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Eritrea confirms first COVID-19 case

Eritrea on Saturday confirmed its first case of COVID-19 in a 39-year-old Eritrean who was linked to travel to Norway. "The Eritrean Ministry of Health announced on Saturday evening the first confirm

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Hong Kong reports 17 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases, 273 in total

Hong Kong's Centre for Health Protection (CHP) Saturday reported 17 additional confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 20 preliminary positive cases, most of which had oversea

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New Zealand confirms 14 new COVID-19 cases

New Zealand reported 14 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases of the disease to 53. Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield from the New Zealand Healt

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Hong Kong reports 48 new COVID-19 cases, biggest increase for single day

Hong Kong's Centre of Health Protection (CHP) reported 48 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases on Friday, the highest number for a single day since the outbreak of the virus. Out of the 48 new cases, 36

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Australia extends COVID-19 travel ban to all non-residents

All non-residents will be banned from entering Australia as COVID-19 is spreading globally, according to Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Thursday afternoon.

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Australian PM announces travel ban on all non-residents

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Thursday announced a travel ban on all non-residents coming into the country beginning from Friday night. Anyone who is not

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Vlog: Malaysia starts movement control to combat COVID-19

Malaysia imposes a 14-day "movement control order" (March 18-31) including closing schools and travel bans to contain #COVID19 spread following a recent spike of cases. Click to see what life looks l

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Malaysia reports 110 new cases of COVID-19, 900 in total

Malaysia on Thursday announced 110 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of cases to 900, said the Health Ministry. Of the new cases, 63 had been traced to a large scale rel

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New Zealand enters lockdown by closing borders due to COVID-19 concerns

New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced that the country's borders will be closed to any visitors except citizens and residents from from 11:59 p.m. Thursday due to COVID-19 concerns. T

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First 3 cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Mauritius

Screen capture of the press conference from the Office of the Prime Minister, Mauritius. Mauritius has confirmed its first 3 cases of COVID-19 in a press conference held by the Mauritian Prime

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Fiji reports first comfirmed case of COVID-19

Fiji reported on Thursday its first confirmed case of COVID-19. In a televised speech, Fiji's Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama announced on Thursday that the patient from Fiji's second largest city

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Pandemic Watch: Ghana takes serious measures against COVID-19

Ghana has recorded its seventh case of COVID-19 by Tuesday. The African country is taking a raft of measures including international travel ban and public school suspension to fight #coronavirus. #Fig

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Over 7,000 people die of COVID-19 globally: WHO

The global death toll from COVID-19 increased by 475 to 7,426 in the past 24 hours as of 10:00 CET (0900 GMT) Tuesday, according to the daily situation report released by the World Health Organiza

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China issues alert against travel to countries hard hit by coronavirus

China on Tuesday evening issued a travel alert urging its tourists to keep themselves updated about the novel coronavirus epidemic situation abroad and avoid travel to

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Poll: 70% of Japanese do not expect Tokyo Olympics to go ahead as planned

Poll finds around 70% of Japanese do not anticipate this summer's Olympic Games will go ahead as planned.TOKYO, March 16 (Xinhua) -- Around 70 percent of Japanese peopl

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Over 70 pct of consumers expect tourism to recover after June: survey

More than 70 percent of Chinese consumers surveyed expect the tourism sector to recover after June, while 20 percent say it will recover after May, Tuesday's China Tou

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Confirmed cases of COVID-19 jump to 93 in Russia

The number of COVID-19 cases in Russia rose by 30 in the last 24 hours to 93, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova said Monday. "Seventy-nine are in hospital and 57 of them have a mild f