Healthcare

Photo Story: Spanish authorities report latest coronavirus figures

Spanish Health Minister Salvador Illa during a press conference held at the health ministry headquarters in Madrid, Spain, 08 March 2020. Spain has now registered 589 confirmed cases of the…

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Experts warn coronavirus vaccine isn’t coming very quickly

The development of vaccines against the coronavirus is in full swing. Nevertheless, it will still take at least a year before one is available on the market. ust a month…

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WHO chief calls for private sector to be involved to ensure that countries can access life-saving products

In his daily briefing to the press on Friday, World Health Organization (WHO) chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, warned that supplies of medicine are at risk of disruption due to the…

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WHO rapid response team concludes mission to Italy

The WHO Rapid Response Team (RRT) has recommended maintaining a strong focus on containment measures across the country, combined with a combination of strategies in areas with wider virus transmission…

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A Photo Album: Northern Italy in quarantine

A series of photos from across Italy on Sunday by EPA photographers after the Italian government placed up to 16 million people under quarantine as it battles to contain the…

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Photo Story: Reports US Fed to ‘quarantine’ dollar bills repatriated from Asia

US dollar bills (L) are placed beside (from top to bottom) Chinese Yuan, Taiwan Dollars, Indian Rupee, Hong Kong Dollars, and Japanese Yen, Taipei, Taiwan. According to news reports, the…

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Pope Francis leads weekly Angelus prayer through live-stream due to coronavirus epidemic

Tourists and Catholic faithful wearing medical face masks watch a giant screen installed at St Peter's Square, Vatican City, 08 March 2020. Pope Francis decided to lead the weekly Sunday…

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Photo Story: Infant saved from quarantine hotel building collapses in China

Rescuers carry out an injured infant from the collapsed six-floor hotel building in Quanzhou city in southeast China's Fujian province, 08 March 2020. Ten people have been found dead and…

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Supermarkets in UK begin food rationing after coronavirus-fuelled panic buying

Supermarkets in the UK have begun rationing food as a result of coronavirus panic buying. Tesco is limiting the amount of baked beans, dry pasta and UHT milk its customers…

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Photo Story: The miracle of life amid coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, China

A midwife shows a new-born to the present medical workers after a C-section operation on a suspected COVID-19 patient at Wuhan Union Hospital in Wuhan , Hubei province, China,…

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Coronavirus death toll increases in France

French health officials on Saturday reported five more deaths from coronavirus, taking the total death toll to 16 with 949 confirmed cases nationwide. The cases included three in the National Assembly,…

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Person who attended Trump conference tests positive for coronavirus

Organizers of the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, said an attendee of its annual Washington-area conference last month has tested positive for coronavirus. "A New Jersey hospital tested the person,…

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Cruise ships seek safe harbour as coronavirus spreads

Cruise ships are looking for safe harbour on four continents amid fears they are spreading the new coronavirus that has infected more than 100,000 people worldwide. As the outbreak has…

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People seek to leave Milan after lockdown decision

Italian media is reporting that at Central Station in Milan there are many people who have decided to leave or to anticipate departures after the decree that effectively closes Lombardy…

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The WHO’s Q&A on symptoms, prevention and other issues connected coronaviruses COVID-19

The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a series of Questions and Answers for the general public on the outbreak of coronaviruses (COVID-19). Among other things, the WHO recommends Regularly…

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Spanish town faces police lockdown to contain coronavirus

Police have been deployed to lock down entire blocks of a neighbourhood in Haro, a small town in northern Spain, after dozens of cases of coronavirus were traced back to…

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Australia ramps up epidemic preparation as third man dies, first death from coronavirus in Latin America

A man in his 80s died in a Sydney hospital after testing positive to COVID-19, becoming the third coronavirus-related casualty in Australia, state health authorities said on Sunday. The total…

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Maldives confirms first two coronavirus cases, limits movement on islands

The Maldives has curbed movement on several resort islands, authorities said on Sunday, after the country reported its first two cases of coronavirus. The two infected people, who are…

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First coronavirus case in Washington D.C., Trump “I’m not concerned at all”

A man in his 50s tested positive for coronavirus — the first presumptively confirmed case in the nation’s capital — and another person who traveled through the city has also…

