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The United States is entering what a senior official warned on Sunday would be the “hardest” week of the coronavirus crisis as the death toll mounted, but some saw glimmers of hope from a slight slowing of fatalities in hard-hit New York.…
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The UK coronavirus death toll is now close to 5,000 after another 621 people died in the last 24 hours. The new figure, which is lower than the record 708 deaths reported on Saturday, takes the country’s fatalities to 4,934. Confirmed…
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Dubai imposed a two-week lockdown Saturday night and Saudi Arabia sealed off parts of the Red Sea city of Jeddah as Gulf states tightened measures in big cities to contain the spread of the coronavirus. Dubai had been under an overnight…
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South Africa, worst-hit by coronavirus among African nations, has adopted mobile screening and testing. Health workers on Friday dispersed into the buzzing streets of Johannesburg’s Yeoville neighbourhood. The workers divided into…
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Conspiracy theorists are reportedly setting phone masts alight and targeting engineers after a bizarre claim 5G “radiation” caused the deadly coronavirus spread. The theory originated last month after a video filmed at a US health…
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Queen Elizabeth will make an extremely rare broadcast to Britons on Sunday as the country grapples with the coronavirus outbreak. “Her Majesty The Queen has recorded a special broadcast to the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth in…
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The Mexican brewer of Corona beer said it was suspending production because of the health emergency in the country over the COVID-19 pandemic. Grupo Modelo — whose brands also include Pacifico and Modelo — said the measure was in line…
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China has imposed a lockdown on the county of Jia in central Henan province after three doctors tested positive despite showing no symptoms. The county in Henan Province, with about 570,000 residents, halted transport in and out of the…
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Coronavirus continues to ravaged the United States, with cases now surpassing 200,000, and a record of 869 death in one day. As at Wednesday, the US has recorded 210,694 cases of Coronavirus and 4,703 death. There have been at least…
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Italy’s record death toll from the novel coronavirus grew by more than 700 on Wednesday, as a top official said that social restrictions were getting harder to bear for the population. The nationwide lockdown had been due to expire on…
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