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Cambodia's ruling party thanks China for providing medical staff, supplies for COVID-19 fight

The ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) on Thursday expressed its profound gratitude to China for sending medical experts and supplies to Cambodia to help fight agai

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Ethiopia to release 4,110 prisoners early to stem COVID-19 spread

File photo./Photo: Anadalou Agency. Federal Attorney General in Ethiopia has sanctioned the early release of over 4,000 inmates from federal prisons as part of government measures to contain t

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Kenya records first COVID-19 death

Minister for Health in Kenya, Mr. Mutahi Kagwe./Photo: Kenya's Ministry of Health Kenya on Thursday recorded its first death from the deadly coronavirus, the country's Health Cabinet Secretary

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101-year-old "Mr. P." recovered from COVID-19 in Italy

Medical personnel work in the ICU of Istituto Clinico Casalpalocco, in Rome, Italy, March 25, 2020. (Photo by Alberto Lingria/Xinhua) The man, referred to only as "Mr. P.", is believed to be the olde

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Chinese bank donates medical supplies to Turkey to fight COVID-19

The Turkish branch of Bank of China has delivered medical supplies to Turkey to support the country's fight against the outbreak of COVID-19, the Chinese consulate gen

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Chinese consulate in Chicago urges Chinese in U.S. to step up self-protection against COVID-19

The Chinese Consulate General in Chicago on Wednesday sent a letter to Chinese living in the United States and Chinese students studying in the country, advising them to better protect themselves

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UK spending on battle to beat coronavirus exceeds half bln pounds, says PM

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday called on G20 leaders to collaborate to speed up the development of a vaccine for coronavirus. During the G20 Extraordinary Leaders' Summit on COVI

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Chinese mainland reports 55 new confirmed COVID-19 cases

Chinese health authority said Friday it received reports of 55 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland on Thursday, of which 54 were imported. A new domes

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India Deploys Defence Units to Help Civilian Authorities in the Fight Against COVID-19

India is ramping up its resources and facilities to meet surging demand for protective gear as cases of COVID19 have gone up. The country has already gone into lockdown

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Japan to impose entry bans from Europe

Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe convened a coronavirus task force meeting, instructing all 47 prefectural leaders to plan contingency measures to fight the virus in r

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Frontiers launches a portal to help connect coronavirus and COVID-19 research with funding

Open science platform and publisher Frontiers wants to make sure that efforts by researchers to pursue science-based solutions to the global coronavirus pandemic, and learn more about the virus and th

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How Barcelona's homeless are facing the outbreak

04:00 As of Wednesday, 7,937 new coronavirus cases were confirmed in Spain, bringing the total to 47,610 and making it the second most-affected country in Europe, behind Italy.In Barce

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Xi proposes to build a strongest global network of pandemic control and treatment

Chinese President Xi Jinping said Thursday that a virus respects no borders, stressing that all must work together to build a strongest global network of control and treatment that the world has ever

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4,000-plus military medics to continue supporting Wuhan anti-virus battle

The 4,000-plus military medical professionals that have rushed to aid the battle against the novel coronavirus in central China's city of Wuhan are sticking to their p

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Africa's COVID-19 death toll reaches 72 as 2,746 cases confirmed in 46 countries: Africa CDC

The death toll from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in the African continent has reached 72 as confirmed positives cases surpassed 2,746 as of Thursday, the Africa Center for Disease Control and Pre

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Chinese military medical experts fast track drug research to aid virus battle: spokesman

China's military medical experts have wasted no time stepping up drug and vaccine research as well as virus source tracing to aid the country's battle against the nove

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Iran's COVID-19 death toll rises to 2,234

The death toll of novel coronavirus in Iran rose to 2,234 on Thursday with 157 new fatalities, the ministry of health said. Kianush Jahanpur, head of Public Relations