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UK reports record 684 COVID-19 deaths in 24 hours

LONDON: Britain on Friday reported a record 684 new COVID-19 deaths in its daily update, as the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus climbed by 4,450 on the previous 24…

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World’s largest radio telescope, ALMA, shut down due to COVID-19

SANTIAGO: The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), the world's largest radio telescope, has temporarily closed operations due to the spread of COVID-19 in Chile, the observatory said in an announced.…

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COVID-19: Australia PM Scott Morrison urges WHO, UN to act against China’s wet markets

MELBOURNE: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Friday urged the WHO and the UN to act against China's wet markets, like the one where the deadly coronavirus is thought to…

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Isolated and afraid: How coronavirus pandemic is affecting pregnancies globally

HONG KONG: Jamie Chui has been a virtual prisoner in her Hong Kong home for most of her nine-month pregnancy. Trapped intially by violent pro-democracy protests and tear gas, and…

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This ultra-Orthodox Israeli city rejected government lockdown, now 40% citizens suspected to have COVID-19

BNEI BRAK (Israel): Early this week, the streets of the central Israeli city of Bnei Brak were bustling with shoppers as ultra-Orthodox residents, obeying their religious leaders, ignored pleas to…

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COVID-19: Germany imposes 500 euros fine for breaking social distancing rules as toll crosses 1000

BERLIN: Germans risk being fined up to 500 euros ($540) for standing too close to each other from Friday as officials crackdown on people flouting rules brought in to control…

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Asymptomatic COVID-19 cases increase in Wuhan, residents asked to stay home

BEIJING: The authorities in China's Wuhan, the epicentre of the novel coronavirus, on Friday asked its residents to stay at home and avoid non-essential outings amid fears of a possible…

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95% of Europe’s coronavirus victims over 60 but young not immune, says UN

GENEVA: More than 95% of those who have died of coronavirus in Europe have been over 60 but young people should not be complacent, the head of the World Health…

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Emirates to resume limited passenger flights from April 6

DUBAI: Emirates Airline said Thursday it is to resume a limited number of outbound passenger flights from April 6, less than two weeks after its coronavirus-enforced stoppage. "Emirates has received…

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Europe’s hospitals running out of vital medicines for COVID-19

LONDON: Nine leading European university hospitals are warning they will run out of essential medicines needed for COVID-19 patients in intensive care in less than two weeks as they are…

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COVID-19: Spain witnesses 950 deaths in 24 hours as death toll crosses 10,000

MADRID: The coronavirus death toll in Spain surged past 10,000 on Thursday after a record 950 deaths in 24 hours, with the number of confirmed cases passing the 110,000 mark,…

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Chaos from coronavirus an opportunity for global terror to heal, recruit

JOHANNESBURG: Both the Islamic State group and al-Qaida see the coronavirus as a threat, but some of their fighters also see the upheaval from the pandemic as an opportunity to…

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