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Coronavirus latest: Spain now has second highest number of COVID-19 cases in Europe after Italy
With a staggering 487 new coronavirus cases announced on Wednesday, Spain has now overtaken France in having the second highest number of infections in Europe, behind Italy. Italy remains the worst affected European nation. European...
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Watch live: WHO updates on COVID-19 as Spain announces surge in cases
World Health Organisation Director-General Tedros Adhanom is speaking on the spread of the coronavirus at a press confierence in Switzerland on Wednesday. You can watch the press conference in the player above. With a staggering 487 new...
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Watch live: WHO declares COVID-19 a pandemic as cases surge
World Health Organisation Director-General Tedros Adhanom has declared the COVID-19 virus a pandemic and urged countries across the world to find, isolate, test and treat every case. "I have said from the beginning that countries must...
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World Health Organization declares COVID-19 a pandemic as cases surge
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has declared the COVID-19 virus a pandemic and urged countries across the world to find, isolate, test and treat every case. "We have rung the alarm bell loud and...
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Italy: Coronavirus death toll to 107; 3,089 cases
The coronavirus outbreak outside China is deepening, but the WHO says the world's understanding of the virus is growing.
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Countries worst hit by coronavirus boost battle against epidemic
South Korea and China intensify measures in a bid to stem the virus.
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Italy quarantines 16 million over coronavirus
Lombardy and 10 other areas in north sealed off in aggressive new effort to tackle Europe's worst outbreak.
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Coronavirus: Italy becomes most affected country after China
The number of COVID-19 deaths spiked on Sunday, making Italy the worst affected country after China. Italy's special commissioner for coronavirus, Angelo Borrelli, told reporters that 133 people had died in the past 24 hours bringing the...
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Coronavirus: FTSE 100 falls nearly 9% as global slump triggers oil price war
The global economc fallout from coronavirus worsened on Monday, with Britain's FTSE 100 index of shares plunging nearly 9% in early trading after Saudi Arabia launched an oil price war amid decreased demand. In Paris, the Bourse also...
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Coronavirus: Markets plunge further as global slump triggers oil price war
The global economc fallout from coronavirus worsened sharply on Monday, as markets around the world plunged after Saudi Arabia launched an oil price war with Russia amid decreased demand. London's FTSE100 went intro freefall after...
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Watch live: WHO gives latest update on coronavirus crisis
The global economc fallout from coronavirus worsened sharply on Monday, as markets around the world plunged after Saudi Arabia launched an oil price war with Russia amid decreased demand. London's FTSE100 went intro freefall after...
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'Very real' threat of pandemic from coronavirus says WHO
The threat of COVID-19 becoming a pandemic "has become very real" but the world is "not at the mercy of the virus," the director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) said Monday. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said it was...
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Coronavirus: Italy’s PM extends northern lockdown measures to entire country
Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte has declared he is extending restrictions on travel from the north to entire country to try to stop the spread of coronavirus. "There won't be just a red zone," Conte told reporters. "There will be Italy"...
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South Korea struggles to contain coronavirus outbreak
South Korea has confirmed 505 fresh cases of coronavirus infection, meaning it has overtaken China in new daily infection numbers.
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COVID-19 cases rise quickly in South Korean city Daegu
South Korea on Saturday reported an eight-fold jump in viral infections in four days to 433, most of them linked to a church and a hospital in and around Daegu, South Korea, the country's fourth-largest city.
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China holds high-level crisis meeting over COVID-19 outbreak
On Sunday, mainland China reported 648 new infections for a total of 76,936. South Korea also reported a rise in cases while the death toll in Iran climbed to six, and a dozen towns in northern Italy effectively went into lockdown as...
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EU holds emergency meeting over coronavirus outbreak
Coronavirus cases continue to rise sharply across Europe, with the Vatican, Serbia and Slovakia reporting their first infections on Friday.
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South Korea on alert after first coronavirus death
South Korea has reported its first death from coronavirus outbreak, as number of cases globally approaches 75,000.
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Answering questions about kids and coronavirus
Dr. Lennox Huang, chief medical officer at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children, answers questions about how the coronavirus affects children.
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Eswatini fears decades of progress in fight against HIV could be undone by US funding cuts
The HIV pandemic still claims a life every minute. While progress has been made, there were 1.3 million new HIV infections last year and more than 600,000 AIDS-related deaths. Eswatini has seen new infections drop by 70% since 2010 but...
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India's COVID cases surge: Kerala, Maharashtra worst hit states | Active cases cross 4,000 mark
India continues to witness a fresh spike in COVID infections. The country's active COVID case load has touched the mark of 4,026. Watch in for more details!
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India: active COVID cases cross 4,000 mark, five deaths linked to underlying comorbidities
Active COVID-19 cases in India have surpassed the 4,000 mark, with five recent deaths linked to underlying comorbidities in the last 24 hours.
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India's active Covid-19 cases rise sharply to 3,758 | Kerala, Maharashtra, Delhi among worst affected
India continues to see a surge in COVID-19 cases. According to data shared by the Health Ministry, there are now over 3,700 active cases in the country. These represent the cases currently being reported, while 28 deaths have been...