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Turkey’s coronavirus death toll rises by 109 to 2,600, with 3,122 new cases confirmed
Turkey’s confirmed cases of COVID-19 increased by 3,122 in the past 24 hours, and 109 more people have died, taking the death toll to 2,600, Health Ministry data showed on Friday.
The total number of cases in the country stood at…
Cyprus extends coronavirus flight ban to May 17
Cyprus extended a ban on commercial air traffic until May 17 on Friday to curb the spread of coronavirus.
The ban, first introduced on March 21 and extended by decrees since then, would now extend from April 30 to May 17, Transport…
Iran coronavirus death toll rises by 93 to 5,574
Iran’s death toll from the new coronavirus rose by 93 on Friday, to reach a total of 5,574, Health Ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpur said on state TV.
The total number of people diagnosed with the disease is 88,194, of whom 3,121 are…
UK PM Johnson, on the mend after COVID-19, faces lockdown conundrum
Prime Minister Boris Johnson faces the biggest conundrum of his premiership as he recuperates from COVID-19: how to lift a lockdown that is destroying swathes of the British economy without triggering a deadly second wave of the outbreak.…
Spain records lowest number of daily coronavirus deaths in over a month
Spain said on Friday the number of daily coronavirus-related fatalities fell to its lowest level in more than a month, with 367 deaths in the previous 24 hours.
That took total fatalities to 22,524 from 22,157 the day before, the health…
Egypt shortens night curfew by an hour for Ramadan
Egypt will keep a night-time curfew for the holy Muslim month of Ramadan to combat the coronavirus spread but make it one hour shorter, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said on Thursday.
The curfew will start at 9 p.m. instead of the…
Turkey’s coronavirus death toll rises by 115 to 2,491, with 3,116 new cases confirmed
Turkey’s confirmed cases of the COVID-19 disease increased by 3,116 in the past 24 hours, and 115 more people have died, taking the death toll to 2,491, Health Ministry data showed on Thursday.
The total number of cases in the country…
New York test of 3,000 people finds 14% with coronavirus antibodies
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Thursday a screening of 3,000 people found nearly 14% tested positive for antibodies for the novel coronavirus, suggesting that 2.7 million residents across the state may have been infected with the…
Vietnam says accusations it hacked China center for Wuhan virus info ‘baseless’
A report that said Vietnamese government-linked hackers had attempted to break into Chinese state organizations at the center of Beijing’s effort to contain the coronavirus outbreak is “baseless,” the Foreign Ministry in Hanoi said on…
‘We’re on the thinnest of ice’: Angela Merkel warns Germans against complacency as…
Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned that Germany is "still far from out of the woods" despite slowing infection rates, and everyone needs to be vigilant in order to make sure the 'fragile' recovery remains on track.
Merkel said that…