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Kenya's COVID-19 tally jumps to 172 with 14 new cases

Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for health Mutahi Kagwe (third from right) delivers a COVID-19 update on Tuesday 7 April, 2020 in Nairobi, Kenya. /Photo: Kenya Ministry of Health Kenya has confirmed

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African Americans have higher rates of COVID-19 infection in U.S., says Trump

U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday evidence shows African Americans having higher rates of COVID-19 infection in the United States. Trump said his administration

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Facebook ships an experimental app for couples

Today, Facebook quietly released a new app for couples called Tuned. The new release is a multimedia messaging app designed to help significant others communicate.The app is available for download in

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Cambodian PM says joint COVID-19 fight uplifts Cambodia-China ties

Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen said on Tuesday that mutual help between Cambodia and China in the time of COVID-19 pandemic has uplifted the bilateral

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24,300 flights canceled in Portugal in March: official

Portugal registered 24,300 less flights in March 2020 compared to the same month of 2019, the state aviation authority NAV Portugal announced on Monday. Only 43,800 flights were registered last mon

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Kremlin says Russia is ready for oil market cooperation

Moscow is ready to coordinate with other leading oil exporting countries to help to stabilise the global oil market, the Kremlin said on Monday.Kirill Dmitriev, head of

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Chinese medical experts share experience online with Mozambique

In Africa, the COVID-19 pandemic has hit over 50 countries, with more than 7,000 confirmed cases. Chinese medical experts at West China Hospital of Sichuan University have shared their experience

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Number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Brazil rises to 9,056 with 359 deaths

Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Brazil have risen from 7,910 to 9,056, with deaths rising from 299 to 359. Minister of Health Luiz Henrique Mandetta on Friday said that

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U.S. state of Florida issues stay-at-home order amid COVID-19 spread

Governor of the U.S. state of Florida Ron DeSantis issued an order Wednesday directing residents statewide to stay at home so as to contain the spread of the coronavir

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German gov't plans to support companes in switching to production of medical products

The German government is planning to support local companies when switching to the production of medical products such as face masks, Minister of Finance Olaf Scholz announced on Tuesday. "We ne

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COVID-19 patients are being treated with blood plasma

03:49 Special immune plasma products have been used to treat severely and critically ill COVID-19 patients since early December. In previous epidemic cases, such as SARS, H1N1, H5N1 an

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Xage adds full-stack data protection to blockchain security platform

Xage, a startup that has been taking an unusual path to secure legacy companies like oil and gas and utilities with help from the blockchain, announced a new data protection service today.Xage CEO Dun

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Timeline: Coronavirus outbreak as it unfolds

The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has escalated into a pandemic affecting at least 200 countries and regions.The disease was first reported in the central Chinese city of Wuhan by the end of l

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Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China responses to issue of test kit

Hua Chunying, spokesperson of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, said on Monday in a press conference that China is very sincere to help other countries. And uncomm

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Chinese FM talks over phone with Portugese, Luxembourg counterparts on COVID-19 fight

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday held separate phone conversations on the fight against COVID-19 with his Portugese and Luxembourg counterparts, Augusto Santos Silva and

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Chinese foundations donate to Myanmar in fight against COVID-19

Two Chinese foundations, the Jack Ma Foundation and the Alibaba Foundation, have donated medical supplies to Myanmar to help combat COVID-19 in the country. With the h

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What is a stay-home order like in Chicago

02:39 Although Illinois was one of the earliest states to implement a statewide stay-home order, as our reporter Liu Xiaoqian finds out, people are still roaming the streets of Chicago