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Afghan president orders release of 1,500 Taliban prisoners
Date: 2020-03-11 08:40:39 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:20 - ID:8348697
KABUL, March 11 (MENA) - Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has issued a decree to release Taliban prisoners ahead of talks between the insurgents and the Afghan government, his spokesman said. “President Ghani has signed the decree that would ....
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Number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Switzerland rises to 476
Date: 2020-03-11 08:38:12 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:19 - ID:8348704
BERN, March 11 (MENA) - The number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus in Switzerland rose to 476, according to SwissInfo Radio. A third death due to the virus was announced on Tuesday, when an 80-year-old woman with pre-existing health ....
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Coronavirus outbreak: India temporarily closes door on nationals of France, Germany & Spain
Date: 2020-03-11 08:37:00 GMT - India - World - SN:18 - ID:8348699
NEW DELHI, March 11 (MENA) - Amid the rising cases of coronavirus affliction, India on Tuesday barred entry of the nationals of three more countries, France, Germany, and Spain, suspending the regular as well as e-Visas granted to them till date, if ....
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Cyprus shuts down schools, locks down hospitals over coronavirus
Date: 2020-03-11 08:35:23 GMT - Cyprus - World - SN:17 - ID:8348695
NICOSIA, March 11 (MENA) - Cyprus closed schools in the capital, banned mass gatherings and locked down two major hospitals to combat novel coronavirus, In-Cyprus news reported. The new steps come after three people on the Mediterranean island ....
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South Korea reports increase in coronavirus infections
Date: 2020-03-11 08:04:03 GMT - south korea - World - SN:15 - ID:8348701
SEOUL, March 11 (MENA) - South Korea reported a jump in new coronavirus cases on Wednesday as authorities tested hundreds of staff at a call center where the disease appeared this week, reversing 11 days of slowing infections, health officials said ....
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Jamaica confirms 1st coronavirus infection
Date: 2020-03-11 07:46:43 GMT - Jamaica - World - SN:14 - ID:8348698
KINGSTON, March 11 (MENA) - Jamaica's ministry of health confirmed the island nation's first imported case of coronavirus, in its capital city of Kingston, The New York Times reported. The infected individual is a Jamaican female who had ....
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Merkel: 60-70% of Germans will contract coronavirus
Date: 2020-03-11 07:26:47 GMT - Germany - World - SN:13 - ID:8348664
BERLIN, March 11 (MENA) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel gave a grave prognosis to Parliament on Tuesday, telling members that 60% to 70% of the German population could contract coronavirus at some point, according to Bild paper. The German ....
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Panama records Central America's first coronavirus death
Date: 2020-03-11 06:43:25 GMT - Panama - World - SN:8 - ID:8348600
PANAMA, March 11 (MENA) - Panama's health minister on Tuesday (March 10) confirmed eight cases of the new coronavirus in the country, including one death, the first virus-linked death in Central America, The Straits Times reported. "Of the eight ....
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Health minister Nadine Dorries tests positive
Date: 2020-03-11 05:37:08 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:3 - ID:8348568
LONDON, March 11 (MENA) - Health minister and Conservative MP Nadine Dorries has been diagnosed with coronavirus, Sky news reported. Dorries, the first MP to test positive, said she had taken all the advised precautions after finding out and has ....
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Austria bans entry to anyone from Italy without virus-free certificate
Date: 2020-03-10 16:56:43 GMT - Austria - World - SN:46 - ID:8348140
VIENNA, March 10 (MENA) - Austria has shut its borders to anyone arriving from Italy unless they are certified free of the COVID-19 coronavirus as Europe scrambles to contain the deadliest outbreak outside China, Euronews reported on Tuesday. ....
