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South Africa says police caught in liquor sales after coronavirus alcohol ban

South Africa says police caught in liquor sales after coronavirus alcohol ban

-- 2020-04-12 16:02:32

South Africa, which banned the sale of all alcohol and cigarettes under a coronavirus lockdown that triggered a wave of lootings of liquor shops, said on Sunday it had caught police officers who were...

UN chief urges religious leaders to unite in fight for COVID-19

UN chief urges religious leaders to unite in fight for COVID-19

FE ONLINE DESK 2020-04-12 15:09:53

United Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres has called on the religious leaders of all faiths to join forces to work for peace around the world and focus on the common battle to defeat the novel...

US logs world's highest COVID-19 death toll

US logs world's highest COVID-19 death toll

-- 2020-04-12 11:09:48

The United States surpassed Italy on Saturday as the country with the highest reported coronavirus death toll, recording more than 20,000 deaths since the outbreak began, according to a Reuters tall...

Trump likes virus briefings, advisers worry he likes them too much

Trump likes virus briefings, advisers worry he likes them too much

-- 2020-04-12 09:23:03

Cooped up in the White House, US President Donald Trump sees the coronavirus briefings as his main outlet of the day, a reminder for Americans that he is in charge of managing the greatest crisis of a...

Saudi King approves extension of curfew until further notice

Saudi King approves extension of curfew until further notice

-- 2020-04-12 09:20:19

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman approved an extension of the kingdom’s curfew until further notice due to the rate at which the coronavirus is currently spreading, the state news agency (SPA) r...

UK pledges 200m pounds in aid to help stop second coronavirus wave

UK pledges 200m pounds in aid to help stop second coronavirus wave

-- 2020-04-12 09:05:36

Britain said on Sunday it was pledging 200 million pounds ($248 million) to the World Health Organisation (WHO) and charities to help slow the spread of the coronavirus in vulnerable countries and so...

New virus cases double to 99 in mainland China

New virus cases double to 99 in mainland China

Reuters 2020-04-12 08:59:47

Mainland China reported 99 new coronavirus infections on April 11, more than doubling from the previous day to reach a one-month high, as the number of single-day imported cases hit a record, official...

Virus cases in US surpass half a million

Virus cases in US surpass half a million

Reuters 2020-04-11 21:48:35

The number of coronavirus cases detected in the United States rose past half a million over the Easter weekend with 18,700 deaths, as President Donald Trump said the decision on when it was safe to re...

Iran begins lifting restrictions after brief virus lockdown

Iran begins lifting restrictions after brief virus lockdown

AP 2020-04-11 18:58:52

Iran began reopening government offices Saturday after a brief nationwide lockdown to help contain the worst coronavirus outbreak in the Middle East, which has killed more than 4,300 people in the cou...

Stay united, stay indoors, and be hopeful: Wuhan to the world

Stay united, stay indoors, and be hopeful: Wuhan to the world

Global Times 2020-04-11 17:16:09

Reflecting on the past two months, people in Wuhan, whose lives have been upended by a 76-day city lockdown to contain the coronavirus, believe simple words are far from enough to express their mixed...

WHO looking into reports of some COVID patients testing positive again

WHO looking into reports of some COVID patients testing positive again

-- 2020-04-11 17:01:34

The World Health Organization (WHO) is looking into reports of some COVID-19 patients testing positive again after initially testing negative for the disease while being considered for discharge. Sou...

PM Johnson back on his feet

PM Johnson back on his feet

-- 2020-04-11 16:45:53

 Prime Minister Boris Johnson was back on his feet in his recovery from COVID-19 on Friday as Britain recorded its deadliest day yet in the coronavirus pandemic, with 980 more deaths taking the...

India’s Modi mulls longer restrictions

India’s Modi mulls longer restrictions

-- 2020-04-11 16:00:06

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold talks on Saturday with states to decide whether to extend its own stringent restrictions beyond next week. India’s 21-day lockdown ends on Tuesday...

Groups used to serving desperately poor nations now help US

Groups used to serving desperately poor nations now help US

AP 2020-04-11 14:11:22

In Santa Barbara, forklifts chug through the warehouse of Direct Relief, hustling pallets of much-needed medical supplies into waiting FedEx trucks. Normally those gloves, masks and medicines would go...

Mainland China reports rise in new coronavirus cases

Mainland China reports rise in new coronavirus cases

REUTERS 2020-04-11 12:57:01

China reported on Saturday a rise in new coronavirus cases, as authorities try to head off a second wave of infections, particularly from imported and asymptomatic cases, as curbs on cities and travel...

