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Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 5, 2020
Italy cheers first drop in critical virus patients
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TROME: Pandemic-hit Italy cheered Saturday (Apr 4) after seeing its number of intensive care cases for the coronavirus that stretched its healthcare system to breaking point drop for the first time. Even some of the most cautious health officials seized on the figures as evidence that the tide might be turning in the deadliest disaster
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 4, 2020
Americans urged to wear masks as virus toll mounts around world
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WASHINGTON: The United States on Friday (Apr 3) advised all Americans to wear masks in public to protect against the coronavirus, fearing the illness that has infected more than 1 million people worldwide may be spreading by normal breathing. President Donald Trump said the US government recommendation for all 330 million Americans to wear non-medical
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 4, 2020
Italy sees signs of hope despite 766 new virus deaths
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ROME: Italy saw more evidence Friday (Apr 3) that it might have made it through the worst of the coronavirus pandemic despite the world-leading death toll growing by 766 to 14,681. In new data from the civil protection service the daily rise of officially registered infections dropped to a new low of just four per
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 3, 2020
White House likely to advise people in virus hot spots to wear masks
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WASHINGTON: The White House is expected to issue guidance for people in areas hard hit by the coronavirus to wear face masks to help stop the spread of the virus, an administration official said on Thursday (Apr 2). The announcement was not planned for Thursday, the official said, and would be targeted at areas with high community
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 2, 2020
Australian police put a 90-day limit on ‘draconian’ virus measures
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SYDNEY: Australia’s most populous state said on Thursday (Apr 2) police enforcement of restrictions on personal movement intended to slow the spread of the coronavirus would last three months, as the number of new cases continued to slow. After a federal government order limiting groups of people gathering outside to two, Australian states have instructed
Written by Gabriel HerveyApril 2, 2020
Travel bans and COVID-19: What happens when a deadly new virus keeps loved ones apart
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SINGAPORE: Clément Nedelcu and his wife have not seen their youngest son Daniel for months. The last time they were together was the December holidays, and the whole family had gone to China to visit relatives. Advertisement Advertisement The couple and their older son Leo flew back home to Singapore on Jan 2 for work and school, but
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 31, 2020
France sees worst daily death toll as army ferries virus patients
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STRASBOURG: France recorded its worst daily coronavirus death toll on Monday (Mar 30), exceeding 3,000 for the first time, and army helicopters transported critical patients from the east to hospitals overseas as the country battled to free up space in life-support units. The Grand Est region the first in France to be overwhelmed by a
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 30, 2020
France uses army helicopters to ferry critical virus patients abroad
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STRASBOURG: Army helicopters on Monday (Mar 30) transported coronavirus patients fighting for their lives from eastern France to hospitals in Germany and Switzerland as the country battled to free up space in life-support units. The Grand Est region was the first in France to be overwhelmed by a wave of infections that has rapidly moved
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 30, 2020
Outrage in India as migrants sprayed with disinfectant to fight virus
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NEW DELHI: Indian health workers caused outrage on Monday (Mar 30) by spraying a group of migrants with disinfectant, amid fears that a large scale movement of people from cities to the countryside risked spreading the coronavirus. Footage showed a group of migrant workers sitting on a street in Bareilly, a district in the northern
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 30, 2020
Gulf’s massive migrant workforce fears virus limbo
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DOHA: Millions of migrant workers across the Gulf face uncertainty as host countries lock down, employers withhold wages or mull redundancies, and strict coronavirus containment measures lead to deportations and confinement. “We’ve been in lockdown for the last eight to 10 days, we don’t know when it will end,” said a 27-year-old Pakistani engineer in
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 28, 2020
‘Corona criminals’ prey on Europe’s virus fears
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THE HAGUE: From trafficking dodgy surgical masks to peddling counterfeit medicines and running internet scams, criminals are finding ways to profit from the coronavirus crisis, European police warn. With billions of people under lockdown in their homes and borders shut, police chiefs say criminals are finding it hard to make money out of “traditional” activities like
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 28, 2020
Fears of domestic violence rise as millions in Europe confined over virus
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BERLIN: With families across Europe confined to their homes to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, fears are rising of a surge in domestic violence. From Berlin to Paris, Madrid, Rome and Bratislava, associations that help victims of domestic violence have sounded the alarm after Europe overtook China to become the epicentre of the
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 27, 2020
France reports new spike in virus deaths, bringing total to 1,696
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PARIS: French health authorities reported 365 new deaths from coronavirus on Thursday (Mar 26), taking the total to 1,696. The rise in the number of deaths represents a daily rise of 27 per cent, a marked increase from the previous day with the country now in its second week of lockdown. Advertisement Advertisement READ: France struggling
Written by Gabriel HerveyMarch 26, 2020
Putin says Russia can beat virus in 2-3 months as flights halted, shops to shut
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MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday (Mar 26) he hoped Russia would defeat coronavirus in 2-3 months if it imposed tough measures, as authorities suspended international flights, ordered most shops in the capital to shut and halted some church services. Russia reported 182 new coronavirus cases, its biggest one-day rise yet, bringing its official
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