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Mortuary workers in the Pacific port city of Guayaquil have been unable to cope with a backlog Jose Sánchez AFP  Ecuador said police have removed almost 800 bodies in recent weeks from homes in Guayaquil, the epicenter of the country’s coronavirus outbreak, after the disease overwhelmed emergency services, hospitals and funeral parlours. Mortuary workers in the […]

Khalif Mumin Toxow The justice minister of Somalia’s autonomous Hirshabelle state, Khalif Mumin Tohow, has died after contracting the novel coronavirus, the second recorded death in the country. Tohow died on Sunday in Mogadishu’s Martini hospital a day after he tested positive for COVID-19 in the town of Jowhar, the administrative capital of Hirshabelle. The Somali […]

TEHRAN – Stating that tomorrow’s wars will no longer be fought by tanks, fighter jets, and missiles, Mehmet Ogutcu said, “The biological viruses are part of this ruthless asymmetrical warfare without causing bloodshed and physical destruction.” The current coronavirus pandemic ravaging every corner of the world and many states are desperate in the face of […]

Virus Outbreak Italy Easter   –   Copyright  AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino  Italy records 431 deaths in a day due to COVID-19, the lowest daily death toll since March 19, but bringing the total dead to nearly 20,000. There have been 156,363 confirmed cases of the virus in the country which was the first European country to see a large spread […]

President Donald Trump speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House on Friday. WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump is eager to reopen the nation and claims to have “absolute authority” to do so, but experts say the decision on when Americans can ditch coronavirus distancing and return to normal will ultimately be made by […]

Covid-19 has hit the East London Correctional Centre, where 23 correctional services officials and three inmates tested positive for the virus. Justice Minister Ronald Lamola confirmed on Sunday 26 cases have been detected in the female section. Lamola, who visited the prison on Sunday, said more people have been tested, adding the department was still […]

A medical worker is heading to see an arriving Covid patient © Sputnik / Ilya Pitalev Since Saturday, 2,186 more people have tested positive for Covid-19, bringing Russia’s total coronavirus tally to 15,770, according to the government’s emergency team in charge of containing the growing epidemic. The new figure drastically ups the curve, as only […]

Crucial supplies of personal protective equipment (PPE) for medical staff are delivered from Turkey into a Royal Air Force base for distribution around the country, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Carterton, Britain, April 10, 2020. (Reuters Photo)  British officials thanked Turkey for sending medical supplies to the United Kingdom, as the country is […]

The Prime Minister said: ‘I owe them my life’ (Picture: 10 Downing Street/AFP via Getty Images) Boris Johnson says he owes his life to NHS staff after beating coronavirus View 7 comments Sam CorbishleySaturday 11 Apr 2020 11:17 pm Share this article via facebookShare this article via twitterShare this article via messenger 5k SHARES The […]

  Medical staff cheer as Alye Gunduz (C), 93 years old, is discharged from Istanbul University’s Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty Hospital after ten daysof treatment on April 10, 2020, Istanbul (Photos: Ozan Köse / AFP)  Alye Gündüz, a 93-year-old patient who has successfully recovered from the novel coronavirus following 10 days of treatment, has been discharged […]