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Spain Sees Spike In Coronavirus Deaths, Toll Nears 500

Madrid: Spain, which had reported 309 coronavirus-related deaths till Monday, saw the fatalities surge to 491 on Tuesday, reports said. The number of confirmed cases also soared by 2,000 to 11,178, in the country, which had like many fellow European nations, closed its borders and ordered a partial lockdown. From midnight, Spain began stopping cars […]

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World Bank Increases COVID-19 Response Fund To USD 14 Billion

Washington: The World Bank has announced increasing to USD14 billion the amount of fast-track financing to assist companies and countries in their efforts to respond to the rapid spread of COVID-19, adding USD2 billion to the initial package. The announcement came amid fear of a major global recession in the wake of the coronavirus that […]

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Iran Produces Drug To Heal Lung Lesion Of COVID-19 Patients

Iranian researchers have discovered a drug combination to heal the lesions in the lungs of COVID-19 patients, IRNA news agency quoted an Iranian health official as saying. Mostafa Qanei, head of the scientific committee to combat COVID-19, said the “complex” is the combination of three medicines which could reduce the period of hospitalisation of the […]

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COVID-19 toll rises to 3,237 in China

Beijing: The death toll due to the COVID-19 outbreak in China has increased to 3,237, authorities said on Wednesday, while the number of confirmed cases in the Asian country has risen to 80,894. Chinese health authorities reported 11 deaths and 13 newly confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection on the Chinese mainland on Tuesday, Xinhua […]

Coronavirus: Italy reports 475 new deaths, highest one-day toll of any nation, China records nil domestic caess
Coronavirus: Italy reports highest one-day toll of 475, China records zero domestic cases

Rome: Italy on Wednesday reported 475 new deaths from the novel coronavirus, the highest one-day official toll of any nation since the first case was detected in China late last year. However, China on Thursday said no new domestic cases of the coronavirus were reported for the first time in the country, three months after […]

COVID-19 cases exceed one lakh in Europe, China reports new domestic cases for 2nd day
COVID-19 cases exceed one lakh in Europe, China reports new domestic cases for 2nd day

Brussels: Over 1,00,000 people across Europe have tested positive for COVID-19 so far, prompting European governments to unleash fresh measures. More than 40 European countries have been hit by COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. Italy, Spain, Germany and France were the four hardest-hit, with each reporting more than 10,000 confirmed cases, Xinhua […]

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No new local coronavirus cases for third day in row in China

Beijing/ Washington: China reported no domestically transmitted coronavirus cases for the third consecutive day even as seven more fatalities have been confirmed, taking the death toll in the country to 3255. No new domestically transmitted cases of COVID-19 were reported on the Chinese mainland for the third day in a row on Friday, China’s National […]

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Coronavirus Death Toll: Spain Becomes Third With Nearly 400 More Deaths

Madrid: Spain on Sunday reported 394 new Covid-19-related deaths, bringing the coronavirus death toll to 1,720 and propelling it beyond Iran to the third in the list of most fatalities. The number of confirmed cases as of Saturday stood at 25,496 and had reported 324 new deaths. Only Italy (4,825) and China (3,144) have reported […]

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First US Senator Tests Positive For COVID-19, German Chancellor Quarantined

Washington/Berlin: Coronavirus Penetrates US Senate as US Senator Rand Paul, Republican from the state of Kentucky becomes the first member of the upper chamber of Congress to be infected by coronavirus. He confirmed on Sunday that he tested positive for the virus. “Senator Rand Paul has tested positive for COVID-19. He is feeling fine and […]

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COVID-19: $20 Trillion Lawsuit Filed Against China In US Over Coronavirus Pandemic

New Delhi/Washington: A lawsuit has been filed against China in US demanding $20 trillion compensation for the damages caused by Coronavirus pandemic. A Washington-based advocacy group and a Texas company have filed a class-action lawsuit against the Chinese government for COVID-19. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of a conservative lawyer Larry Klayman, his advocacy […]

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Hantavirus Scare: After Coronavirus Havoc New Virus Kills One In China

New Delhi: After the novel Coronavirus outbreak that has wreaked havoc on the world, China has witnessed the resurgence of another virus- Hantavirus. The new virus is from rodents. Global Times tweeted on Tuesday that a person from “Yunnan Province died while on his way back to Shandong Province for work on a chartered bus […]

Donald Trump hopes to reopen economy by Easter as US registers 10,000 new COVID-19 cases
US Prez Donald Trump hopes to reopen economy by Easter as US registers 10,000 new COVID-19 cases

Washington: The number of coronavirus cases in the United States jumped by nearly 10,000 while about 150 Americans died in a day even as President Donald Trump hoped to reopen the country’s economy by Easter, April 12. With millions of Americans under lockdown, the National Guard, as well as the armed forces, were pressed into […]

Gunmen attack Sikh gurdwara in Afghanistan, killing 11 people
Gunmen attack Sikh gurdwara in Afghanistan, killing 25 people

Kabul: Heavily armed gunmen and suicide bombers blasted their way into a Sikh gurdwara in the heart of Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul on Wednesday, killing at least 25 worshippers and wounding 8 others, in one of the deadliest attacks on the minority community in the strife-torn country. The gunmen attacked the gurdwara in Shor Bazar […]

Coronavirus cases in Italy cross 74,000 with more than 7,503 fatalities
Coronavirus cases in Italy cross 74,000 with more than 7,503 fatalities

Rome: The coronavirus pandemic has claimed 7,503 lives in Italy, while the cumulative number of confirmed cases have reached 74,386, Italian authorities said. Active infections grew by 3,491 cases on the daily basis, bringing the total active infections to 57,521 since the epidemic broke out in the northern regions on February 21, the Civil Protection […]

Coronavirus outbreak: US overtakes China with most confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide
Coronavirus outbreak: US overtakes China with most confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide

Washington: With over 16,000 confirmed cases were reported in a single day in the US on Thursday as the total number of COVID-19 patients soared to 85,088, the highest for any country, according to data compiled by Worldometer. The United States surpassed China (81,285) and Italy (80,589) in terms of number of people infected with […]

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