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U.S. suspends travel from Europe as Trump announces measures to curb coronavirus
President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that the United States is suspending travel from Europe for 30 days effective this Friday as part of efforts to curb the spread of coronavirus – now a pandemic affecting countries...March 12, 2020 620 0 -
Coronavirus is now a pandemic affecting 114 countries
The novel coronavirus has spread to pandemic levels, the World Health Organization said as the countries scrambled to deal with the outbreak, which has also collapsed stock markets. The Geneva based UN body defines pandemic as...March 11, 2020 580 0 -
Coronavirus outbreak likely to cost world economy $1 trillion
The coronavirus-triggered uncertainty is likely to cost the global economy $1 trillion in 2020 with possible ramifications for all countries, the UN’s trade and development agency said Monday in its latest report as stocks plunged in...March 10, 2020 705 0 -
Coronavirus kills 6 in Washington state; U.S. has now 100 confirmed cases
EvergreenHealth Medical Center in Kirkland, Washington state, where the first six U.S. deaths were reported, Image: Oran Viriyincy from Santa Barbara / Wikimedia Commons The coronavirus has claimed six lives in Washington state while the number of confirmed...March 3, 2020 535 0 -
Let’s not forget common sense in our defense against coronavirus offense
We are living in a world facing a strange kind of seemingly unstoppable challenge – some would say it’s very much a biological warfare from the pages of a fiction book. The coronavirus has no boundaries...February 29, 2020 951 0 -
WHO asks reluctant countries to share data as coronavirus cases outpace China
For the first time, the number of coronavirus cases outside China has outpaced those inside the country, where it originated with most probable transmission happening from wild animal food to humans. The World Health Organization, a...February 27, 2020 854 0 -
Saudi Arabia temporarily bans Umrah and Medina visits amid coronavirus fears
Saudi Arabia has temporarily banned entry of foreign nationals for the purpose of Umrah in Mecca or visit to the mosque of Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) in Medina as part of a raft of...February 27, 2020 790 0 -
No more trade, climate uncertainties amid coronavirus outbreak please!
As death toll from coronavirus moves past 2000, the International Monetary Bank chief has described it as the most pressing uncertainty that could impact economic recovery, the International Monetary Fund chief says. “The coronavirus is our...February 19, 2020 2043 0 -
WHO warns of bigger risk as coronavirus claims 1,100 lives
As reports put death toll from coronavirus spread at more than 1,100, the World Health Organization has warned of a bigger crisis, declaring the situation a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Now officially named 2019-nCoV,...February 12, 2020 703 0 -
Coronavirus – WHO sees global risk with cases in 15 countries, 132 deaths in China
China has now more than 6,000 confirmed Coronavirus cases, while other countries have reported 68 cases of the disease with common cold and flu-like symptoms, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. The deadly virus has killed...January 29, 2020 791 0
