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Nepal extends suspension of international flights
Kathmandu: Nepal has extended the suspension of international flights till April 30 to contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic and also decided to renew visas of tourists stranded amidst the lockdown in the country free of cost.
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China investigates party member critical of Xi over outbreak
Beijing: A prominent Communist party member who criticized Chinese leader Xi Jinping's handling of the coronavirus outbreak is being investigated on suspicion of a “severe violation of discipline and law,” a joint government-party watchdog…
Virus-hit Iran urges IMF to approve its loan request
Tehran: Iran's President Hassan Rouhani appealed to the International Monetary Fund on Wednesday to approve a USD 5 billion emergency loan request to combat its novel coronavirus outbreak.
"I urge all international organisations to fulfil…
Boris spends second night in ICU
London: British Prime Boris Johnson spent a second night in intensive care and he was "stable" and "in good spirits" while receiving treatment for coronavirus, a senior health official said on Wednesday.
Johnson, 55, was admitted to the…
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S Africa’s minister who flouted lockdown rules sent on leave
Johannesburg: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday placed on special leave a minister seen lunching at a friend's house in violation of the coronavirus lockdown.…
Trump gets angry as evidence contradicts his corona narrative
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump was testy and rude at a presser as his alleged contempt for science and disdain for experts opposing his political actions seem to derail his narrative on the coronavirus pandemic.
Trump was testy…
MERS vaccine may hold promise for COVID-19 prevention
NEW YORK: Researchers have developed a vaccine that fully protects mice against a lethal dose of MERS, a close cousin of the SARS-CoV2 coronavirus that causes COVID-19.
The vaccine uses a harmless virus to deliver a MERS coronavirus…
UK PM spends night in ICU
London: Boris Johnson spent Monday night in the intensive care unit (ICU) at a London hospital in a move Downing Street said was a ‘precaution’ should the British Prime Minister require ventilation to aid his recovery from the COVID-19.…
Global death toll from coronavirus tops 75,000
Paris: The coronavirus pandemic has killed more than 75,000 people people worldwide, the majority of them in Europe, since it emerged in China in December, according to a tally compiled by AFP from official sources at 0945 GMT Tuesday.
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Abe declares state of emergency
Tokyo: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in several regions of the country, a move that expands the powers of the local authorities in containing the spread of COVID-19.
Abe made the declaration in…