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WHO official: 73,000 COVID-19 cases confirmed around world
Date: 2020-02-19 13:13:46 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:36 - ID:8318424
CAIRO, Feb 19 (MENA) - There are a total of 73,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 across the world, including those in China, World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean Dr Ahmed Al-Mandhari said Wednesday. In ....
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China: Confirmed cases of COVID-19 stands at 74,279, death toll rises to 2007
Date: 2020-02-19 06:34:23 GMT - China - World - SN:5 - ID:8318028
BEIJING, Feb 19 (MENA) - A total of 1,749 new cases of the novel coronavirus were confirmed on the Chinese mainland and 136 new deaths were reported on Tuesday night, according to China's National Health Commission. The total number of confirmed ....
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Cuban FM lambastes US for "genocidal" economic blockade
Date: 2020-02-18 22:28:45 GMT - Cuba - World - SN:87 - ID:8317883
HAVANA, Feb 18 (MENA) - Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez condemned Tuesday the US economic, commercial and financial blockade against Cuba, Prensa Latina reported. The minister wondered how this policy 'helps the Cuban people'. On his ....
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Russia temporarily bans all Chinese visitors amid coronavirus outbreak
Date: 2020-02-18 22:26:18 GMT - Russia - World - SN:86 - ID:8317916
MOSCOW, Feb 18 (MENA) - Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a decree on Tuesday, prohibiting Chinese citizens from entering Russia for tourism, work and for private purposes, RT reported. The decision is the strongest measure yet ....
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Coronavirus outbreak is ‘a very dangerous situation’: UN chief
Date: 2020-02-18 18:45:45 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:78 - ID:8317786
ISLAMABAD, Feb 18 (MENA) - The UN secretary general has said the coronavirus outbreak that began in China “is not out of control but it is a very dangerous situation.” Antonio Guterres said in an interview Tuesday that “the risks are enormous and ....
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Turkey seeks 695 arrests over links to U.S.-based cleric
Date: 2020-02-18 13:06:41 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:35 - ID:8317105
ANKARA, Feb 18 (MENA) - Turkish prosecutors have issued detention warrants against 695 people suspected of links to the U.S.-based Muslim cleric blamed by Turkey for a failed coup attempt in 2016, state media reported Tuesday. According to ABC ....
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Afghanistan ready for partial US troop pullout
Date: 2020-02-18 11:49:43 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:30 - ID:8317042
KABUL, Feb 18 (MENA) - President Ashraf Ghani has asserted that the withdrawal of about 4,000 American troops would not affect the situation of Afghanistan. Pajhwok News Agency said Tuesday that Ghani had a second consultative meeting with ....
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Colombia car explosion kills, injures 18
Date: 2020-02-18 11:30:49 GMT - Colombia - World - SN:28 - ID:8316848
BOGOTA, Feb 18 (MENA) - At least seven people have died, and 11 others were injured as a result of a car explosion in western Colombia, Major General Jorge Isaacs Hoyos Rojas, a local army commander, was quoted by Sputnik as saying on ....
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Kazakhistan affirms no coronavirus cases among nationals on Japan cruise ship
Date: 2020-02-18 08:40:46 GMT - Kazakhstan - World - SN:18 - ID:8316676
ASTANA, Feb 18 (MENA) - Kazakh Healthcare Minister Yelzhan Birtanov affirmed on Tuesday that no coronvirus cases have been reported among the Kazakh nationals on board of the Diamond Princess cruise ship, which is docked in Japan, according to ....
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Japan: All virus-free Diamond Princess passengers could leave ship by Friday
Date: 2020-02-18 07:38:11 GMT - Japan - World - SN:13 - ID:8316613
TOKYO, Feb 18 (MENA) - All passengers aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship who have tested negative for COVID-19 will be allowed to disembark by Friday, The Japan Times quoted health minister Katsunobu Kato as having said Tuesday. The Japanese ....
