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Coronavirus: Qatar offers $150m to support Gaza
Qatar will provide $150m to support the Palestinian-controlled Gaza Strip in its fight against the coronavirus pandemic, the state news agency QNA reported
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Now in US Covid19 test can deliver results in 45 minutes
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first rapid coronavirus diagnostic test, with a detection time of about 45 minutes, the test's developer, California-based molecular diagnostics company Cepheid, has said.
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Coronavirus cases reach 52 in Palestine, 17 recovered
Palestinian Minister of Health Mai Kaileh confirmed four new cases of coronavirus in the Palestinian territories, bringing the total to 52.
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No new coronavirus cases in Wuhan for third straight day
The virus outbreak's epicentre of Wuhan in China reported no new or suspected cases again for a third consecutive day.
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Iran doctor Shirin Rouhani dies after battling coronavirus
Dr. Shirin Rouhani Rad, a female physician and general practitioner of Shohada Hospital in Pakdasht in Iran, lost her life from coronavirus
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Corona: Italy overtakes China’s death toll
Italy's death toll from coronavirus outbreak rose in the last day by 427 to 3,405, overtaking the total number of deaths so far registered in China, officials said.
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Sri Lanka will not hold elections due to coronavirus
Sri Lanka will not conduct the parliamentary elections as scheduled on April 25 due to the coronavirus outbreak, Mahinda Deshapriya, the chairman of the country's election commission, said.
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Coronavirus outbreak: Half of world’s student population not attending school
As of late Tuesday, over 850 million children and youth – roughly half of the world’s student population – had to stay away from schools and universities due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to UNESCO
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Coronavirus: Six million low-income earners to receive $750 cash from Australian government
More than six million low-income earners will receive a $750 cash payment under a $17.6bn government stimulus package targeted at keeping Australians in work and avoiding the country’s first recession in almost 30 years caused by the impact of the coronavirus.
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Coronovirus challenge – Survival in high spirits
Italy and Iran have been hit the worst outside of China, but the people in all these countries are trying everything to warm and elevate each other in this moment of crisis.
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Coronavirus outbreak: Imran Khan calls for lifting of sanctions against Iran
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has called for the lifting of sanctions against Iran amid the coronavirus outbreak, and said that international community would have to think of a "debt-write off" for "vulnerable" nations like his.
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We have a simple message to all countries – test, test, test: WHO urges world
"We have a simple message to all countries - test, test, test," WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a news conference in Geneva on Monday.
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