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Japan's fifth flight to evacuate its nationals from Wuhan arrives in Tokyo
Date: 2020-02-17 09:16:15 GMT - Japan - World - SN:13 - ID:8315112
TOKYO, Feb 17 (MENA) - Japan's fifth chartered flight to evacuate its nationals from the central Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak, arrived at Haneda airport Monday morning, the Japanese news agency Kyodo reported. On ....
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WHO: 9 nine confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Eastern Mediterranean Region
Date: 2020-02-17 08:25:59 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:9 - ID:8315079
GENEVA, Feb 17 (MENA) - The World Health Organization announced a total of nine confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Eastern Mediterranean Region as of 16 February 2020. Eight cases were reported in by the United Arab Emirates Ministry of Health and ....
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China: Nearly 1,770 deaths, 70,635 confirmed cases of coronavirus
Date: 2020-02-17 07:33:15 GMT - China - World - SN:8 - ID:8315087
BEIJING, Feb 17 (MENA) - A total of 2,048 new cases of the novel coronavirus were confirmed on the Chinese mainland as of midnight on Sunday and 105 new deaths were reported, according to China's National Health Commission. The total number of ....
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Coronavirus cases in S. Korea reach 30
Date: 2020-02-17 07:07:07 GMT - south korea - World - SN:7 - ID:8315063
SEOUL, Feb 17 (MENA) - South Korea on Monday identified another case of the novel coronavirus, bringing the total number of infections to 30, with the latest two cases prodding the health authorities to actively take steps to prevent community ....
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Americans begin evacuation from cruise ship quarantined in Japan
Date: 2020-02-16 18:04:51 GMT - Japan - World - SN:60 - ID:8314773
TOKYO, Feb 16 (MENA) – American passengers quarantined aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan began evacuating the vessel Sunday to be flown back to the United States, NBC News reported. A letter sent to them by the US embassy in Tokyo ....
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ILO marks World Day of Social Justice on Feb 20
Date: 2020-02-16 09:19:36 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:13 - ID:8313817
GENEVA, Feb 16 (MENA) - The International Labor Organization (ILO) will celebrate the World Day of Social Justice in a ceremony on February 20 under the motto of "Closing the Inequalities Gap to Achieve Social Justice". In a statement released on ....
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No Russians among those infected with coronavirus on Diamond Princess ship - Embassy
Date: 2020-02-16 07:20:46 GMT - Russia - World - SN:9 - ID:8313710
MOSCOW, Feb 16 (MENA) - Russian citizens on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship docked off Yokohama have not been infected with the new coronavirus, ٍSputnik news agency quoted the Russian embassy as saying. Japan's Health Minister Katsunobu ....
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Canada charters plane to evacuate Canadians on board Diamond Princess
Date: 2020-02-16 05:56:12 GMT - Canada - World - SN:2 - ID:8313659
OTTAWA, Feb 16 (MENA) - The Canadian government has chartered a plane to evacuate Canadians on board the quarantined Diamond Princess Cruise Ship, CNN reported. “This decision was taken because of the extraordinary circumstances faced by ....
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Coronavirus: Only one UK patient still in hospital
Date: 2020-02-15 15:30:11 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:22 - ID:8313076
LONDON, Feb 15 (MENA) – All but one of the nine patients in the UK who tested positive for coronavirus have been discharged from hospital, a British health service has confirmed. NHS England and NHS Improvement said that eight people who tested ....
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AL, NATO discuss regional, international issues
Date: 2020-02-15 13:30:48 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:17 - ID:8312982
CAIRO, Feb 15 (MENA) - General Secretary of the Arab League (AL) Ahmed Abul Gheit and Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg tackled on Saturday a number of regional and international issues, particularly crises facing the Middle East and the ....
