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  • Third coronavirus-related death in Australia after man in his 80s dies in Sydney hospital

    Date: 2020-03-08 07:30:24 GMT - Australia - World - SN:10 - ID:8343988

    CANBERRA, March 8 (MENA) - Australia has confirmed an elderly man who tested positive for COVID-19 died in a Sydney hospital, making him the third person with coronavirus to die in Australia, ABC News reported. The health department confirmed the ....

  • Number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Malaysia rises to 93

    Date: 2020-03-08 06:31:38 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:7 - ID:8343941

    KUALA LUMPUR, March 8 (MENA) - Malaysia has reported 10 new cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing the total number of infections to 93, as it turned away a cruise ship from a port in northern Penang state. Health director general Noor Hisham ....

  • China: Death toll of coronavirus rises to 3,100

    Date: 2020-03-08 06:13:29 GMT - China - World - SN:3 - ID:8343934

    BEIJING, March 8 (MENA) - A total of 44 new cases of the novel coronavirus were confirmed on the Chinese mainland and 27 new deaths were reported Saturday night, according to China's National Health Commission. The total number of confirmed cases ....

  • Coronavirus death toll in France mounts to 16

    Date: 2020-03-07 22:49:03 GMT - France - World - SN:54 - ID:8343864

    PARIS, March 7 (MENA) - French health officials on Saturday reported five more deaths from coronavirus, taking the total death toll to 16 with 949 confirmed cases nationwide, France24 reported. The cases included three in the National Assembly, ....

  • Head of Italy's co-governing Democratic Party tests positive for coronavirus

    Date: 2020-03-07 22:05:26 GMT - Italy - World - SN:50 - ID:8343803

    ROME, March 7 (MENA) - Nicola Zingaretti, the head of Italy's co-governing Democratic Party, announced that he has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, which was confirmed in a video statement on Saturday. Zingaretti said he is now in ....

  • Number of coronavirus confirmed cases in Germany reaches 684

    Date: 2020-03-07 20:36:48 GMT - Germany - World - SN:48 - ID:8343679

    BERLIN, March 7 (MENA) - Germany announced that the number of coronavirus patients stood at 684 on Saturday, Deutsche Welle reported. The cases are concentrated in the west and south of the country, with 346 in the state of North Rhine Westphalia ....

  • Coronavirus quarantine hotel collapse traps 70 in China

    Date: 2020-03-07 20:07:27 GMT - China - World - SN:46 - ID:8343688

    BEIJING, March 7 (MENA) - Around 70 people were trapped after the collapse of a hotel used as a coronavirus quarantine facility in eastern China on Saturday evening, officials were quoted by Beijing News as saying. At least 37 people have so far ....

  • Italy coronavirus death toll jumps to 233

    Date: 2020-03-07 19:02:21 GMT - Italy - World - SN:42 - ID:8343670

    ROME, March 7 (MENA) - The death toll from the outbreak of coronavirus in Italy rose to 233 on Saturday, up from 197 on Friday, according to The Local Italy reported. The increase of 36 was lower than in the previous two days, marking a slight ....

  • Switzerland records 228 CONVID-19 cases

    Date: 2020-03-07 18:57:34 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:41 - ID:8343681

    BERN, March 7 (MENA) - Switzerland on Saturday announced 228 confirmed coronavirus cases, Swissinfo reported. On Thursday, a 74-year-old woman, who had been hospitalised in Lausanne, died as a result of the disease – so far the only death in the ....

  • US House makes telework plans amid coronavirus outbreak

    Date: 2020-03-07 16:14:38 GMT - USA - World - SN:33 - ID:8343336

    WASHINGTON, March 7 (MENA) - The US House is preparing to allow staff to telework as concerns grow over the global coronavirus outbreak, The Hill reported. According to a memo sent to all House offices and obtained by Fox News, the House ....

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