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Decades of heavy air pollution could make some US areas more likely to see high Coronavirus death toll: Study
Apr 11, 2020 03:15Researchers at the T.H. Chan School of Public Health at Harvard examined data about harmful particulate matter in 3,080 counties across the US over the past 17 years and compared pollution levels with the counties' death rates thus far from COVID-19, the respiratory illness caused by the new coronavirus.
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Amnesty warns of looming Covid-19 disaster for detained immigrants and refugees in US
Apr 11, 2020 03:12Amnesty International on Tuesday drew attention to the public health threat simmering in the United States' vast immigration detention system as a result of the Trump administration's "reckless" response to the coronavirus pandemic, with a new report calling for Immigration and Customs Enforcement to parole as many detainees as possible and release all children from custody without delay.
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War-torn Yemen reports first new coronavirus case amid poor medical sector
Apr 11, 2020 02:36Yemen has reported its first case of infection with the novel coronavirus in a southern province under the control of Saudi-sponsored militiamen loyal to the country’s former President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi.
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Nigeria urged to release religious leader amid virus outbreak
Apr 11, 2020 02:32The Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) has urged the country’s authorities to release its already severely ailing leader Sheikh Ibrahim al-Zakzaky given the risks he faces from continued imprisonment amid the outbreak of the new coronavirus.
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Death stalks French nursing home as decomposing corpses lie in bedrooms: Report
Apr 11, 2020 01:02A grim report from a nursing home in the French capital Paris reveals that several bodies of the elderly who have died of COVID-19 are still waiting to be buried, while the stench of decomposing corpses pervades the facility.
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About 300 inmates at Chicago jail test positive for coronavirus
Apr 11, 2020 00:57Almost 300 inmates at a Chicago prison have tested positive for the novel coronavirus that has killed at least 18,000 people across the United States and infected more than 475,000 individuals.
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Coronavirus: Worldwide fatalities exceeds 102,000
Apr 11, 2020 00:54The number of deaths from the new coronavirus’ pandemic has exceeded 102,000, with the United States, where the death toll has topped 18,300, leading other countries in terms of the total number of infections.
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WHO warns of ‘deadly resurgence’ of coronavirus if restrictions hastily lifted
Apr 11, 2020 00:51The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned of a “deadly resurgence” of the new coronavirus if countries hurriedly lift the restrictions imposed to prevent the spread of the pathogen.
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Footage reveals coronavirus mass grave in New York
Apr 11, 2020 00:31Footage has emerged of workers in protective gear burying dozens of bodies in a mass grave in New York as the number of fatalities from the coronavirus continues to rise in the US state.
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50 test positive for COVID-19 aboard French aircraft carrier
Apr 11, 2020 00:27France’s armed forces ministry has announced that 50 coronavirus cases have been recorded among the crew of the country’s sole aircraft carrier, the Charles de Gaulle.