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EU: Air travel resumption to require social distancing

Passenger airplanes park at the airport in Duesseldorf, Germany, April 17, 2020. /AP The European Commission will next month present a set of rules for the safe reopening of air travel when co

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Answer Bank: How to avoid the skin damage caused by wearing masks?

Wearing a mask in public has become normal amid the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. Masks help prevent infection of respiratory diseases, particularly the novel cor

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Cuba denounces U.S. blockade for hindering COVID-19 aid from abroad

People wearing masks are seen on the street in Havana, Cuba, April 11, 2020. Cuban government started to suspend public transport since Saturday as a preventive measure

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One in four Australians working fewer hours amid COVID-19 crisis: survey

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has revealed how the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis has affected the everyday lives of Australians. The ABS on Monday released the results of its first

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Israel confirms 13,362 COVID-19 cases, 171 deaths

The number of deaths from COVID-19 in Israel has risen overnight from 164 to 171, the health ministry said Sunday. In addition, since Saturday evening, 97 new coronavirus cases have been added, brin

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Ecuador reports 456 deaths and 9,022 confirmed cases of COVID-19

A driver wearing a mask is seen through a bus window in Quito, Ecuador, March 15, 2020.(Photo by Santiago Armas/Xinhua)The Ecuadorian vice minister of governance and he

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COVID-19 cases exceed 10,000 in Japan

People wearing masks walk on the street in Nagoya, Japan, April 17, 2020. (Kyodo News/Handout via Xinhua)As Japan enters the first weekend after a state of emergency was expanded nationwide, the numbe

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France defends handling of aircraft carrier coronavirus outbreak

A view shows the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle at the naval base in Toulon, France, April 16, 2020. /Reuters France defended its handling of the spread of the coronavirus through i

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'First in, first out,' China's recovery to be gradual: Morgan Stanley

01:23 Editor's note: COVID-19: Economic Analysis is a series of articles comprising experts' views on developing micro and macroeconomic situations around the globe amid the COVID-19 p

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Germany extends social distance restrictions to early May

German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced on Wednesday generally extending the country's nationwide social distance restrictions which have been in force for weeks, until at least May 3. This was agr

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Nigeria disease control agency calls for use of masks to stem COVID-19 spread

LAGOS, April 15 (Xinhua) -- The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday issued a formal advisory of using face masks by the public to stem the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Head of

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Chinese experts share COVID-19 treatment experience with Nepal via video conference

A hospital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region shared COVID-19 treatment experience with Nepalese medical experts via a video conference on Monday. Medic

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South Korean coronavirus patients vote as general election kicks off

Early voting in South Korea’s parliamentary election began on Friday with coronavirus patients casting ballots at disinfected polling stations and candidates bumping fi

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Italy reports 135,586 coronavirus cases, daily recoveries higher than new infections

People wearing face masks do shopping at a market in Rome, Italy, April 6, 2020.(Photo by Augusto Casasoli/Xinhua)"A decrease in the trend of new infections is being confirmed," said Italy's Civil Pro

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Mask-wearing very likely to become mandatory in Germany's Bavaria: official

A staff member puts on a self-made facial mask at a tailor shop in Cologne, Germany, March 31, 2020. (Photo by Ulrich Hufnagel/Xinhua)"Of course there will be some form of mask obligation in the end,"

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Germany reports over 95,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases

Photo taken on April 3, 2020 shows a medical staff wearing protective suits, standing in the COVID-19 testing center at Borussia Dortmund's stadium in Dortmund, Germany

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Iran says European barter system 'good omen' but insufficient

A medical aid worker sets up and installs a bed at a shopping mall, which has been turned into a center to receive patients suffering from COVID-19, in Tehran, Iran, April 4, 2020. /Reuters Ir