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ALMATY, Kazakhstan (AFP) — Kazakhstan’s two main cities of Almaty and Nur-Sultan went into lockdown on Thursday to combat the coronavirus pandemic. The army and police blocked roads leading into Almaty — the oil-rich Central Asian country’s usually bustling business hub — using armored vehicles, barriers and concrete blocks. Troops and police manned checkpoints as medics checked the temperatures of car passengers and recorded their names. The Kazakh authorities plan to block entry and exit […]
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) — President Jovenel Moise announced Haiti’s first two cases of novel coronavirus on Thursday as his government adopted extraordinary measures to contain its spread. “We have found the two first cases of coronavirus in our national territory,” Moise said during an address televised on state media. Haiti is the Caribbean’s poorest and most densely populated country and the virus’ arrival spurred the government to implement a series of restrictive measures, including an […]
WASHINGTON DC (EAGLE NEWS) — An Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) gives an update and an OFW perspective to Eagle News International, Washington, D.C. about the lockdown in Saudi Arabia.
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — All residents of California were ordered to stay at home Thursday in a bid to battle the coronavirus pandemic in the most populous state in the US. The statewide order, which Governor Gavin Newsom said goes into effect “this evening,” is the most dramatic containment measure yet by a US state. “There is a mutuality, there is a recognition of our interdependence, that requires of this moment that we […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — The coronavirus epidemic has killed 108 more people in France over the last 24 hours, bringing the total death toll from the outbreak in the country to 372, the top French health official said Thursday. “The number of infections is doubling every four days,” Jerome Salomon told reporters, adding that the virus was spreading in France “rapidly and intensely”. He said that 10,995 cases of coronavirus infection had now been recorded […]
DUBLIN, Ireland (AFP) — More than 30,000 people have answered the Irish government’s call for qualified professionals and volunteers to join the healthcare workforce battling the coronavirus emergency, the health service said Thursday. “We’re looking for anyone who can offer their services and skills,” Anne Marie Hoey of the Health Service Executive said of the drive launched Tuesday, adding that more than 30,000 people had responded so far. HSE is seeking medical, nursing, ambulance and […]
Prince Albert II of Monaco has tested positive for the new coronavirus, the principality said in a statement Thursday, adding there were “no concerns for his health.” The titular head of the Mediterranean enclave is continuing to work from his private apartments at the royal palace, the statement said. The announcement came three days after Monaco’s prime minister, Serge Telle, announced that he too had caught COVID-19. Monaco has said all public spaces will […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday presented a $1 trillion emergency relief package to combat the economic turmoil caused by the coronavirus pandemic in the United States. The Republican-drafted text must now be examined by Senate Democrats before a date for a vote can be set. “This legislation takes bold action on four major priorities that are extremely urgent and very necessary,” McConnell told the Senate. “First, direct financial […]
by Issam AHMED WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The US is fast-tracking antimalarial drugs for use as a treatment against the new coronavirus, President Donald Trump said Thursday, following encouraging early results in France and China. Chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine have not been given a formal green light in the US to fight the pandemic, but the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said it would work with domestic makers to expand production as it studied their […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Cruise ships could be converted into floating hospitals to treat cases of the novel coronavirus, US President Donald Trump said Thursday. Micky Arison, the chairman of Carnival Corporation, which operates Carnival Cruise Line, “made the offer, it was a generous offer,” Trump said during a press conference. “He said that he has some ships that would be ideally suited for what we are doing,” the president said, since the ships […]
MADRID, Spain (AFP) — Spain on Thursday announced that deaths from the novel coronavirus had jumped by nearly 30 percent over the past 24 hours to 767. The number of people who have contracted the disease has meanwhile grown by around 25 percent to 17,147, according to health ministry figures, bringing Spain’s tally near that of Iran, the world’s third most affected country after China and Italy. The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 is […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — Police in China’s virus epicenter Wuhan acted “inappropriately” by punishing a doctor who blew the whistle on the outbreak that has now killed more than 9,000 worldwide, a Chinese government investigation found Thursday. Li Wenliang, one of a group of doctors in Wuhan who shared posts on social media warning of a SARS-like virus spreading in the city in December, was reprimanded by police for sharing the information and made to […]
