Coronavirus Updates
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Finland to impose mandatory covid-19 tests on visitors from high-risk countries
Finland will introduce mandatory coronavirus tests and quarantines for travellers arriving from certain high-risk countries, the minister in charge said on Monday. Global coronavirus cases hit 20 mil…
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Global coronavirus cases hit 20 million – Reuters tally
Global coronavirus cases pushed past 20 million on Monday, according to a Reuters tally, with the United States, Brazil and India accounting for more than half of all known infections. The respirator…
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Greece: Belgium, Spain and Swedish visitors to present negative coronavirus test for entry
Visitors to Greece arriving from Sweden, Belgium, Spain, the Netherlands and the Czech Republic will need proof they have tested negative for the novel coronavirus to gain entry, the government said …
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Angola insists borders will remain closed to push off coronavirus
Angola said on Saturday that it will maintain closed borders to fight and prevent a spread of coronavirus in the country. According to a Presidential Decree, which updates the measures adopted during…
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Australian Prime Minister says boarder unlikely to open before Christmas
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said internal border closures were unlikely to lift before Christmas, as the country on Monday reported a record single day rise in COVID-19 deaths. There was…
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Red Cross trains 43,000 North Koreans to help in fight against covid-19, flood
The Red Cross has trained 43,000 North Korean volunteers to help communities, including the locked-down city of Kaesong, fight the novel coronavirus and provide flood assistance, an official with the…
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U.S.A champions with coronavirus cases as numbers peak at 5 million
The United States set a record for coronavirus cases on Saturday, with more than 5 million people now infected, according to a Reuters tally, as the country’s top infectious diseases official offered…
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Ghana’s covid-19 death toll rise to 215 as active cases cut further to 2,458
Active Coronavirus cases in Ghana keeps reducing in consecutive updates by the Ghana Health Service, now standing at 2,458 cases. In the previous update by the GHS, active cases of COVID-19 dropped f…
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UK: Prime Minister affirms reopening of schools must happen by September
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said reopening schools in September was a social, economic and moral imperative and insisted they would be able to operate safely despite the ongoing threat from …
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Mexico’s death toll surpass 52,000 as cases climb above 475,900
Mexico’s health ministry on Saturday reported 6,495 new confirmed coronavirus infections and 695 additional fatalities, bringing the total in the country to 475,902 cases and 52,006 deaths. Officials…