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Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 13, 2020
Brazilian woman, 97, becomes country’s oldest coronavirus survivor
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RIO DE JANEIRO: When 97-year-old Brazilian Gina Dal Colleto was hospitalised on Apr 1 with coronavirus symptoms, few could have thought she would survive the deadly virus. On Sunday, however, Dal Colleto was pushed in a wheelchair out of Sao Paulo’s Vila Nova Star hospital to applause from doctors and nurses, becoming the oldest known survivor
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 13, 2020
Spain to keep coronavirus restrictions under review
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MADRID: Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Sunday (Apr 12) any further loosening of the country’s lockdown restrictions would depend on more progress in the fight against the coronavirus, a day before some companies plan to reopen their doors. The country’s overnight death toll from the infection rose for the first time in three
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 12, 2020
Italy’s daily coronavirus death tally lowest since Mar 19
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ROME: Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy rose by 431 on Sunday (Apr 12), down from 619 the day before, and the number of new cases slowed to 4,092 from a previous 4,694. The tally of deaths was the lowest daily rise since Mar 19. Advertisement Advertisement The total death toll since the outbreak came
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 12, 2020
Italy’s daily coronavirus death toll and new cases push higher
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ROME: Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy rose by 619 on Saturday (Apr 11), up from 570 the day before, and the number of new cases climbed to 4,694 from a previous 3,951. The daily death toll was the highest since Apr 6 and the rise in infections was the biggest since Apr 4. Advertisement Advertisement After
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 12, 2020
In grim milestone, United States logs world’s highest coronavirus death toll
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NEW YORK: The United States surpassed Italy on Saturday (Apr 11) as the country with the highest reported coronavirus death toll, recording more than 20,000 deaths since the outbreak began, according to a Reuters tally. The grim milestone was reached as President Donald Trump mulled over when the country, which has registered more than half a
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 11, 2020
US has more than 500,000 coronavirus cases, daily death toll reaches record 2,000
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NEW YORK: US coronavirus cases topped 500,000 on Friday (Apr 10), according to a Reuters tally, although there are signs that Americans staying home was helping to curb new infections. Confirmed US cases of the COVID-19 illness caused by the virus have been rising by 30,000 to 35,000 cases a day as testing becomes more available. Globally,
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 11, 2020
New Zealand reports 2 coronavirus deaths, Australia has 56
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MELBOURNE: New Zealand said on Saturday (Apr 11) there had been two new deaths due to the coronavirus – its biggest daily total to date despite the low number and bringing the total to four in a country that’s halfway through a four-week nationwide lockdown. Both deaths were older people with underlying health conditions and were
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 11, 2020
Coronavirus found in air samples up to 4 metres from patients: China study
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WASHINGTON: A new study examining air samples from hospital wards with COVID-19 patients has found the virus can travel up to 4m – twice the distance current guidelines say people should leave between themselves in public. The preliminary results of the investigation by Chinese researchers were published Friday in Emerging Infectious Diseases, a journal of the US Centers
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 11, 2020
China reports 46 new coronavirus cases, up from 42 a day earlier
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BEIJING: China on Saturday (Apr 11) reported a rise in new coronavirus cases, as authorities try to head off a second wave of COVID-19, particularly from imported and asymptomatic infections, as city and travel restrictions are lifted. The National Health Commission said 46 new cases were reported on Friday, including 42 involving travellers from overseas, up
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 11, 2020
French coronavirus toll over 13,000 as nursing home deaths jump
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PARIS: The number of people who have died from coronavirus infection in France jumped by nearly 987 or 8 per cent to 13,197 as nursing home deaths swelled but fewer people were in intensive care as the effect of nationwide confinement started to show. The total number of confirmed and probable coronavirus infections in the
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 11, 2020
Coronavirus death toll passes 1,000 in Brazil
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BRASILIA: Brazil, the hardest-hit Latin American country in the coronavirus pandemic, passed the mark of 1,000 deaths on Friday (Apr 10), the health ministry said. The ministry’s latest figures gave a toll of 19,638 confirmed COVID-19 cases, with 1,056 deaths – one fewer than it had indicated in an initial tally earlier in the day. Advertisement Advertisement
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 11, 2020
New US projections show summer spike if coronavirus restrictions lifted: Report
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WASHINGTON: New US government figures show novel coronavirus infections will spike during the summer if stay-at-home orders are lifted after 30 days as planned, the New York Times reported on Friday (Apr 10). If President Donald Trump lifts shelter-in-place orders after 30 days, the death toll is estimated to reach 200,000, the New York Times reported, citing
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 10, 2020
China’s Wuhan to keep testing residents as coronavirus lockdown eases
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WUHAN: China’s Wuhan city, where the global COVID-19 pandemic began, is still testing residents regularly despite relaxing its tough two-month lockdown, with the country wary of a rebound in cases even as it sets its sights on normalising the economy. Concerns remain over an influx of infected patients from overseas as well as China’s ability
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