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A worker wears a protective mask, following an outbreak of coronavirus, at Nahr Bin Umar oil field, north of Basra, Iraq March 15, 2020. [Photo/Agencies] MOSCOW – Russia, the United States and Saudi Arabia have agreed to coordinate actions on stabilizing oil markets and minimize the impact of oil price volatility on global economy, Russian […]

  President Cyril Ramaphosa addressing the nation on the lockdown extension. (GCIS) While it is too early to draw definitive conclusions over the coronavirus outbreak that hit our shores, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday the evidence showed the lockdown is working to slow its spread. Ramaphosa announced a two-week extension to the nationwide lockdown, which […]

The Princess Hotel in Barcelona is being used by Hospital del Mar to quarantine patients who have been discharged but cannot self-isolate at home.ALBERT GARCIA Health workers represent around 15% of all confirmed coronavirus cases in Spain – 19,400 professionals have tested positive since the beginning of the outbreak. Of this figure, 10% have been hospitalized, while […]

ANSA) – Rome, April 9 – The number of coronavirus patients in intensive care units in Italy dropped for the sixth straight day on Thursday, the civil protection department. There are 3,605 such patients in Italy, 88 fewer than Wednesday, it said. The department said 96,877 people are currently infected with the COVID-19 in Italy, […]

This undated photo shows EU flags outside the European Central Bank (ECB) headquarters, Frankfurt, Germany. (REUTERS Photo)  EU finance ministers have struck a deal on a 500-billion-euro ($546.5 billion) stimulus plan for the economic fallout from COVID-19, participants in the talks in Brussels said late Thursday. The measures are aimed at helping states hit by […]

New York state is now the coronavirus capital of the world, logging more COVID-19 cases than any other country across the globe outside of the US. As of Thursday, the Empire State had recorded a total of 159,937 confirmed coronavirus cases — a jump of more than 10,000 new cases from the day before. There’ve […]

Abdul Mabud Chowdhury passed away after 15 days in hospital A doctor diagnosed with coronavirus has died – three weeks after he warned the prime minister health workers urgently need more PPE. Abdul Mabud Chowdhury,53, passed away after 15 days in hospital with COVID-19.  On 18 March he wrote a message to Boris Johnson asking him […]

(ANSA) – Rome, April 9 – Premier Giuseppe Conte has said Italy may start to gradually ease its coronavirus lockdown, with some sectors being allowed to return to work, at the end of this month. “We need to pick sectors that can restart their activity,” Conte told the BBC. “If scientists confirm it, we might […]

Iraqi President Barham Salih named Mustafa Al Kadhimi as prime minister-designate on Thursday, following weeks of political infighting. Mr Al Kadhimi, the head of Iraq’s intelligence service, has been rumoured to be among the prime ministerial contenders since December following the incumbent’s resignation. He now has 30 days to form a new cabinet and present it to […]

Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez has warned the EU it is in danger if it does not tackle COVID-19 correctly SOME 683 people in Spain have died from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours.  Figures from the Health Ministry released this morning now put the total death toll from coronavirus at 15,238. While it’s tragic news […]