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April 4, 2020
S. Korea extends intensive social distancing to reach daily 50 corona cases
SEOUL — South Korea said on Saturday it will extend its intensive social distancing campaign scheduled to end on Monday by two weeks in a bid to curb the rate of coronavirus infections to around 50 a day, according to Reuters.The country has largely managed to bring under control Asia's largest epidemic outside China with around 100 or fewer new daily cases. But smaller outbreaks in churches, hospitals and nursing ...
April 2, 2020
Pakistan court overturns conviction in murder of US journalist Daniel Pearl
ISLAMABAD — A Pakistani court on Tuesday overturned the death sentence of the man convicted of killing US journalist Daniel Pearl in 2002.The Sindh High Court, the top provincial court, commuted the capital punishment of the convict to seven years for kidnapping.Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, the British-born national was earlier convicted for murdering the journalist in southern city of Karachi in January 2002 while the latter was working on a ...
April 1, 2020
Europe coronavirus toll tops 30,000 as UN warns of worst crisis since WWII
PARIS: More than 30,000 people in Europe have died from the coronavirus pandemic so far, according to news reports on Tuesday. The number of confirmed cases around the world is now nearing 860,000, with more than 42,000 deaths.With Italy and Spain bearing the brunt of the crisis in Europe, the death toll in the US is now more than 4,000 — higher than the declared number of fatalities in China.On ...
April 1, 2020
Pakistan coronavirus cases top 2,000
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan reported 150 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 1,007, according to news reports.The eastern province of Punjab and southeastern province of Sindh topped the list with 708 and 676 cases respectively. Pakistan occupied Kashmir reported six cases, while there were 158 cases in Balochistan, 184 in Gilgit Baltistan, 54 in Islamabad, and 253 cases in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.Meanwhile, the ...
March 31, 2020
Outrage as migrants sprayed with disinfectant in India
NEW DELHI — Migrant workers, returning home during a nationwide lockdown over coronavirus, were doused in a “chemical solution” in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, sparking controversy.The incident was caught on a video that showed three people, dressed in protective gear, spraying the liquid directly on a group of Indian workers as they sat on the ground in the city of Bareilly.The public uproar forced the state government, ...
March 30, 2020
India says no plans to extend lockdown as poor struggle
NEW DELHI — India has denied plans to extend a 21-day lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus as hundreds of thousands of migrant workers are fleeing Indian cities, posing a fresh risk of infection and the government is struggling to keep essential supplies flowing.“There are rumors and media reports, claiming that the government will extend the lockdown when it expires. The Cabinet Secretary has denied these reports, and ...
March 27, 2020
After PM, UK health minister tests positive for coronavirus
LONDON — British Health Minister Matt Hancock s has tested positive for coronavirus.In a video posted on his Twitter handle, he confirmed he is afflicted with the virus.Hancock, 41, said he had experienced mild symptoms of the virus and will be self-isolating until next Thursday.It comes hours after Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced he too had tested positive for the COVID-19."Fortunately for me the symptoms so far have been very ...
March 27, 2020
Covid 19: Kerala businessman sets example
KONDOTTY — A Jeddah-based Indian businessman has set a good example by writing off the rents of several flats and shops in Kozhikode and Malappuram districts of Kerala to alleviate economic difficulties being suffered by traders and tenants as a result of nationwide Covid 19 lockdown.Speaking to Saudi Gazette, Sulaiman Haji, managing director of KPS Group, said his company would not collect rents for its shops in Areacode, Edavanna, Kizhisseri, ...
March 25, 2020
Now it is hantavirus in China as coronavirus pandemic ebbs
By Ismaeel NaarDUBAI -- A Chinese man has died from hantavirus, another infectious disease, as the coronavirus pandemic slows down in China, according to media reports from China.The case was identified in a man from China’s Yunnan Province who died while on his way back to work on a bus on Monday, according to Global Times, China's national English language newspaper.The newspaper said that Chinese authorities also tested 32 other ...
March 24, 2020
India imposes nationwide lockdown for three weeks
NEW DELHI — India on Tuesday imposed a three-week long nationwide lockdown as part of the country’s efforts to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the stringent measure as India is struggling to contain the outbreak that has so far infected 519 people and killed 10.“Today, I am going to announce a very important measure in our fight against Covid-19. The entire country will be under lockdown ...
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