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Health officials in Benghazi deny rumours of coronavirus cases in Libya

Nasser Al-Mansouri, the Director of the International Health Oversight Office at Benina Airport in Libya, has denied allegations in a flood of posts on social platforms, regarding the detection of…

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Italian Civil Protection sets up online map of coronavirus infections in Italy

The Italian Civil Protection has issued an online map of the coronavirus infections throughout Italy. The initiative, explains the Department, has the the aim of “ensuring increasingly effective and transparent institutional…

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Milan and 14 provinces in Italy in quarantine as fatalities rise to 233

The Italian government has introduced tough new measures to try to stop the spread of coronavirus, which include telling people not to enter or leave the hardest-hit region of Lombardy.…

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Total number of CoVid Confirmed cases is 105,820

As cases of the coronavirus surge in Italy, Iran, South Korea, the U.S. and elsewhere, many scientists say it's plain that the world is in the grips of a pandemic…

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Italy to lock down Lombardy and other regions to fight Coronavirus outbreak

The Italian government is expected to announce the full lock down of Lombardy region and several other northern areas to fight Europe’s worst coronavirus outbreak. The other regions include Modena,…

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Parents of first Coronavirus case in Malta test positive bringing total of cases to three

Malta confirmed the first cases of Coronavirus. The parents of the girl who was reported to be as the first were also tested positive for the CO-Vid19. Government issued a…

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CoVid19 – New York declares state of emergency

The governor of New York on Saturday declared a state of emergency after the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus rose to 76. Andrew Cuomo announced the decision after the…

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Only collective coordinated and comprehensive approach from governments can push back CoVid-19 epidemic – WHO Director General

Speaking at the COVID-19 media briefing, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus the World Health Organisation Director-General emphasized that the COVID-19 epidemic “can be pushed back, but only with a collective coordinated and comprehensive…

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Anger and tension as Cyprus does a precautionary closure of dividing-checkpoint on the split island, in view of Co-Vid 19 outbreak

Cypriot police had to fire pepper spray on Saturday as tension led to skirmishes with protesters angry that a checkpoint on the ethnically split island was closed in what authorities…

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Number of Coronavirus cases in UK reached 206

Forty two more people have been diagnosed with coronavirus in the UK in the last 24 hours, taking the total to 206. The number includes five more infections in Scotland,…

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Greece records 21 new Coronavirus cases

Greece said on Saturday it had recorded 21 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total in the country to 66. The 54 travelers, on a religious pilgrimage, are all from three…

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After marginalising the ‘other’, now it’s us Italians who are locked up within the borders of a country that suffers – Juventus player Bernardeschi

"A virus is dominating our fears. It terrifies us, limits our freedom, makes us despise the other. We closed the ports to anyone, holing up in our faithful circle, criticizing…

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Nurseries, Kindergartens and Schools to close in two zones of France as death toll rose to 9 from 613 confirmed cases

Nurseries, kindergartens and schools in two areas worst affected by the coronavirus will be closed for two weeks starting Monday, French Prime Minister Édouard Philippe announced Friday as the death…

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Italian government gives carte-blanche to Civil Protection to do whatever required until end of Co-Vid 19 emergency status

Italy on Saturday began recruiting retired doctors as part of urgent efforts to bolster the healthcare system with 20,000 additional staff and fight the escalating viral epidemic. The measure was…

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Number of companies working on vaccine development and treatment for Co-Vid 19

A mix of legacy drugmakers and small startups have stepped forward with plans to develop vaccines or treatments that target the infection caused by the novel coronavirus. COVID-19, which was…

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Norwegian airlines suspends flights between Oslo and Milan until May

Norwegian is suspending flights between Oslo and Milan until May, based on new travel guidelines from Norway's foreign ministry as well as health authority recommendations. “Based on travel advice…

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Cruise ship denied entry in San Francisco following 21 passengers testing positive for Co-Vid 19

Twenty-one people tested positive for coronavirus on Friday aboard a ship that was denied entry to San Francisco Bay after a number of passengers and crew developed flu-like symptoms on…

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NHS confirms second Coronavirus victim in UK

A second person in the UK has died after contracting coronavirus, the NHS has confirmed. The man was in his early 80s and with underlying health conditions. Milton Keynes University…

