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by Robin Millard, with Jastinder Khera in Rome GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The World Health Organization called the new coronavirus outbreak a pandemic on Wednesday, issuing a grim warning that the global spread and severity of the illness was due to “alarming levels of inaction”. The declaration came as Europe faced a mounting number of cases — including a slew of new countries clocking first deaths — prompting governments to roll out increasingly tough measures […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis: More than 4,500 deaths Since the novel coronavirus first emerged in late December 2019, more than 124,101 cases have been recorded in 113 countries and territories, killing 4,566 people, according to an AFP tally compiled at around 1700 GMT on Wednesday based on official sources. The number of cases in Europe passes 22,000, with 930 deaths. Mainland China has 80,778 cases, with […]
MADRID, Spain (AFP) — Coronavirus infections in Spain have passed the 2,000 mark with 47 deaths, the health ministry announced on Wednesday, making it Europe’s second most severe outbreak after Italy. “By this morning, we had 2,002 cases,” said health ministry emergencies coordinator Fernando Simon, up from 1,639 on Tuesday and almost quadruple Sunday’s total. Madrid is the worst-hit region with half of the confirmed cases and 31 of the deaths. Officials quickly unveiled […]
(Eagle News) – The number of confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide has reached more than 121,000 as the highly contagious virus infected persons in 118 countries. According to the virus dashboard of the John Hopkins University (JHU), the number of confirmed coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases has reached 121,064 as of Wednesday night, March 11. The cases kept growing even as China continues to report a drop in their cases. It has a total of 80,967 […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain unveiled Wednesday a package of stimulus measures worth £30 billion ($39 billion, 34.4 billion euros) to fight the growing threat from the coronavirus epidemic to the economy. “I am announcing today in total a £30-billion fiscal stimulus to support British people, British jobs and British businesses through this moment. And of course, if further action is needed if the situation evolves… I will not hesitate to act,” finance minister […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has won the Democratic presidential caucus in North Dakota, his first victory in a night of losses to frontrunner Joe Biden, US media reported Wednesday. NBC News and CNN said Sanders won with 53.3 percent of the vote to 39.8 for Biden, who earlier cemented a commanding lead in the overall race for the Democratic nomination with victories in Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri and Idaho. A sixth […]
MADRID, Spain (AFP) — Coronavirus infections in Spain has passed the 2,000 marks with 47 deaths, the health ministry announced on Wednesday, making it Europe’s second most severe outbreak after Italy. “By this morning, we had 2,002 cases,” said health ministry emergencies coordinator Fernando Simon, up from 1,639 on Tuesday and almost quadruple Sunday’s total. Madrid is the worst-hit region with half of the confirmed cases and 31 of the deaths. Officials quickly unveiled a […]
WARSAW, Poland (AFP) — Poland’s prime minister on Wednesday said the government has decided to close down all educational and cultural facilities for two weeks to stem the spread of the coronavirus, which has infected 25 people in the EU member to date. “The fight against the spread of the virus is a priority for us,” Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki told reporters. He said all schools, nurseries, universities, theatres, cinemas, museums and operas will be […]
VIENNA, Austria (AFP) — Austria said Wednesday it will close its national museums and suspend all remaining trains to neighboring Italy to stem the spread of the new coronavirus. The decision affects rail links from regions in western and southern Austria which border Italy. All long-distance routes — notably overnight trains to Rome, Milan, and Venice — had already been canceled. The country announced on Tuesday the near closure of its land border with its […]
BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel signaled Wednesday that she does not rule out suspending a self-imposed dogma of keeping Germany’s budget balanced in the fight against the coronavirus outbreak. “It is an extraordinary situation, we will do what’s necessary and luckily Germany is relatively robust… we see at the end of that where our budget stands,” she said, stressing that ending the virus crisis “comes first”. Maintaining a balanced or “black zero” budget […]
LUXOR, Egypt (AFP) — Egyptian authorities said Wednesday that 46 French and US tourists who had been quarantined on a coronavirus-hit Nile cruise boat have flown home. They were among dozens of foreign tourists and Egyptian crew who had been either confined to the vessel or hospitalized after an outbreak of the virus. A health ministry statement said that the repatriated French and American tourists had left the A-Sara cruise boat overnight, noting that 45 […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — Iran on Wednesday reported 63 new deaths from the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, the highest single-day toll since it announced the first deaths from the outbreak. “Based on new lab results, we have identified 958 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 infection in the country, bringing the total number of cases to 9,000,” health ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said in a televised news conference. “Unfortunately in the past 24 […]
