Coronavirus Updates
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Trump’s COVID-19 symptoms ‘very concerning’, next 48 hours critical
President Donald Trump is not yet on a clear path to recovery from COVID-19 and some of his vital signs over the last 24 hours were very concerning, a person familiar with his health said on Saturday…
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Schools, mosques, public institutions offices shut in Iran as covid-19 cases skyrocket
Schools, libraries, mosques and other public institutions in Tehran were closed for a week on Saturday as part of measures to stem a rapid rise in COVID-19 cases, state media cited authorities in the…
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Trump’s youngest son, Barron, tests negative for coronavirus
President Donald Trump’s youngest son, Barron Trump, has tested negative for COVID-19, the White House said on Friday after Trump announced that he and first lady Melania Trump had tested positive fo…
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Malaysian govt says it won’t re-impose coronavirus curbs despite spike
Malaysia will not re-impose widespread coronavirus restrictions on travel despite a recent spike in infections, which a government minister said was partly caused by migrants from neighbouring countr…
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India’s coronavirus death toll passes 100,000 as pandemic shows no sign of abating
India’s death toll from the novel coronavirus rose past 100,000 on Saturday, only the third country in the world to reach that bleak milestone, after the United States and Brazil, and its epidemic sh…
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Venezuela receives shipment of Russian’s Sputnik-V coronavirus vaccine
Venezuela has received a shipment of the Russian-made Sputnik-V vaccine against the coronavirus, Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez said on Friday. The delivery is the first in Latin America a…
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Britain’s Northumbria University struck by mass covid-19 outbreak as hundreds of students test positive
Northumbria University, in northeast England, said on Friday it has been hit by a mass outbreak of COVID-19 with at least 770 students testing positive for the virus. COVID-19 outbreaks have hit near…
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Rome imposes mandatory face mask as covid-19 cases surge
Face masks will have to be worn at all times out of doors in the Italian capital Rome and the surrounding Lazio region, local authorities ruled on Friday in an effort to counter rising coronavirus in…
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British Prime Minister’s battle with covid-19 may have been a warning shot for Trump
When Boris Johnson caught COVID-19 in March, the overweight British prime minister tried to work through the illness “in denial” – but ended up wearing an oxygen mask in an intensive care unit and wa…
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India’s covid-19 cases skyrocket to 6.39 million; with 81,484 new infections in 24hrs
India’s coronavirus case tally climbed to 6.39 million after it reported 81,484 new infections in the last 24 hours, while related deaths were just shy of 100,000 mark, data from the health ministry …