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'True friend' China helps Algeria battle coronavirus
Apr 04, 2020 (AFP)
An Air Algerie plane arrived in the capital Algiers from Beijing on March 27 carrying a 13-member Chinese medical team and equipment, including respirators, wor...
COVID-19: how can satellites help?
Apr 03, 2020 (ESA)
As road traffic in cities around the world comes to a near standstill, Europe's Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite mission is providing key information about chan...
Israel sends army to ultra-Orthodox city over coronavirus
Apr 03, 2020 (AFP)
"In light of the special situation in Bnei Brak following the restrictions due to the coronavirus, the IDF (army) will immediately present the necessary civil a...
Canada FM slams state-sponsored coronavirus disinformation
Apr 03, 2020 (AFP)
"Disinformation was a big topic amongst NATO allies" at the meeting held by videoconference, Champagne told AFP. "We stand united against a common enemy which i...
Asia virus latest: Trump doubts China figures, Australia cruise standoff
Apr 02, 2020 (AFP)
- Trump casts doubt on China virus figures - President Donald Trump cast doubt on the accuracy of official Chinese figures on its coronavirus outbreak after US ...
China county in lockdown as fears grow over second wave of virus
Apr 02, 2020 (AFP)
The tightening comes as China reported 35 new confirmed cases on Thursday, drastically down from the peak of the crisis. But they were all imported, bringing th...
Air Force Lab testing samples of COVID-19
Apr 02, 2020 (SPX)
The lab was authorized by the Defense Health Agency to test samples from Department of Defense beneficiaries for COVID-19 in early March, and received its test ...
Spain deaths top 9,000 but epidemic slows
Apr 01, 2020 (AFP)
Spain has the world's second-highest death toll after Italy, with the virus so far claiming 9,053 lives after a record 864 people died over the past 24 hours, w...
Now Trump says it's wrong to compare coronavirus to regular flu
Apr 01, 2020 (AFP)
Trump told a White House press conference that "a lot of people" had previously suggested the country should simply let the coronavirus take its course, just li...
China lockdown may have blocked 700,000 virus cases: researchers
Apr 01, 2020 (AFP)
Drastic Chinese control measures in the first 50 days of the epidemic bought other cities across the country valuable time to prepare and install their own rest...
Europe toll hits grim milestone as UN warns worst crisis since WW2
Apr 01, 2020 (AFP)
Italy and Spain bore the brunt of the crisis, accounting for three in every four deaths on the continent, as the grim tally hit another milestone even though ha...
Africans rush for chloroquine as virus tsunami looms
Apr 01, 2020 (AFP)
From hospitals in Senegal to pharmaceutical companies in South Africa and street sellers in Cameroon, chloroquine has fired hopes of a medicinal fix against a v...
Coronavirus transforms New York as US overtakes China toll
Apr 01, 2020 (AFP)
The pandemic has killed some 1,000 New Yorkers and President Donald Trump warned in Washington of "a very, very painful two weeks" to come for the country. Alre...
Trump casts doubt on Chinese coronavirus figures
Apr 01, 2020 (AFP)
"How do we know" if they are accurate, Trump asked at a press conference. "Their numbers seem to be a little bit on the light side." Trump insisted that "the re...
Masquerade or needed aid? China virus help proves contentious
Apr 01, 2020 (AFP)
As European and American healthcare systems creak under the strain, China has offered millions of face masks and teams of medical experts. As well as seeking to...
China reports 1,300 asymptomatic virus cases after public concern
Apr 01, 2020 (AFP)
Health officials also reported the first imported case from abroad in Wuhan -- the epicentre where the virus first emerged late last year -- heightening fears o...
Asia virus latest: Myanmar reports first death, China factory turnaround
Mar 31, 2020 (AFP)
- First confirmed Myanmar death - Myanmar reported its first coronavirus death -- a 69-year-old man who returned to the country in mid-March after receiving can...
Facebook and Instagram remove Bolsonaro video questioning virus quarantine
Mar 31, 2020 (AFP)
"We remove content on Facebook and Instagram that violates our terms of use, which do not allow misinformation that could cause physical harm to individuals," F...
Global virus deaths mount as US surpasses China's official toll
Mar 31, 2020 (AFP)
In a matter of months, the virus has infected more than 800,000 people in a crisis redrawing political powers, hammering the global economy and transforming the...
Asia virus latest: World Bank poverty warning, China factory turnaround
Mar 31, 2020 (AFP)
- Millions more could fall into poverty in Asia - The pandemic could drive 11 million more people in East Asia into poverty under a negative outlook, which invo...
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