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Daily coronavirus deaths in Spain fall to 523, with slight rise in rate of new infections The death toll since the outbreak began now stands at 18,579, with confirmed cases reaching 177,633

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Daily coronavirus deaths in Spain fall to 523, with slight rise in rate of new infections The death toll since the outbreak began now stands at 18,579, with confirmed cases reaching 177,633

The number of daily coronavirus fatalities registered by the Spanish Health Ministry came in at 523 on Wednesday, slightly down from the day before. According to the latest figures, new infections rose in the last 24 hours by 3% of the total, to reach 177,633 since the outbreak began in Spain – a slight rise […]

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China leads vaccine R&D,2 million confirmed global COVID-19 cases, joint platform urged

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China leads vaccine R&D,2 million confirmed global COVID-19 cases, joint platform urged

A staff member displays a sample of the COVID-19 inactivated vaccine at a vaccine production plant of China National Pharmaceutical Group (Sinopharm) in Beijing, capital of China, April 10, 2020. Photo:Xinhua As the number of coronavirus infection cases rapidly approaches two million worldwide and as the world grows more desperate by the day for a […]

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Macron pushes Africa debt relief, seeks Putin’s backing for UN truce plea

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Macron pushes Africa debt relief, seeks Putin’s backing for UN truce plea

The French president said African economies must be given “some breathing space” as the coronavirus pandemic triggers the steepest slowdown since World War II. © French presidency, AFP International creditors must relieve African countries of debt payments this year to help them deal with the coronavirus pandemic, French President Emmanuel Macron said in a wide-ranging interview with RFI […]

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Coronavirus: European states ease lockdowns as Trump lashes out at WHO

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Coronavirus: European states ease lockdowns as Trump lashes out at WHO

Fans of Independiente de Medellin soccer club – quarantined in Argentina – shout to journalists from a hotel in Buenos Aires, Tuesday, April 14, 2020.   –   Copyright  Natacha Pisarenko/Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved  European states are beginning to ease lockdown restrictions even as the global death toll from the deadly coronavirus approaches 130,000 people, with […]

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Trump halts US funding to WHO amid COVID-19 pandemic

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Trump halts US funding to WHO amid COVID-19 pandemic

President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, April 14, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo)  President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he has directed a halt to U.S. payments to the World Health Organization pending a review of its warnings about the coronavirus and China. Trump said […]

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Coronavirus News: NYC death count revised by nearly 4,000, bringing city’s toll over 10,000

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Coronavirus News: NYC death count revised by nearly 4,000, bringing city’s toll over 10,000

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) — The NYC Health Department is ready to attribute thousands more deaths to coronavirus. These are deaths of people at nursing homes, assisted living facilities, or private homes who never received a test but are likely to have died of coronavirus in the last month. While these deaths have not been […]

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IMF says ‘worst recession since Great Depression’ is likely International lender says global economy will shrink three percent this year, but it’s hedging even that dire forecast.

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IMF says ‘worst recession since Great Depression’ is likely International lender says global economy will shrink three percent this year, but it’s hedging even that dire forecast.

  Gita Gopinath, economic counsellor and director of the Research Department at the International Monetary Fund, warned on Tuesday that the coronavirus pandemic is a crisis ‘like no other’ facing the global economy [File: Rodrigo Garrido/Reuters] The International Monetary Fund (IMF) did not mince words on Tuesday about its dire outlook for a coronavirus-ravaged world […]

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Kuwait plans to repatriate 40,000 citizens on 188 flights amid coronavirus: Report

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Kuwait plans to repatriate 40,000 citizens on 188 flights amid coronavirus: Report

Kuwaitis, arriving from Europe, stand a safe distance apart to give their details to ministry of health officials in a makeshift coronavirus testing center. (File photo: Reuters) Kuwait plans to repatriate 40,000 of its citizens on 188 flights between April 16-25, Kuwaiti newspaper Alqabas reported on Sunday, citing an official unnamed source. The source said […]

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These US intel reports ACCURATELY PREDICTED pandemic years ago. Why was NOTHING done?

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These US intel reports ACCURATELY PREDICTED pandemic years ago. Why was NOTHING done?

© Global Look Press / imago-images.de / Ralph Peters A “highly transmissible” and “virulent respiratory illness” for which there is no cure may incite a global pandemic. That was the assessment of a 2008 US intelligence report. The prediction was accurate — but no one was prepared. The 2008 report by the US National Intelligence Council (NIC) warned that […]

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Spanish Health Ministry warns that the coronavirus could be spreading in homes In around 130,000 of confirmed Covid-19 infections the source of contagion is unknown, raising alarm that the virus is being transmitted by mild cases in self-isolation

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Spanish Health Ministry warns that the coronavirus could be spreading in homes In around 130,000 of confirmed Covid-19 infections the source of contagion is unknown, raising alarm that the virus is being transmitted by mild cases in self-isolation

Health Minister Salvador Illa (l) and Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska at a press conference on the coronavirus outbreak.EFE  On Monday, Spain recorded its lowest number of new coronavirus infections since the beginning of the crisis – 3,477 in 24 hours, according to Health Minister Salvador Illa. But in most cases – both daily infections and the overall […]

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