Vietnam challenges China's monopoly on virus diplomacy

Vietnam challenges China's monopoly on virus diplomacy

REUTERS 2020-04-11 11:41:14

Vietnam is challenging China’s dominance of coronavirus diplomacy with the donation of medical supplies to Europe and Southeast Asia and even winning plaudits from U.S. President Donald Trump fo...

French coronavirus toll over 13,000 as nursing home deaths jump

French coronavirus toll over 13,000 as nursing home deaths jump

-- 2020-04-11 09:54:28

The number of people who have died from coronavirus infection in France jumped by nearly 987 or 8 per cent to 13,197 as nursing home deaths swelled but fewer people were in intensive care as the effec...

Global coronavirus deaths hit 100,000

Global coronavirus deaths hit 100,000

-- 2020-04-11 09:27:28

The number of deaths linked to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) reached 100,000 on Friday, as the tally of cases passed 1.6 million, according to a Reuters tally. The first death came in the centra...

University students in Shanxi start attending classes

University students in Shanxi start attending classes

-- 2020-04-10 21:25:18

Volunteers distribute face masks to students of Taiyuan University of Technology at the entrance of the school in Taiyuan, north China's Shanxi Province on April 10, 2020. The first batch of graduati...

Xi stresses tighter supervision of workplace safety as businesses resume

Xi stresses tighter supervision of workplace safety as businesses resume

Xinhua 2020-04-10 19:37:50

Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for tighter supervision of workplace safety to effectively safeguard the safety of people's lives and property. As the country is resuming work and production,...

India's coronavirus relief plan could leave millions without food aid

India's coronavirus relief plan could leave millions without food aid

Reuters 2020-04-10 18:44:32

Tens of millions of Indians stand to see few benefits from a coronavirus relief package worth $22.6 billion, economists and food rights activists say, a scenario that spells catastrophe for Karan Kuma...

Covid-19: New York using mass graves

Covid-19: New York using mass graves

-- 2020-04-10 18:29:40

Images have emerged of coffins being buried in a mass grave in New York City, as the death toll from the coronavirus outbreak continues to rise. Workers in hazmat outfits were seen using a ladder to...

Singapore battles virus hotspots in migrant workers' dorms

Singapore battles virus hotspots in migrant workers' dorms

-- 2020-04-10 17:48:49

After managing to keep on top of the first wave of coronavirus outbreaks, Singapore is grappling with an alarming rise in infections among migrant workers housed in crowded dormitories. Such cases no...

COVID-19 socioeconomic impacts hit Asia-Pacific women harder: Report

COVID-19 socioeconomic impacts hit Asia-Pacific women harder: Report

UNB 2020-04-10 17:38:31

Gender and social inequalities that underpinned societies in Asia and the Pacific before COVID-19 are now exacerbated, making bad situations for women and girls even worse, warns a new report by UN Wo...

South Korean coronavirus patients vote as election kicks off

South Korean coronavirus patients vote as election kicks off

Reuters 2020-04-10 11:00:23

Early voting in South Korea’s parliamentary election kicked off on Friday, with coronavirus patients casting ballots at designated stations and candidates adopting new ways of campaigning to lim...

Once the biggest outbreak outside of China, S Korea city reports zero new virus cases

Once the biggest outbreak outside of China, S Korea city reports zero new virus cases

Reuters 2020-04-10 10:35:35

The South Korean city of Daegu, which endured the first large coronavirus outbreak outside of China, on Friday reported zero new cases for the first time since late February, as new infections across...

The minute details aiding Germany's virus defenses

The minute details aiding Germany's virus defenses

REUTERS 2020-04-10 10:33:35

One January lunchtime in a car parts company, a worker turned to a colleague and asked to borrow the salt. As well as the saltshaker, in that instant, they shared the new coronavirus, scientists have...

Johnson leaves ICU, remains under observation

Johnson leaves ICU, remains under observation

Reuters 2020-04-10 09:31:11

Prime Minister Boris Johnson left intensive care on Thursday (UK standard time) evening as he continues to recover from COVID-19, but he remains under close observation in hospital, his office said on...

Coronavirus: Global death toll reaches 95,722

Coronavirus: Global death toll reaches 95,722

-- 2020-04-10 08:52:17

The global death toll from coronavirus has reached 95,722 as of Friday morning. There have been 1,603,719 confirmed cases around the world after the highly contagious disease was first reported in Ch...

US coronavirus deaths top 16,400

US coronavirus deaths top 16,400

REUTERS 2020-04-10 08:37:55

US deaths due to coronavirus topped 16,400 on Thursday, according to a Reuters tally, although there are signs the outbreak might be nearing a peak. US officials warned Americans to expect alarming n...