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Pandemic Watch: Trump extends national social distancing guidelines to April 30

The United States has reported more than 140,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases by Sunday. U.S. President Donald Trump says the national social distancing guidelines aimed at slowing the coronavirus spread

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Nearly 1,000 sent to put out forest fire in China's Yunnan

Nearly 1,000 people have been sent to put out a forest fire that started Sunday afternoon in southwest China's Yunnan Province, local authorities said. In addition to

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322 COVID-19 patients discharged from hospital on Chinese mainland

A total of 322 patients of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were discharged from the hospital Sunday on the Chinese mainland, according to the National Health

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Russian Government Forms 20-Member Presidium Headed By Prime Minister Mishustin

The Russian cabinet announced on Sunday that it created the government's Presidium that comprises 20 members and is headed by Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin."To estab

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Chinese charity organizations assist India with medical equipment for fighting COVID-19

People line up to buy vegetables during the lockdown in New Delhi, India, March 25, 2020. (Xinhua/Javed Dar) The first batch of medical supplies donated to the Indian

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President Xi Jinping inspects work resumption in Zhejiang

The Ningbo-Zhoushan Port in Ningbo, east China's Zhejiang Province. /VCGChinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday visited the Ningbo-Zhoushan Port and an industrial park f

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Urgent: Chinese medical team arrives in Laos to help fight COVID-19

VIENTIANE, March 29 (Xinhua) -- A team of Chinese medical experts, along with medical materials, arrived in Lao capital Vientiane by a chartered plane Sunday morning to assist Laos to fight COVID-19

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Global deaths from COVID-19 top 30,000: John Hopkins University

The Death toll from COVID-19 around the world reached 30,475 on Sunday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.The total number of global confi

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DPRK fires at least 1 unidentified projectile into East Sea: Yonhap

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) fired at least one unidentified projectile into the East Sea on Sunday, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported, cit

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China's Zhejiang further lowers coronavirus response

East China's Zhejiang Province, one of the hard-hit regions by the COVID-19 epidemic, further downgraded its emergency response to the novel coronavirus outbreak. Star

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U.S. President Donald Trump approves Major Disaster Declaration in state of California

U.S. President Donald Trump has approved California's request for a presidential Major Disaster Declaration to bolster the most populous U.S. state's COVID-19 emergency response efforts, California g

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Chinese mainland reports 39 newly imported COVID-19 cases

The Chinese mainland reported 39 newly imported cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Sunday, bringing the total number of imported cases to 353, according

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COVID-19 tally rises to 367 in Russia, with 61 new cases reported

Russia has registered 61 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, the biggest daily increase so far, raising the total number to 367, official data showed on Sunday. Among the total new cases

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Spain extends state of emergency for another 15 days

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced on Sunday the decision to extend the state of emergency, which was declared on March 14, for another 15 days after the end of the initial period. San

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China sees imported cases in 19 provincial-level regions: official

A total of 314 imported COVID-19 cases have been reported in 19 provincial-level regions across China as of Saturday, a Chinese health official said Sunday. Nine provinces have reported their first

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Uganda confirms 1st COVID-19 case

Uganda has confirmed its first confirmed case of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The ministry of health said in a tweet on Sunday the confirmed case involves a 36-year-old Ugandan male who arriv

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M5.4 earthquake hits north of Zagreb in Croatia

A 5.4-magnitude earthquake hit north of Zagreb, Croatia, on Sunday according to the U.S. Geological Survey.The epicenter was monitored at 45.89 degrees north latitude and 15.97 degrees east longitude