New York: The number of COVID-19 deaths in the US topped 40,000 by Sunday noon, reaching 40,585, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University. …
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Jerusalem: Israel’s Ministry of Health has announced the shutting down of a coronavirus testing laboratory because of 19 wrong diagnoses. The lab, located at the Weizmann Institute of Science (WIS) in …
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Ottawa: At least 13 people have been killed in a 12-hour shooting rampage in several communities in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, according to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). …
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Colombo: The Sri Lankan government has decided to relax the ongoing island-wide curfew which was imposed last month to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, from Monday onwards with …
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New York: New York reported 540 more coronavirus deaths overnight, a reduction of 25 per cent from the previous day, Governor Andrew Cuomo said, but the state still remained the …
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United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres pledged that all human beings should unite as one to combat the common enemy of coronavirus and rebuild a fairer world. “Together, we will …
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Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the doubling of the activity at workplaces as part of a plan to gradually restore the economy amid the coronavirus pandemic. The rate of …
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Wuhan: Wuhan, the capital of China’s Hubei province where the global coronavirus pandemic originated last December, has now been classified as a low-risk area as the city has not reported a …
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Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said that the country may face increased coronavirus cases from mid-May and the healthcare system could come under significant pressure. “Coronavirus cases are expected to …
COVID-19 cases in Pak expected to increase around mid-May: Imran Read MoreParis: A further 642 people had died of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours in France, raising the country’s death toll to 19,323, official data showed on Saturday. The number of …
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