Coronavirus Outbreak
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Coronavirus mutes Easter celebrations as US deaths top 20,000
At the climax of Holy Week for the planet's two billion-plus Christians, congregations were shuttered at home to avoid spreading the pathogen that has infected at least 1.7 million worldwide.
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Coronavirus vaccine could be ready by September, says Oxford professor
Sarah Gilbert is a professor of vaccinology at the University of Oxford and leads a team of researchers in developing a vaccine for the coronavirus, which has so far infected more than 1.7 million worldwide.
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Volunteers show unity in supporting UAE’s efforts to combat spread of coronavirus
True to the deeply embedded value in the community, volunteers of SANID (Arabic for Support), the National Emergency Response Volunteer Programme of the Emirates Foundation, have come together to back national efforts aimed at safeguarding the safety, health and well-being of the community.
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VIDEO: US doctor Jason Campbell known as 'Tik Tok Doc' dances to bring relief from virus blues
A US doctor's dance videos posted on social media have proven just the right medicine for hundreds of thousands of people, including health care workers, who are cheering him on for lifting their spirits during the coronavirus pandemic.
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UAE offers to repatriate stranded Indians
People stranded in Dubai who decide to leave to return to their home countries receive a special sticker on their passports.
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Bollywood star Salman Khan provides ration to daily wage workers amid coronavirus pandemic
Superstar Salman Khan, who earlier financially supported 25,000 daily wage workers of the film indusry amid the COVID-19 lockdown, has now provided ration facility to them.
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VIDEO: Pakistan creates innovative employment opportunities for daily wagers
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday said the government created innovative employment opportunities for the daily wagers by employing them as part of “10 Billion Tree Tsunami” project.
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Stay home strategy reduces crime around the world
In Chicago, one of America’s most violent cities, drug arrests have plummeted 42 per cent in the weeks since the city shut down, compared with the same period last year. Part of that decrease, some criminal lawyers say, is that drug dealers have no choice but to wait out the economic slump.
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Hollywood star Angelina Jolie shares her concern on child safety during the coronavirus lockdown
Hollywood star Angelina Jolie has urged Americans to keep in touch with at-risk families during the COVID-19 lockdown and report any form of child abuse fears to the authorities.
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Pakistan to repatriate nearly 2,000 stranded citizens
Pakistan's National Command and Operation Centre on COVID-19 directed all provincial governments to reopen their airports to avoid chaos in Islamabad, it was reported.
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Dubai-based charities come to help of needy
In another contribution to the Community Solidarity Fund Against COVID-19, a group of accredited charitable organisations in Dubai distributed over 31,570 daily meals to underprivileged people in Naif, Satwa, Hatta, Jebel Ali and Al Warsan areas.
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Kosovo's travelling barber keeps hair trimmed in virus lockdown
Equipped with a mask, gloves and tank of disinfectant spray, a popular Pristina barber has taken his show on the road to clip and coif clients who are stuck at home under coronavirus lockdown.
10 Apr 2020
