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Belgium virus death toll passes 500, with 12,000 cases

5:20 pm March 30, 2020

Brussels: Belgium’s death toll from the novel coronavirus passed the 500 mark on Monday, with almost 12,000 cases detected since the start of the epidemic. Health authorities in the country of 11.4 million said 513 COVID-19 deaths had been recorded and 11,899 cases confirmed by laboratory tests. But officials said the rise in admissions to […]

Coronavirus Outbreak: Princess Maria Teresa of Spain becomes first royal to die of COVID-19; funeral service held in Madrid

11:58 pm March 29, 2020

Madrid: Spanish Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Parma has become the first royal to pass away due to coronavirus complications. According to Fox News, the 86-year-old was a cousin of Spain’s King Felipe VI. Her brother Prince Sixto Enrique de Borbon, the Duke of Aranjuez, announced on Facebook that she died after contracting COVID-19. The post reads, […]

German minister commits suicide after ‘virus crisis worries’

11:53 pm March 29, 2020

Berlin: Thomas Schaefer, the finance minister of Germany’s Hesse state, has committed suicide apparently after becoming “deeply worried” over how to cope with the economic fallout from the coronavirus, state premier Volker Bouffier said Sunday. Schaefer, 54, was found dead near a railway track on Saturday. The Wiesbaden prosecution’s office said they believe he died by […]

French chefs cook up antidote to virus confinement

3:29 pm March 29, 2020

Paris: Frustrated at stay-at-home confinement, France’s celebrity chefs are cooking up an antidote to the gloomy days of pandemic and quarantine with the help of television and social networks. “Today it’s not chef Lignac talking, it’s Cyril who like all French people has to do his shopping near where he lives,” says Cyril Lignac, the […]

Italy’s coronavirus toll tops 10,000

12:12 am March 29, 2020

Rome: Italy’s death toll from the novel coronavirus shot past 10,000 on Saturday with 889 new deaths, the country’s civil protection service said. The toll in Italy, which has suffered more deaths than any other country, now stands at 10,023. An additional 5,974 infections brought to 92,472 the number of people who have officially tested […]