for 60 days

    Date: 2020-03-12 10:17:15 GMT - USA - World - SN:20 - ID:8350454

    WASHINGTON, March 12 (MENA) - The US Defense Department (DOD) will implement a 60-day travel ban for service members, DOD civilians and their families to and from countries whose populations have been the most stricken by coronavirus, the Pentagon ....

  • Congressional staffer tests positive for coronavirus

    Date: 2020-03-12 09:33:16 GMT - USA - World - SN:18 - ID:8350439

    WASHINGTON, March 12 (MENA) - An employee in Sen. Maria Cantwell's office has tested positive for the novel coronavirus in the first publicly known case of a congressional staffer with the disease, CNN reported. A statement from Cantwell's ....

  • US State Department raises global travel advisory, urges US citizens to reconsider travel abroad

    Date: 2020-03-12 09:30:22 GMT - USA - World - SN:17 - ID:8350299

    WASHINGTON, March 12 (MENA) - The US State Department raised the worldwide travel advisory to Level 3: Reconsider Travel, urging US citizens to reconsider travel abroad due to the coronavirus pandemic, CNN reported Thursday. "The Department of ....

  • Coronavirus count touches 73 in India

    Date: 2020-03-12 09:28:48 GMT - India - World - SN:16 - ID:8350425

    NEW DELHI, March 12 (MENA) - In India, the number of confirmed coronavirus cases reached 73, The Times of India reported. The government has formed a Group of Ministers (GoM) to monitor the situation and take measures to curtail the rise in ....

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