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Madrid orders closure of private and public senior centres to avoid further Coronavirus contagion

The Madrid regional government on Friday ordered 213 private and public senior centers to be closed in a bid to avoid further contagion of the novel coronavirus. The measure was…

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The number of people infected with Coronavirus surpasses the 100,000

The number of people infected with coronavirus surpassed 100,000 across the world on Friday as the outbreak reached more countries and intensified economic damage, with business districts beginning to empty…

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US to advise against Cruise liner travelling

The United States is considering ways to discourage U.S. travelers from taking cruises as part of a broader Trump administration effort to limit the spread of coronavirus, according to four…

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Chinese firm Xiaomi donates thousands of masks to Italy

Xiaomi has donated supplies, including tens of thousands of masks, to Italy during this difficult time. We entered the market less than two years ago and have continuously felt love…

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Death toll from Coronavirus in Italy reaches 197

Some 3,916 people are now infected with the coronavirus in Italy, 620 more than yesterday, and 197 dead, 49 up, emergency commissioner and civil protection chief Angelo Borrelli said Friday. 523…

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Facebook shuts down office after Coronavirus case

Facebook has shut down its London offices after an employee tests positive for Coronavirus. Developing story

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WHO tackles current myths on coronavirus

As the coronavirus continues to spread around the globe and at the same time sparking a flurry of false news and myths, the World Health Organisation (WHO) issued a list…

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MSC Opera not to enter in Malta – UPDATE

UPDATE: The Government of Malta and MSC Cruises have reached a mutual agreement that, exclusively on the occasion of today, cruise liner MSC Opera will not enter Malta's port. This decision…

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Will warmer weather stop the spread of the coronavirus?

DW takes an in-depth look at speculation that possibly with warmer weather coronavirus get weaker. Spring may be the season of hope, but it's still too early to say accurately…

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European Commission steps up research funding in coronavirus vaccine development and treatment

Following the publication of a €10 million call in January, the Commission has secured an additional €37.5 million for urgently needed research on COVID-19 vaccine development, treatment and diagnostics. This…

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Flybe’s collapse could be ‘first of many’ airlines

The failure of Europe's biggest regional airline Flybe could be the start of more casualties, analysts predict. On Thursday, a global airline industry body warned the financial hit from coronavirus…

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Eurovision Song Contest in the Netherlands in doubt over coronavirus fears

The co-organiser the Eurovision Song Contest, to be held this year in the Dutch city of Rotterdam in May, said it was reviewing its options in light of the…

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Catholic Church in Italian capital suspends catechism due to coronavirus outbreak

The Catholic Church in Rome suspended catechism and youth club activities until March 15. Masses will go ahead provided that churches are able to respect fundamental precautionary measures, the Church…

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Thailand turns away Costa cruise ship with 64 Italians

The Costa Fortuna cruise ship carrying 64 Italian passengers on board has not been allowed to dock in Phuket in Thailand over concerned linked to coronavirus, Costa cruise company said…

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Vatican reports first case of coronavirus in Vatican City

The Vatican said on Friday that a patient in its health services had tested positive for coronavirus. Spokesman Matteo Bruni said the discovery was made on Thursday and that outpatient…

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EU aims to better control coronavirus responses

On Friday, EU health ministers will convene in Brussels for their latest extraordinary meeting aimed at boosting cooperation and creating some consistency in countering the coronavirus epidemic. One EU diplomat…

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Coronavirus Bulletin Update – Malta

The Malta Council for Economic and Social Development (MCESD) held an informative meeting with social partners regarding the government’s work on the coronavirus. The government felt that is was pertinent…

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Concern in NZ as man with coronavirus attended packed rock concert in Auckland

A person in New Zealand confirmed to have been infected was revealed on Friday to have attended a rock concert packed with thousands of other people. Health authorities said the…

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Greece and Australia shut schools as WHO warns about local transmission

Australia ordered its first school closure on Friday after a 16-year-old pupil tested positive for the coronavirus, as the country’s prime minister warned the public bill for treating infected patients…

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Coronavirus cases surge across U.S, Trump admits outbreak ‘might’ impact US economy

The coronavirus outbreak radiated across the United States, surfacing in at least four new states and San Francisco as Congress quickly approved more than $8 billion to fight the outbreak.…

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