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French health authorities reported 186 new deaths from coronavirus on Monday, taking the total to 860 in a sharp 28 percent toll rise as Prime Minister Édouard Philippe warned the country’s strict lockdown measures could tighten and last weeks. As France entered the second week of a nationwide lockdown, the toal number of confirmed coronavirus cases also increased Monday […]

 The coronavirus pandemic was accelerating as the latest figures showed more than 350,000 were infected by the virus with cases in almost every country in the world, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of WHO, said countries needed to take the offensive in combating the pandemic, including testing and contact tracing. […]

it Coronavirus: Italian government overwhelmed by response to its appeal for doctors. The Italian government has been left astounded by the response to its “extraordinary appeal” to create a task force of 300 doctors to help its embattled hospitals cope with the Coronavirus in the north of the country, reports Italian newspaper Il Fatto Quotidiano. A staggering 7,923 […]

People walk along a nearly empty Istiklal Avenue amid the COVID-19 pandemic, in Istanbul, March 17, 2020. (AFP Photo)  More than 1 billion people have been asked to stay home in more than 50 countries and territories around the world as governments battle the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the globe. Some countries imposed mandatory lockdown measures, […]

Doctor Hu Ming gestures “OK”after completing a surgery on a patient of COVID-19 in critical condition at a hospital in Wuhan, central China’s Hubei Province, March 21, 2020. Doctors from Beijing, Jiangsu and other four different provinces have successfully completed the three-hour surgery on a male patient of COVID-19 in critical condition with joint efforts. […]

French members of Parliament take part in a debate about the state of health emergency bill at the National Assembly on March 21, 2020, in Paris   –   Copyright  LUDOVIC MARIN/AFP The French Assemblée National approved on Saturday a legal text that would introduce a “state of health emergency” in France during the coronavirus pandemic. The law would give […]

TEHRAN – Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, Leader of the Islamic Revolution, said on Sunday that the United States’ proposal to provide Iran with medical aid to fight the coronavirus may be a conspiracy as the United States is accused of producing the virus and it is said that part of the virus was produced to […]

The Queen left Buckingham Palace for Windsor Castle on Thursday. (Image: PA) One of the Queen’s employees at Buckingham Palace tested positive for coronavirus while she was still in residence there, it is reported.The aide reportedly fell ill and tested positive last week, and Royal Household staff who had contact with the person have been ordered to self-isolate.It […]

The Shabab control large parts of Somalia and raise considerable funds through local taxation and extortion. The group has carried out deadly attacks not only in Somalia but also in Kenya and Uganda.Credit…Farah Abdi Warsameh/Associated Press Al Qaeda’s branch in Somalia, the terrorist group’s largest and most active global affiliate, has issued specific new threats […]