The death toll from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy rose by 681 to 15,362, a somewhat lower rise than those seen in recent days, while the number of patients in intensive care fell for the first time, the Civil Protection Agency said on Saturday. The total number of confirmed cases ... Read More »
Countries across the world continue to ramp up efforts to fight Covid-19, which has infected more than 1.1 million people and killed around 60,450, a majority of them in Europe. Here are the latest updates for April 4: Coronavirus global toll crosses 60,000 The coronavirus pandemic has killed over 60,000 ... Read More »
With lockdown conditions imposed on the UK, the majority of the nation’s daily routines have come to halt with activities such as food shopping being kept to a bare minimum. Some of the biggest public concerns surrounding the outbreak so far have been related to supermarkets, from whether essential groceries and household items will remain in good supply to how ... Read More »
A total 809 people died in last 24 hours – but figure suggests contagion may have peaked Spain’s daily coronavirus death toll has fallen for the second day running, figures released on Saturday show. A total 809 people who tested positive for Covid-19 died over the past 24 hours, down from ... Read More »
‘We view this as an act of modern piracy. Such wild west methods can’t dominate, even in a global crisis,’ Berlin’s interior minister says Germany and France have accused the US of taking face masks already ordered by Europe as the coronavirus pandemic continued to cause rising international tensions. Politicians ... Read More »
China held a three-minute national moment of reflection on Saturday morning to honour those killed by the coronavirus outbreak, as the global number of cases passed the one million mark with the international death toll surpassing 58,000. Citizens stood apart from one another with heads bowed at 10am local time as flags flew at half-mast and air raid sirens sounded ... Read More »
A spike in novel coronavirus infections and deaths in Stockholm has raised questions about Sweden’s decision to fight the outbreak without resorting to the lockdowns that have left much of Europe at a standstill. Governments across Europe have closed schools and taken draconian measures to limit exposure to possible carriers ... Read More »
Global cases of the new coronavirus have shot past 1 million with more than 53,000 fatalities, a Reuters tally showed on Friday, as death tolls soared in the United States and western Europe while the world economy nosedived. In the space of just 24 hours, 6,095 infected people died – ... Read More »
Middle East Airlines announced Friday four flights to take off Sunday in order to evacuate Lebanese expats abroad, after Cabinet approved a mechanism for their return. According to a statement by MEA, the flights are organized “in accordance with the conditions laid down by the government.” The Cabinet’s decision states ... Read More »
The Central Bank Friday instructed commercial banks to allow customers with deposits of not more than LL5 million to withdraw their money after converting them to the current dollar market exchange rate based on the prices of an electronic platform that will be created soon. Central Bank Gov. Riad Salameh ... Read More »
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