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Palestine mulls extending state of emergency amidst rise in COVID-19 cases

Palestine on Thursday declared tightening measures amidst a rise of coronavirus cases in the occupied territory, mulling the possibility to extend the state of emergen

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Roundup: U.S. hospitals muzzle medical workers amid pandemic

With the coronavirus pandemic overwhelming U.S. health services, some hospitals have warned their staff not to speak out about the lack of equipment unless they want to be fired, U.S. media repo

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Feature: Kenyans adopt new lifestyles to curb spread of COVID-19

Tuesday marked the 14th day since auditor Victoria Selima, who lives on the east of Nairobi, Kenyan capital, stayed at home. With her two children, a boy and a girl, Selima have strictly followe

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White House turns to statistical models for virus forecast

Like forecasters tracking a mega-storm, White House officials are relying on statistical models to help predict the impact of the coronavirus outbreak and try to protec

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China's Hubei to recruit more civil servants

China's Hubei Province, hit hard by the novel coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak, will see a 20 percent increase in the annual recruitment of civil servants. According to t

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A Norwegian school quit using video calls after a naked man ‘guessed’ the meeting link

A school in Norway has stopped using popular video conferencing service Whereby after a naked man apparently “guessed” the link to a video lesson.According to Norwegian state broadcaster N

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A Norwegian school quit Zoom after a naked man ‘guessed’ the meeting link

A school in Norway has stopped using Zoom, the popular video conferencing service, after a naked man apparently “guessed” the link to a video lesson.According to Norwegian state broadcast

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Kaizo raises $3M for its AI-based tools to improve customer service support teams

CRM has for years been primarily a story of software to manage customer contacts, data to help agents do their jobs, and tools to manage incoming requests and outreach strategies. Now to add to that w

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Singapore tightens measures to check the steady rise of COVID-19 cases

"We have to make decisive moves and we are making more decisive moves today."This is how Lawrence Wong, the co-chair of Singapore's COVID-19 multi-ministry task force, described the new, stricter

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UK researchers develop new low-cost, rapid COVID-19 test that could even be used at home

A new type of test developed by UK researchers from the Brunel University London, Lancaster University and the University of Surrey can provide COVID-19 detection in as little as 30 minutes, using han

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Thailand guarantees 75 pct wage for employees affected by COVID-19

Thailand's employees are legally entitled to a minimum of 75 percent of their current pay after their employers have temporarily closed business in the face of the COV

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Roundup: Turkey steps up measures against COVID-19 amid hike in infections

Turkey has ramped up measures against the COVID-19 pandemic as the number of infections has roughly doubled daily since the first case was reported on March 11. Turkey

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Experts hail China for recording zero new domestically transmitted cases of COVID-19

Zambian experts on Thursday hailed China for recording zero new domestically transmitted cases of COVID- 19 and taking practical measures to curtail the virus from infl

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U.S. Texas governor announces statewide school, restaurant shutdown

U.S. state of Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Thursday announced the shutdown of schools, restaurants, gyms and bars statewide to stop the spread of COVID-19. The order will be in effect until April 3

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China's Hubei sends over 1,600 migrant workers to Guangdong

With a high-speed railway train carrying 551 migrant workers departing central China's Hubei Province Thursday, the province hard-hit by the coronavirus are sending mo

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Spotlight: Israel strives to keep citizens at home amid spread of COVID-19

Israeli authorities are urging the residents of the country to stay at home and to avoid physical contact with the outside world if not necessary. Israeli President Re

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Israel to deploy anti-terrorist tools in monitoring COVID-19 cases

The Israeli government will invoke emergency regulations to speed up the deployment of cyber monitoring in the fight against the new coronavirus, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday.T