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UK Coronavirus Death Toll Now Over 40,000 with at Least 8,000 in Care Homes

The number of deaths in the UK involving coronavirus has passed 40,000, analysis of officials statistics by the PA news agency suggests. ONS data released this morning shows the coronavirus death toll in English and Welsh care homes passed 8,300. Today’s figures by the Office for National Statistics shows there ...

May 12, 2020

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Erdogan, Merkel Discuss Fight Against COVID-19, Cooperation After End of Pandemic

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday discussed the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and cooperation after the end of the outbreak, the Turkish leader’s press service said in a statement. “Our president discussed with Merkel in phone talks the fight against COVID-19 and cooperation ...

May 11, 2020

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Putin: Russia’s Coronavirus-Related Days Off Work to End Tuesday

Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that the period of state-mandated days off work for non-essential workers will end on Tuesday (May 12). “Starting from tomorrow, May 12, the national period of non-working days will be over for all sectors of the economy,” Putin said, speaking at his latest videoconference ...

May 11, 2020

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UK, EU to Enter 3rd Round of Brexit Talks

The negotiators from the United Kingdom and the European Union are set to face each other remotely during the third round of Brexit talks, which begins on Monday. On Saturday, chief UK negotiator David Frost shared the agenda for the negotiations, which will begin with the opening plenary session and ...

May 11, 2020

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Celebrations in Moscow Marking 75th Anniversary of Victory over Nazism

Celebration have started on Saturday in the Russian capital city of Moscow marking the 75th anniversary of the victory over Nazism in the Great Patriotic War. Celebrations are limited this year to the aerial show due to the outbreak of the Coronavirus, as the aerial parade will be performed in ...

May 9, 2020

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Russia’s Coronavirus Cases Approach 200,000, Death Toll over 1,800

Russian authorities said Saturday they had recorded 10,817 new cases of the coronavirus over the last day, pushing the nationwide tally to 198,676. Russia’s coronavirus taskforce said that 104 people had died overnight, bringing the national death toll to 1,827. The number of Russian coronavirus cases overtook French and German ...

May 9, 2020

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Lavrov to Zarif: US Unilateral Sanctions on Iran “Nonhuman” amid Pandemic, EU Must Keep Dealings with Tehran

The Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov, in a letter to his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif, voiced his country’s support to the Islamic Republic. Lavrov described the unilateral US sanctions on Tehran as “nonhuman”, calling on Washington to lift them and stop hampering the coronavirus fight in Iran. Lavrov urged ...

May 7, 2020

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Italy Researchers Claim Vaccine Neutralizes Coronavirus in Human Cells: Report

Scientists at Lazzaro Spallanzani National Institute for Infectious Diseases in Italy have claimed that a vaccine candidate could neutralise coronavirus within human cells. According to findings from the tests conducted at Spallanzani Hospital in Rome, the vaccine generated antibodies in mice that work on human cells. These antibodies were observed ...

May 7, 2020

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Germany’s Confirmed Coronavirus Cases Rise by 1,284 to 166,091: RKI

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 1,284 to 166,091, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Thursday. The reported death toll rose by 123 to 7,119, the tally showed.

May 7, 2020

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TOPSHOT - Members of the Charitable Brotherhood of Saint-Eloi de Bethune, each wearing a face mask, carry a coffin towards a grave, at Pierrette cemetery in Bethune, on March 27, 2020, as the country is under lockdown to stop the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus. - Founded in 1188, the Charitables have for eight centuries taken care of funerals for the inhabitants of Bethune regardless of religion or wealth. Rarely, though, are they done behind almost-closed doors. (Photo by DENIS CHARLET / AFP)

Coronavirus Death Toll Tops 150,000 In Europe: AFP Tally

The number of people killed by the new coronavirus in Europe has surpassed 150,000, most of them in Britain, Italy, Spain and France, according to an AFP tally compiled from official sources at 0910 GMT Thursday. With a total of 150,138 deaths out of 1,640,799 cases, Europe is the continent ...

May 7, 2020