Colombo: The Sri Lankan government has announced a nationwide curfew from Friday until March 23 as a preventive measure against the coronavirus pandemic, according to the President’s Office. The Office said …
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Beijing: Mainland China has recorded no new domestic coronavirus infections for the second consecutive day, and also the lowest number of new deaths due to the deadly disease in two months, …
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Tripoli: The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) condemned the attacks on civilians in the war-torn country, a day after indiscriminate shelling killed four children in southern Tripoli. “Four young women …
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Islamabad: The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Pakistan have increased to 454 after Balochistan, Punjab, Sindh, Gilgit-Baltistan and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa announced an increase in their provincial tallies. On Thursday, Balochistan Chief …
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Washington: US President Donald Trump on Thursday said that chloroquine, a drug used to treat malaria, has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to be tested for coronavirus …
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New Delhi/Tehran: One Indian national has died of Covid-19 in Iran, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday. This is the first confirmed death of an Indian national outside the …
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Beijing, March 19 (IANS) Mainland China has reported zero new domestic infections of coronavirus for the first time since the outbreak was first reported in the country last December, the National …
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Edinburgh: British beer giant, BrewDog has switched production to hand sanitisers to meet the huge spike in demand amid the coronavirus pandemic, it was reported. The craft ale company has created …
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Wellington: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Thursday announced that the country’s borders will be closed to any visitors except citizens and residents due to the coronavirus pandemic. The announcement …
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US President Donald Trump on Friday declared the coronavirus pandemic an emergency by invoking a law known as the Stafford Act. The law, enacted in 1988, empowers the Federal Emergency …
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