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Over two million coronavirus cases recorded globally
More than two million cases of the new coronavirus have been officially registered around the world, half of them in Europe, according to a...
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Global coronavirus infections exceed 1.9M
The global Coronavirus cases surpassed 1.9 million on Monday, according to a running tally by U.S.-based Johns Hopkins University.The Hopkins data showed that the global number...
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Global coronavirus deaths top 86,000
The worldwide number of fatalities from the novel coronavirus pandemic rose to 86,289 on Wednesday, according to a tally compiled by AFP at 1900...
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Global trade will plunge by up to a third in 2020 amid pandemic – WTO
Global trade growth is expected to plummet by up to a third in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, the World Trade Organization said...
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Four out of five peoples jobs hit by coronavirus
A total of 81% of the global workforce of 3.3 billion people have had their workplace fully or partly closed.Restrictions on daily life have...
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Coronavirus like spark ‘devastating’ global condom shortage
A global condom shortage is looming as the coronavirus pandemic shutters factories and disrupts supply chains, the world's top maker of the contraceptives said,...
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Pandemic forces polio eradication group to suspend campaigns
The COVID-19 pandemic has dealt an unprecedented blow to the world's battle against polio, the head of the global organisation to combat the disease...
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Coronavirus: Confirmed global cases pass one million
More than a million cases of coronavirus have been registered globally, according to the latest figures from Johns Hopkins University - another grim milestone...
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Global virus cases near million as US records youngest death
A six-week-old baby died of Covid-19 and global agencies warned of food shortages as coronavirus infections around the world neared one million Wednesday.Governments expanded...
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Pandemic pranks off the table on April Fools’ Day
It may be the global day for pranks but with the world under assault from the deadly coronavirus pandemic many governments on Wednesday were...