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Iranian wedding party fuelled new COVID-19 surge, President Rouhani says
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday, that a wedding party contributed to a new surge in coronavirus infections in Iran, insisting that the country had no option but to keep its economy open despite warnings of a second wave of…
India overtakes Italy’s coronavirus tally with the highest number of daily infections
India reported a record 9,887 new coronavirus cases in one day on Saturday and overtook Italy as the world’s sixth-biggest outbreak.
India’s toll of deaths from COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, is 6,642.
Philippines reports 7 new coronavirus deaths, 714 more cases
The Philippines’ health ministry on Saturday reported seven new coronavirus deaths and 714 additional infections.
In a bulletin, the ministry said total deaths had increased to 994, while confirmed cases had reached 21,340.
Russia reports 8,855 new coronavirus cases, 197 deaths in last 24 hours
Russia reported 8,855 new cases of the new emerging coronavirus on Saturday, pushing the total number of infections to 458,689.
197 people had died in the last 24 hours, bringing the official nationwide death toll to 5,725.
Irish PM says people should not book foreign holidays yet
Ireland’s prime minister Leo Varadkar, on Friday advised citizens not to book foreign holidays and said the government had no date in mind yet to end its 14-day quarantine for people arriving from abroad.
“I’d encourage people not to go…
‘It’s not over’: COVID-19 cases rise in some nations easing lockdowns: WHO
Some countries have seen “upticks” in COVID-19 cases as lockdowns ease, and populations must protect themselves from the coronavirus while authorities continue testing, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.
The epicentre of…
UK’s death toll from confirmed COVID-19 cases tops 40,000
The United Kingdom’s death toll from confirmed cases of COVID-19 has exceeded 40,000, according to government data published on Friday.
40,261 people had died following positive tests for coronavirus on Thursday, the health ministry…
Iraq records over 1,000 coronavirus cases for first time
Iraqi Health Ministry recorded more than 1,000 new coronavirus cases in a single day for the first time on Friday, with its total approaching 10,000 confirmed cases.
At least 285 people have died of COVID-19 in Iraq, it said.
Jordan reopens mosques for socially distanced prayers
Mosques in Jordan opened for communal prayers for the first time in over two months on Friday, with thousands of police deployed to enforce strict social distancing rules at the usually packed places of worship.
Worshippers in Jordan…
Saudi Arabia reimposes curfew in Jeddah for two weeks
Saudi Arabia has reimposed a curfew in the Red Sea city of Jeddah 3 p.m to 6 a.m for two weeks starting on Saturday due to the spread of the coronavirus, and suspended work in offices, state news agency SPA reported.