San Francisco: The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched an interactive experience on Facebook Messenger to provide people accurate and timely information about the coronavirus pandemic. WHO will leverage Messenger’s reach …
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Rome: The COVID-19 has claimed another 602 lives in locked-down Italy over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of infections, fatalities and recoveries to 162,488 since the pandemic began …
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London: The death toll of those hospitalized in Britain who tested positive for the novel coronavirus reached 12,107, a daily increase of 778, the Department of Health and Social Care said. …
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New York: The number of COVID-19 cases in the United States topped 600,000, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University. On Tuesday, the country …
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Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that the military could be deployed to help tackle the coronavirus pandemic in the country, after the number of cases in the country rose …
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Abu Dhabi: The balance of power will tip in favour of China in a post COVID-19 world and the US may take longer to recover compared to countries in Asia, a …
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Washington: The White House has said that President Donald Trump was not firing the nation’s top infectious diseases expert Anthony Fauci. “This media chatter is ridiculous,” Xinhua news agency quoted White …
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Washington: More than 30 people were killed after tornadoes ripped through states in southern US, authorities have said. The tornadoes hit Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South and North Carolinas …
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Geneva: There is no evidence that the Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine, which is primarily used against tuberculosis, protects people against infection with the novel coronavirus, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. …
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United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is concerned about the fighting in Libya, including the latest shelling of Tripoli, and the first signs of COVID-19 infection, a spokesman said. “We are …
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