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Iran says virus kills another 97, pushing death toll to 611

Iranian state TV said Saturday the new coronavirus outbreak has killed another 97 people, pushing the death toll in the country to 611 amid 12,729 confirmed cases.Iran

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Apple shifts annual developers conference to online-only format

Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during Apple's annual Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose, California, U.S., June 3, 2019. /VCG Apple Inc. on Friday moved its annual developers conference in

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Brazilia confirms 98 COVID-19 cases

The Brazilian Health Ministry confirmed on Friday that the number of COVID-19 cases in the country reached 98. According to the ministry, most patients are quarantined at home, and only 12 patients

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S.Korea's COVID-19 cases rise to 8,086, death toll at 72

South Korea confirmed 107 more cases of the COVID-19 compared to 24 hours ago as of midnight Saturday local time, raising the total number of infections to 8,086. The

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Asia sees tightened travel restrictions to combat COVID-19 outbreak

Asian countries and regions have stepped up entry and exit control measures in a bid to reduce the risk of COVID-19 infection, which has been officially declared a pandemic by the World Health Organi

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G7 schedules extraordinary Leaders Summit over COVID-19 outbreak

French President Emmanuel Macron announced the G7 extraordinary Leaders Summit through his Twitter account. Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) countries will hold an extraordinary leaders summ

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Chinese knowhow in fighting COVID-19 very useful: Croatian experts

"We heard a lot of new information which will be very useful," top Croatian epidemiologist Bernard Kaic told Xinhua after a three-hour video conference on Friday between Chinese health officials,

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Over 750,000 students to stay home in southern California due to coronavirus

More than 750,000 students in Los Angeles and San Diego will stay home as the two largest school districts in California, announced on Friday that both will close, effective Monday, in an effort

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Canadian PM to remain in self-isolation for two weeks

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during the press briefing on Friday. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will remain in self-isolation for two weeks after his wife Sophie Grég

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Facebook commits $20M to UNF, WHO and CDC to tackle COVID-19

Facebook said on Friday that it is committing to match $20 million in donations, a tiny fraction of its quarterly profit, to support global relief efforts for COVID-19 coronavirus.Mark Zuckerberg, th

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Apple makes WWDC online-only, amid COVID-19 concerns

Apple today announced that it would follow moves by other major tech firms by canceling the in-person element of its annual World Wide Developers Conference in June. Rather than holding the big event

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Jack Ma Foundation to donate 1 mln masks to U.S.

The Jack Ma Foundation and Alibaba Foundation will donate 1 million masks and 500,000 testing kits to the United States, said Jack Ma on Weibo, a leading Chinese socia

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Belgium closes schools, bars and restaurants in tough new measures

Sophie Wilmes announces strict new measures for Belgium. Benoit Doppagne/AFP Belgium is implementing some of the strictest measures in Europe, outside Italy, to combat the spread of COVID-19 –

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FDA approves new Coronavirus test that could speed rate of testing up to tenfold

The U.S. Food and Drug and Administration has granted emergency approval for use of a new test that can increase the range of testing patients by up to 10 times compared to methods in use currently, B

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Trump administration: $1.3M for fast virus test development

President Donald Trump’s administration announced Friday it is awarding $1.3 million to two companies trying to develop rapid COVID-19 tests that could detect whether a

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Sri Lanka bans passengers from South Korea, Italy and Iran

Sri Lanka's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), on Friday said it had temporarily halted passengers arriving from South Korea, Iran and Italy in a bid to prevent COVID-19

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MLB cancels spring training and postpones 2020 season opening

Baseball /VCG Major League Baseball on Thursday announced that the remainder of its spring training games have been canceled and the beginning of the 2020 regular season will be postponed for