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(Eagle News) – Confirmed COVID-19 cases in the United States have surpassed 1 million with more than 58,000 deaths as the global total of infections rose to more than 3.1 million. According to data from the Johns Hopkins University, the total US cases reached 1,011,877 with 58,351 deaths. Global virus cases totaled 3,113,447 with 216,930 deaths as of 7:32 a.m. Wednesday, April 29 (Manila time), based on the JHU virus dashboard. US is still […]
ATHENS, Greece (AFP) — Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Tuesday announced a gradual easing of coronavirus lockdown rules from May 4 but said implementation would be monitored daily. “Having contained the first wave of the virus, we are now ready to move to the second phase, the gradual de-escalation of measures,” Mitsotakis said in a televised address. Around 10 percent of the businesses that were closed last month will be allowed to reopen, including […]
BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) — Brazil, the South American country worst-hit by the coronavirus pandemic, has registered more than 5,000 deaths from COVID-19, the health ministry announced Tuesday, pushing the toll above that of China. A record 474 deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours, with the number of infections rising to 71,886, the ministry said. China, where the virus first emerged before spreading across the world, has recorded about 4,600 deaths. The ministry said […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — President Vladimir Putin warned Tuesday that Russia had not yet reached the peak of coronavirus infections but said a “phased exit” from the country’s lockdown measures could begin in two weeks. With the number of cases rising by several thousand daily, Putin extended a non-working period across the country until May 11, telling officials to plan for a gradual lifting of quarantines after that. “We have managed to slow the spread […]
by Mariëtte Le Roux / Joseph Schmid Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — France will begin a gradual but “risky” return to normality on May 11, with shops, markets and some schools reopening after an eight-week coronavirus lockdown credited with saving more than 60,000 lives, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said Tuesday. But life will not be as before, with face masks compulsory on public transport, working from home strongly encouraged for several more weeks, […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — Iran on Tuesday announced 71 deaths from the novel coronavirus and said there were also more than 1,000 new cases of infection in the Islamic republic. The fatalities recorded in the past 24 hours brought to 5,877 the overall death toll from the illness in the Middle East’s hardest-hit country. Health ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said 1,112 people tested positive for the virus that causes COVID-19. That took to 92,584 the […]
BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — German medical experts warned the public to stay disciplined Tuesday after official data offered a mixed picture on the battle against the novel coronavirus since Europe’s biggest economy began a cautious easing of lockdown measures. “Let us continue to stay at home as much as possible, keep observing the restrictions and keep a distance of 1.5 meters from one another,” said Lothar Wieler, president of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for […]
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AFP) — South Asia could face a further public health crisis as children miss routine vaccinations, the UN warned Tuesday, spurring fears that the fallout from the novel coronavirus pandemic might reverse hard-earned gains in the region. The United Nations children’s agency UNICEF said hundreds of thousands were at risk as lockdowns across South Asia halted immunization drives and parents refrained from taking their children to doctors to be inoculated. “While the COVID-19 […]
MADRID, Spain (AFP) — Spain on Tuesday recorded a slight decrease in the number of daily coronavirus deaths with the government set to unveil plans to relax stringent lockdown measures in place since mid-March. The number of fatalities rose by 301 to 23,822 in the previous 24 hours, compared with Monday’s increase of 331, the health ministry said. It is the fifth consecutive day that the number of daily fatalities in Spain — which has […]
by Majeda El-Batsh Agence France Presse HAIFA, Israel (AFP) — Each morning since February, Israeli Arab doctor Khitam Hussein has woken up before dawn to rush to a job on the frontline of the country’s fight against the novel coronavirus. Hussein, 44, has emerged as a prominent member of Israel’s often marginalized Arab community which is now playing an essential role in confronting an unprecedented health crisis. She heads the outbreak response at the Rambam […]
(Eagle News) – There are now more than 3 million COVID-19 cases worldwide, which have claimed more than 211,000 lives and there is still no sign the number of infections would slow down as the virus reached more than 200 countries and territories. As scientists around the world race against time to develop a vaccine against the 2019 novel coronavirus strain, thousands are added to the number of infections daily across regions and continents. […]
WASHINGTON DC, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump suggested on Monday that he may seek damages from China over the coronavirus outbreak which began in the Chinese city of Wuhan and spread around the world. “We are not happy with China,” Trump said at a White House briefing. “We are not happy with that whole situation because we believe it could have been stopped at the source. “It could have been stopped quickly […]
