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Avigan: antiviral being trialled as coronavirus treatment
Avigan: aproved for use in flu outbreaks and has been deployed to treat Ebola, but now Avigan is being trialled…
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Myanmar releases 25,000 prisoners after calls to ease pressure on overcrowded jails with coronavirus fears
Myanmar prison: more than a quarter of prisoners is being released, the president’s office announced Friday, after calls grew to…
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Tunisia Arrested two men over an alleged “terrorist” plot to infect Police With coronavirus
Tunisia said Thursday that two men, including a suspected member of a jihadist network, had been arrested over an alleged…
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Trump unveils three-phase plan to reopen economy amid coronavirus pandemic
Trump called the recommendations “the next front in our war, which is called opening up America again.” President Donald Trump announced…
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Iraq summons Turkish envoy to protest Ankara latest deadly airstrike on refugee camp in the Kurdistan region
The ministry said in a statement on Thursday that Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohamed Ali al-Hakim called in the envoy and…
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Xi Jinping, Putin slam attempts to blame China for late virus response
Xi Jinping and Putin spoke after US President Donald Trump’s administration berated China for not sharing data more quickly. Chinese…
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Egypt says public gardens, parks will stay closed during Sham el-Nessim in order to combat coronavirus
A statement made by the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation — which is responsible for public parks — appealed…
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Expert says: No stadiums ‘for 18 months’ – or until vaccine exists
Zach Binney, an epidemiologist at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, said: “The thing that people need to understand, epidemiologically speaking,…
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Europe still ‘in eye of the storm’ despite moves to ease virus lockdowns
Since emerging in China late last year, the virus has turned the world upside down, killing tens of thousands, forcing…
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Coronavirus update: More than million cases confirmed worldwide
European Commission has warned countries against easing coronavirus lockdowns too quickly, as some nations began allowing partial returns to work.…
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