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Hubei to ease restrictions as no new local cases reported in China
Lockdown in Wuhan, capital of Hubei province, in the Corona-Virus is the cause of the Covid-19 first, it was determined, as in the a year ago, be repealed, on 8. Hubei natives are also taking the chance to return home from elsewhere in China. On Friday all transport restriction be lifted, says transportansvarlig Wang Benju on Wednesday, according to AFP news agency. [Full Article...]
Trump order makes it a crime to stockpile supplies
At the White House briefing, the public health authorities said it was particularly important for people in the hard-hit New York City metropolitan area to quarantine themselves for 14 days and for those who have recently left the city to do the same. [Full Article...]
Pompeo: China spreading misinformation of origins, scale of COVID-19 outbreak
Pompeo said that China "has been and continues to be engaged in" a social media campaign that has included conspiracy theories of USA involvement. On March 12, China's foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijan claimed on Twitter that the Virus had arrived in China from the United States during the Military World Games in Wuhan in October 2019, alleging that the US Army athletes brought this virus wi... [Full Article...]
MP backlash over European Union ventilator scheme
In a video released on his Twitter account , Johnson said: "I have developed mild symptoms of the coronavirus , that's to say a temperature and persistent cough". Like many other countries facing an overwhelming wave of coronavirus cases, Britain is scrambling to source thousands of ventilators as the pandemic reaches it peak. [Full Article...]
Coronavirus pandemic forces Putin to postpone referendum on proposed constitutional changes
On Tuesday, Russian state television showed Mr. Putin - wearing a gas mask and a yellow hazmat suit - visiting the country's main hospital for treating coronavirus patients. There was no mention of the Victory Day parade in his speech. Russian Federation has reported 840 confirmed coronavirus cases and three deaths attributed to it, according to Johns Hopkins University. [Full Article...]
Several Sikhs feared dead in Gurudwara terror attack in Kabul
Unidentified gunmen and suicide bombers attacked a Sikh religious complex in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Wednesday, and up to 200 people were believed to be trapped inside, a member of parliament said . The Taliban denied any involvement in the attack Wednesday. Earlier, Afghan lawmaker Narindra Singh Khalsa said he rushed over to help after receiving a call from a worshipper inside th... [Full Article...]
Canada calls on USA to rethink deployment of troops at border
Canada and the United States implemented a mutual ban on non-essential travel across the border last week, which includes trips for recreational purposes. The number of coronavirus cases in Canada on Thursday surpassed 4,000 including 39 deaths , according to public health authorities. Trudeau said he wants to keep the borders demilitarized. [Full Article...]
Spanish nursing homes abandoned, residents found dead in beds as coronavirus worsens
The novel coronavirus continues to ravage Spain , with the number of cases climbing by 6,500 in the past 24 hours to 40,000, and the death toll from the disease now topping 2,700. But given the upsurge in deaths, the delay can be drawn out. On Monday it emerged 20 people at a nursing home in France were found dead with a "possible link to COVID-19". [Full Article...]