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Global coronavirus caseload crosses 5.3 mark, Muslims mark Eid al-Fitr under lockdown
May 24, 2020 12:18Over 5,311,624 cases of coronavirus infection have now been reported worldwide, as well as at least 342,105 deaths.
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Iran, Turkey presidents urge full reopening of borders after pandemic
May 24, 2020 11:01Presidents of Iran and Turkey have stressed the need for immediate reopening of borders between the two neighbors after more than two months of closure over the new coronavirus pandemic.
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Native American health clinic in US receives body bags instead of requested COVID-19 testing kits
May 24, 2020 09:10Seattle-area Native American health center in the US in April received body bags instead of requested equipment to handle the coronavirus in what tribal officials described as a “metaphor” for how the Indigenous population is being treated by local, state, and federal governments around the country as the pandemic continues to rage.
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Gaza reports first novel coronavirus death amid potential catastrophe
May 24, 2020 01:46Medical authorities in the besieged Gaza Strip have reported the Palestinian enclave's first novel coronavirus death, amid a drastic increase in the number of infections in recent days plus critical shortages of drugs, protective equipment, testing materials and ventilators in hospitals.
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Police arrest 60 at anti-lockdown demonstrations in German capital
May 24, 2020 00:56Police arrested about 60 protesters on Saturday as part of city-wide demonstrations against restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic, German newspaper Tagesspiegel reported.
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Challenges for South Asia in, and after, pandemic
May 23, 2020 10:48In less than three months, Covid-19 has made a serious impact on our lives. Worldwide almost 2 million are now infected and more than a hundred thousand have died.
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Future of health care in post-Covid-19 world
May 23, 2020 10:33The coronavirus pandemic has tested global health systems to the maximum, exposing the unpreparedness of many across the globe. This leads to a simple question: What lessons can health-care systems learn in order to become more robust and responsive to global crises like this, and how will those systems look in a post-Covid-19 world?
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COVID deaths in US approach 100,000 as Trump administration misleads public
May 23, 2020 10:30Tensions are high at today’s World Health Organization (WHO) meeting as China and the U.S. growl at each other over Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s baseless allegation that COVID-19 emerged from a Wuhan laboratory, and over accusations from White House trade adviser Peter Navarro that China used air travel to “seed” COVID around the world.
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US is using pandemic as an excuse to send asylum seekers back into harm’s way
May 23, 2020 10:25The Trump administration began pushing its agenda of shutting down asylum in the U.S. right out of the gate, and COVID-19 has now provided a new justification.
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Muslims pray in Berlin church to respect social distancing rules
May 23, 2020 08:44A Berlin church is hosting Muslims who because of social distancing guidelines are unable to fit into their mosque for Friday prayers.