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Ireland to make 14-day quarantine for travellers compulsory

A man wearing a protective face mask passes The Norseman pub, as bars across Ireland close voluntarily to curb the spread of coronavirus, in Dublin, Ireland, March 15, 2020. REUTERS/Lorraine O'Su

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Free movement across Italy to be allowed from June 3: draft decree

taly is set to allow free travel across the country from June 3, according to a draft decree seen by Reuters on Friday, as the government moves to unwind the coronaviru

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French minister says border controls with Germany to stay in place until June 15

French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said on Wednesday that controls will stay in place on French borders with Germany until June 15. "France and Germany made progress in a coordinated wa

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Austria plans to reopen border with Germany from June 15: media

The Austrian government reached an agreement with Germany to reopen the border as early as June 15, the country's tourism minister told local media on Wednesday. "From June 15, the opening of th

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Switzerland enters second phase of easing measures as restaurants, stores back to business

Switzerland on Monday entered the second phase of relaxation measures as part of a three-phase plan to get back to normal life. In accordance with the decision of the

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Hong Kong reports no new local COVID-19 cases for 22 days

Hong Kong's Center for Health Protection (CHP) reported no new confirmed cases of the COVID-19 on Monday, the 22nd consecutive day with no local infections in Hong Kon

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World Migratory Bird Day: Birds connect our world

01:41 World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) is celebrated for raising the awareness of the conservation of migratory birds and their habitats. WMBD officially falls on the second Saturday in

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China sees current account deficit in Q1 amid COVID-19

China saw a current account deficit in the first quarter of this year due to mounting pressure from the COVID-19 epidemic.The deficit in the current account stood at 29.7 billion U.S. dollars in t

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Aide to Mike Pence tests positive for COVID-19

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence. /VCG Image An aide to U.S. Vice President Mike Pence has tested positive for COVID-19, CNBC reports quoting a senior source from the administration.The news com

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EU calls for extension of travel ban in Europe

The European Commission on Friday recommended the extension of a travel ban barring non-EU citizens from its members' borders in an effort to prevent a second wave of COVID-19 infections.The trave

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China reduced the COVID-19 infections by 67 fold: Nature

VCG Photo If China did nothing to contain the novel coronavirus outbreak, there could have been more than seven million COVID-19 patients in the country by late February, according to a report

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Shanghai Disneyland to reopen with controlled capacity

Shanghai Disney Resort announced Wednesday that the Shanghai Disneyland theme park will reopen to the public on May 11. This follows the reopening of Disneytown, Wishi

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Mexican students develop respirators for COVID-19 patients

02:41 During the COVID-19 pandemic, hospital capacities and medical supplies are a concern across the globe. After seeing this problem in Mexico, one team of space travel engineers has

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2,000 medics in Moscow either recovered from virus or still sick

FILE PHOTO: Russian city of Moscow. /Xinhua. Some 25,000 medics in Moscow have been tested for coronavirus antibodies and 2,000 of them have tested to have such antibodies, including some 1,00

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China logs highest single-day railway trips in months

China's railway traffic picked up ahead of the five-day May Day holiday as the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues to ease, the latest data showed.

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Answer Bank: Beijing changed its emergency response, what it means?

Beijing authorities have downgraded the emergency response in the city from the top level to the second highest, announced the deputy secretary-general of the Beijing Municipal Government Chen Bei

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Nigeria to gradually ease lockdown restrictions: COVID-19

FILE PHOTO: Nigeria's president Muhammadu Buhari./Reuters Nigeria's president said the country will begin a gradual easing of lockdown restrictions to curtail the spread of the coronavirus in