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  TEHRAN- The number of infections with the coronavirus and mortality in Iran are on a downward trend. Over the past 24 hours, 1,634 new patients have been identified compared with 1,997 in the day before, Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said on Thursday. He added that 117 more people have died during the same period of […]

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) hydraulic steel structure and electromechanical works is said to have registered massive progress. Sileshi Bekele (PhD), Minister of Water, Irrigation and Energy, announced that the hydraulic steel structure work is now at 20.4 percent from 13.88 percent, while the electromechanical part of the project reached 44.3 percent from 25.6 […]

© Mikhail Tereshchenko/TASS MOSCOW, April 10. /TASS/. The number of coronavirus cases in Russia rose by 1,786 in the past 24 hours, reaching 11,917, the anti-coronavirus crisis center said in a statement on Friday, adding that coronavirus patients had been identified for the first time in the Tuva region.  “A total of 11,917 coronavirus cases […]

A worker wears a protective mask, following an outbreak of coronavirus, at Nahr Bin Umar oil field, north of Basra, Iraq March 15, 2020. [Photo/Agencies] MOSCOW – Russia, the United States and Saudi Arabia have agreed to coordinate actions on stabilizing oil markets and minimize the impact of oil price volatility on global economy, Russian […]

  President Cyril Ramaphosa addressing the nation on the lockdown extension. (GCIS) While it is too early to draw definitive conclusions over the coronavirus outbreak that hit our shores, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday the evidence showed the lockdown is working to slow its spread. Ramaphosa announced a two-week extension to the nationwide lockdown, which […]

The Princess Hotel in Barcelona is being used by Hospital del Mar to quarantine patients who have been discharged but cannot self-isolate at home.ALBERT GARCIA Health workers represent around 15% of all confirmed coronavirus cases in Spain – 19,400 professionals have tested positive since the beginning of the outbreak. Of this figure, 10% have been hospitalized, while […]

ANSA) – Rome, April 9 – The number of coronavirus patients in intensive care units in Italy dropped for the sixth straight day on Thursday, the civil protection department. There are 3,605 such patients in Italy, 88 fewer than Wednesday, it said. The department said 96,877 people are currently infected with the COVID-19 in Italy, […]

This undated photo shows EU flags outside the European Central Bank (ECB) headquarters, Frankfurt, Germany. (REUTERS Photo)  EU finance ministers have struck a deal on a 500-billion-euro ($546.5 billion) stimulus plan for the economic fallout from COVID-19, participants in the talks in Brussels said late Thursday. The measures are aimed at helping states hit by […]

New York state is now the coronavirus capital of the world, logging more COVID-19 cases than any other country across the globe outside of the US. As of Thursday, the Empire State had recorded a total of 159,937 confirmed coronavirus cases — a jump of more than 10,000 new cases from the day before. There’ve […]

Abdul Mabud Chowdhury passed away after 15 days in hospital A doctor diagnosed with coronavirus has died – three weeks after he warned the prime minister health workers urgently need more PPE. Abdul Mabud Chowdhury,53, passed away after 15 days in hospital with COVID-19.  On 18 March he wrote a message to Boris Johnson asking him […]