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Vaccine needed to fully halt spread of COVID-19: WHO

12:44 am April 14, 2020

Geneva: The World Health Organization said on Monday that a safe and effective vaccine would be needed to fully halt the spread of COVID-19, which has killed more than 114,000 people worldwide. “Our global connectedness means the risk of re-introduction and resurgence of COVID19 will continue,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a virtual briefing […]

Virus ‘disaster in the making’ in war-torn Syria

3:26 pm April 13, 2020

Paris: As Europe and the United States struggle to contain the coronavirus pandemic, experts warn that disaster looms in war-torn Syria, where hospitals are unable to meet existing needs and hygiene conditions are dire. The outbreak has infected more than 1.8 million people and killed more than 112,000 around the world since emerging in China […]

Italy enters strict 3-day lockdown over Easter

Italy reports lowest virus death toll in over three weeks

12:28 am April 13, 2020

Rome: Italy on Sunday reported its lowest coronavirus death toll in more than three weeks, confirming trends showing that the COVID-19 outbreak in Europe’s worst-hit nation had peaked. The 431 new deaths reported by the civil protection service were the lowest since March 19. Italy’s death total now stands at 19,899, officially second behind the […]

Pope on Christmas: Vaccines for all; needy, vulnerable first

Pope calls for ‘immediate’ ceasefire in global conflicts

7:23 pm April 12, 2020

Rome: Pope Francis called Sunday for an “immediate” ceasefire in global conflict and urged European nations to show “solidarity” in the face of a coronavirus pandemic that has claimed more than 109,000 lives worldwide. “May Christ our peace enlighten all who have responsibility in conflicts, that they may have the courage to support the appeal […]

Coronavirus death toll passes 75000 in Europe

5:39 pm April 12, 2020

Paris: More than 75,000 people have died from the coronavirus in Europe, with 80 percent of the fatalities occurring in Italy, Spain, France and Britain, according to an AFP tally at 0945 GMT Sunday compiled from official sources. With a total of 75,011 deaths from 909,673 infections, Europe is the hardest-hit continent in the COVID-19 […]