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© Yegor Aleyev/TASS MOSCOW, March 19. /TASS/. Russian scientists from the Smorodintsev Research Institute of Influenza have managed to decode the first full genome of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the Russian Health Ministry informed on Thursday. “Specialists of the Smorodintsev Research Institute of Influenza with the Russian Health Ministry sequenced the first full genome of […]

US Congress at Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. (AFP) Two US lawmakers including a Florida representative on Wednesday became the first members of Congress to announce they have tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Find out the latest coronavirus news at our dedicated site. Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart’s office said in a statement that “just a short […]

© Provided by CNBC A medical worker wearing a face mask talks on her mobile phone inside the new coronavirus intensive care unit of the Brescia Poliambulanza hospital, Lombardy, on March 17, 2020. Medical facilities in Lombardy will “soon” be unable to help new coronavirus cases, the region’s Governor Attilio Fontana said Wednesday, as he urged […]

Belgium Virus Outbreak   –   Copyright  Francisco Seco/Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved The European Central Bank (ECB) said it would launch a €750 billion plan to help markets during the coronavirus pandemic. The unprecedented emergency programme will allow them to purchase private and public securities to counter the economic risks of the outbreak. Markets have plunged […]

Avigan tablets (generic name: Favipiravir), a drug approved as an anti-influenza drug in Japan and developed by Toyama Chemical Co., a subsidiary of Fujifilm Holdings Co. are displayed in Tokyo, Oct. 22, 2014. (Reuters Photo)  Scientists in China have praised a Japanese-developed drug for showing “very good clinical results” and being effective against the novel […]

A plane carrying medical materials from China arrives at the Liege airport, Belgium, on March 18, 2020. A batch of 1 million donated medical masks were flown in Belgium on Wednesday, en route to France. The medical supply was mobilized by two Chinese charities to help combat the spread of COVID-19. [Photo/Xinhua] President: China will […]

A woman pushes a trolley with her dog as a police officer control bystanders on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice as a lockdown is imposed to slow the rate of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in France, March 18, 2020. © Eric Gaillard, Reuters French police handed out over 4,000 fines Wednesday to people found violating […]

     With 116,000 tests for the coronavirus carried out and 114 returning positive, Russia’s ratio of tests to positive cases is the lowest among all of the countries infected by the coronavirus.Sergei Karpukhin / TASS Russia’s official statistics indicate that the country has virtually no coronavirus within its borders. With 116,000 tests for the coronavirus […]

Somali families feel ‘stigmatised’ by female genital mutilation safeguarding practices. Shutterstock/udeyismail Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), whereby the female genitals are deliberately injured or changed for non-medical reasons, is considered by the UN to be a “global concern”. International organisations often report statistical evidence that 98% of women and girls in Somalia/Somaliland have undergone FGM. Because of this international evidence, […]

Health Minister Fahrettin Koca holds a press conference after the Science Council Meeting on the COVID-19 (new coronavirus) outbreak in Ankara, Turkey, on March 16, 2020. (AFP Photo)  The number of coronavirus cases in Turkey has risen to 98, with 51 new cases confirmed, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca announced Tuesday night, adding that the disease […]