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Death toll from COVID-19 hits 44 in Turkey

The death toll in Turkey due to COVID-19 rose to 44 after seven patients died on Tuesday, Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca tweeted. "In the past 24 hours, a tota

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Palestinian PM calls on Palestinian workers in Israel to return home

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Ishtaye on Tuesday urged all Palestinian workers in Israel to return to their homes in the West Bank amid the hike in COVID-19 cases

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1st COVID-19 case confirmed in Libya

The Minister of Health of Libya's UN-backed government, Ehmid Bin Omar, on Tuesday announced the first novel coronavirus infection in the country. "On Tuesday, the first infection of the novel corona

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French national infected with COVID-19 in Taiwan, bringing total number of cases to 216

A French citizen studying in Taiwan was confirmed to have contracted the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the island's epidemic monitoring agency said Tuesday evening. The patient, a man in his

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About half of Iran's state workers stay at home as coronavirus death toll nears 2,000

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday about half of all government employees were staying at home as part of measures to contain the coronavirus outbreak, sta

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Xi says China ready to help Brazil fight COVID-19

Chinese President Xi Jinping said Tuesday night that China stands ready to provide assistance within its capacity for Brazil's battle against COVID-19 and help contain the global spread of the corona

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Death toll of coronavirus rises to 1,934 in Iran

Iran on Tuesday announced 122 new deaths from the novel coronavirus, raising the death toll to 1,934 across the country, official IRNA news agency reported. Kianush Ja

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Nearly 90 pct of SMEs resume operations in Shanghai

A total of 89 percent of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Shanghai had resumed operations as of Monday, with 79 percent of their employees back to work, lo

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Spain sees over 500 deaths in one day as COVID-19 cases near 40,000

A total of 514 people lost their lives to COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, in Spain in the last 24 hours, the Spanish Ministry of Health, Consumer Affairs and Social Services c

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Urgent: 64 migrants die in container in northern Mozambique: report

At least 64 migrants from Ethiopia died and another 14 survived in a container transported in Mozambique's northern province of Tete, reported the local newspaper O Pais. The provincial director of h

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Egypt president urges all necessary preventive measures against coronavirus

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Tuesday assigned the government to take all necessary preventive measures to fight the novel coronavirus. "In the light of the continuous follow-up of all p

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Autopsy results show virus remains in COVID-19 patient bodies, damages immune system

Chinese research groups have conducted autopsies on 29 COVID-19 patient bodies and found the novel coronavirus remains in their lungs after death, a Chinese expert said

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China's fiscal revenue down 9.9 pct in first two months

China's fiscal revenue went down 9.9 percent year on year to 3.52 trillion yuan (about 496.2 billion U.S. dollars) in the first two months of 2020, official data showe

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IOC discussing with Japanese government about Tokyo 2020 scenario planning

The International Olympic Committee is discussing with the Japanese government, the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee about the scenario planning including postponement

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China sets up "three defense lines" to prevent imported virus outbreak: expert

China is capable of preventing an imported virus outbreak with "three defense lines" as growing imported novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases have been reported

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Many Chinese willing to travel if epidemic ends: survey

A recent survey showed that close to half of respondents expect to travel before the end of June if the COVID-19 epidemic came to an end, China Youth Daily reported Tu

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Most Hubei areas to lift outbound travel curbs on March 25

The virus-hit Hubei Province will lift outbound travel restrictions on Wednesday in all areas except the provincial capital Wuhan, local authorities said Tuesday. Wuha