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U.S. readying ‘substantial’ aid to help Yemen fight coronavirus
The United States is preparing a “substantial contribution” to help Yemen combat the Coronavirus, but it may have to find alternatives to the World Health Organization (WHO) to spend it, a senior U.S. official told Reuters, days after…
Lebanese MPs sprayed with sanitizer at makeshift parliament
Lebanese MPs were sprayed with sanitizer as they arrived for a legislative session on Tuesday that was relocated from the Beirut parliament building to a theatre to allow for social distancing against the coronavirus.
Parliament Speaker…
No new corona cases in Lebanon in past 24 hours: health ministry
Lebanon recorded no new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours for the first time during the country’s outbreak, the health ministry said in its daily report on Tuesday.
It said that after 487 tests conducted in the last 24 hours the number…
WHO worker dies as vehicle carrying Covid-19 samples is attacked in Myanmar
A World Health Organization driver was killed in an attack on a “marked UN vehicle” transporting some “surveillance samples” through Myanmar’s troubled Rakhine province, where fighting resumed several days ago.
Myanmar, where the tally…
Denmark to allow gatherings of 500 people from May 10
Denmark’s Ministry of Health has announced it will allow public gatherings of up to 500 people for the foreseeable future, as the country tentatively eases lockdown measures.
Starting on May 10, authorities will lift the ban on…
WHO warns lifting of coronavirus lockdowns must be gradual
The World Health Organization warned on Tuesday that any lifting of lockdowns to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus must be gradual, and if restrictions were to be relaxed too soon, there would be a resurgence of infections.
Trump says he will suspend all immigration into U.S. over coronavirus
President Donald Trump said on Monday he will suspend all immigration into the United States temporarily through an executive order in response to the coronavirus outbreak and to protect American jobs.
Trump said he was taking the action…
Coronavirus to impoverish millions of children in Middle East: UNICEF
Millions of children in the Middle East will become poorer as their caregivers lose jobs from lockdowns aimed at stemming the spread of coronavirus across the region, according to the U.N. Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
UNICEF said children…
France becomes fourth country to pass the 20,000 coronavirus death toll
France on Monday officially registered more than 20,000 deaths from coronavirus infections, becoming the fourth country to go beyond that threshold after Italy, Spain and the United States, and the pace of increase of fatalities sped up…
Merkel slams “discussion orgies” of regional governments planning to ease Covid-19 restrictions
Germany is about to relax its quarantine restrictions, but some regions are planning to go too far, according to Chancellor Angela Merkel, who warned that such carelessness risks a major setback in fighting the virus.
Merkel took an…