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COVID-19: China reports most cases in over a month

April 13, 2020

China's northeastern border with Russian Federation has become a front line in the country's fight against a resurgence of the coronavirus , as new daily cases , while remaining relatively low compared with other global hot spots, rose to the highest in almost six weeks.

Oil Reverses Early Gains as OPEC+ Deal Fails to Revive Prices

April 13, 2020

The voluntary reductions by OPEC+ would only lead to an actual 4.3 million barrel a day cut in production from level in the first quarter, assuming full compliance by core-OPEC and 50% by other participants in May, the bank said in a note. "The big Oil Deal with OPEC Plus is done", he said, adding, "This will save hundreds of thousands of energy jobs in the United States". "Great deal for all".

Body of Robert F Kennedy's great-grandson recovered

April 13, 2020

Authorities searched for Gideon McKean for five days and it involved "aviation and underwater imaging sonar technology", Hogan's office said . It was Maeve Kennedy's husband, David McKean , on Facebook after his wife and son had been reported missing .

Mass Easter masses performed over the internet amid worldwide virus lockdown

April 13, 2020

Pope Francis dedicated his Easter Sunday message to everyone affected by the coronavirus pandemic saying "the whole world is suffering and must be united to face it". "I encourage political leaders to work actively for the common good, to provide the means and resources needed to enable everyone to lead a dignified life and, when circumstances allow, to assist them in resuming their normal daily activities", he said.

U.S. reopening could start 'in some ways' in May, Fauci says

April 13, 2020

Fauci continued that "obviously", if things were shut down "right from the very beginning, it may have been a little bit different". The US has over 530,000 virus cases and 21,418 deaths, many in NY. You don't want to do something precipitously. "I believe that, if we have a good, measured way of rolling into this, steps towards normality, that we hope, by the time we get to November, that we will be able to do it in a way which is the standard way", Fauci said.

Italy's daily coronavirus death tally lowest since March 19

April 13, 2020

Italy recorded the lowest number of new coronavirus deaths in three weeks, saying 431 people died in the past day to bring its total to 19,899. The total number of fatalities stands at 14,393, with 9,253 of those in the hospital and 5,140 in nursing homes, announced Jerome Salomon, France's director general of health.

USA surpasses Italy's coronavirus death toll

April 13, 2020

The number of deaths from the novel coronavirus in the USA crossed the 20,000 mark early Sunday, according to data by Johns Hopkins University. There are more than one hundred Pakistanis among the 8,000 people who have died of the coronavirus in the NY region, officials said .

How to make, put on and clean your cloth face mask

April 13, 2020

What are the details? In the initial months following the outbreak of COVID-19 - the disease caused by the novel coronavirus - the CDC cautioned against widespread face mask use, recommending masks only for people who were ill or those who were treating them.

United States reopening could start 'in some ways' in May, Fauci says

April 13, 2020

Trump is facing a national health emergency as COVID-19 cases continue to rise and 30 people have died from the virus in the United States, according to The Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University . Fauci said, "You know, Jake, that's a great question". Fauci explained that the models from other countries showed a sharp decline in cases once the admissions began to decrease.

NY burying coronavirus victims in mass graves

April 13, 2020

Aerial images show workers digging graves on Hart Island - a one-mile, limited-access strip off the Bronx that's the place where more than a million mostly homeless and poor New Yorkers are buried. Families who couldn't afford funerals or unclaimed bodies of individuals need to be dispatched to make space for the smooth running of the present service providers in NY amidst the pandemic.

Deadly tornadoes in America's south cause 'catastrophic' damage

April 13, 2020

More than 4.5 million people live in the area where unsafe weather was most likely, including Birmingham and Jackson, Mississippi, the Storm Prediction Center said on its website. He told CNN his family was safe and didn't receive any damage. "I got there after the tornado went through the area, but it was just a bunch of people surveying the damage to their homes and looking for their friends and loved ones making sure they were OK", Galvan said.

White House Elects to Make Health Officials Available to CNN

April 13, 2020

Like CNN, the broadcast networks have not carried the White House daily coronavirus taskforce briefings in full. CNN reported that Pence's workplace will most effective permit professionals comparable to Birx or Fauci to seem on CNN if the community televises the portion of the White Area briefings that come with the vp and different coronavirus activity pressure individuals.

Another 103 sailors from U.S. carrier test positive for coronavirus

April 13, 2020

The secretary added later that multiple Navy hospital ships have been sent to different parts of the country to help combat the coronavirus outbreak, saying that worrying about having enough medical staff "keeps him up at night". As of Saturday, 92% of the ship's almost 4,600-person crew had been tested. The removal of Crozier, respected in the military and popular with his crew, was seen as heavy-handed and decided too quickly, before an investigation was carried out.

New York schools, businesses must reopen at same time, Cuomo says

April 13, 2020

However, the mayor noted that ventilator use has decreased considerably in recent days, down to an average of 70 new intubations daily. A patient is transferred from Elmhurst Hospital Center to a waiting ambulance during the current coronavirus outbreak, Tuesday, April 7, 2020, in NY.

Turkey sends medical aid to United Kingdom to help fight coronavirus

April 13, 2020

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has rejected resignation of his interior minister after the latter took responsibility for mass panic that saw thousands swarming shops across Turkey ahead of a 48-hour curfew. According to the news agency's news, Health Minister Koca said that 98 people have died in the last 24 hours due to the new Coronavirus in Turkey, after which the death toll from Corona has increased to 1006.

Uganda's Covid 19 cases rise to 53

April 13, 2020

The country is on a nationwide two-week lockdown . "It is good to go exterior, open air when there is no downside", the previous soldier stated at first of the video right here "However when there's want you may go indoors". The oil-rich East African nation has imposed a few of the harshest measures in Africa to comprise the illness, together with a dusk-to-dawn curfew, shuttering all companies besides essentially the most important and banning all non-public and public transportation ...

De Blasio calls school closings a 'moral question' amid Cuomo feud

April 13, 2020

Saturday evening, De Blasio appeared on MSNBC to clarify the situation: "I'll always work with the state of NY, I'll always work with the governor", De Blasio said, before explaining that his responsibility is to the students, not another elected official.

Tokyo reports 166 new coronavirus cases on Sunday

April 13, 2020

Tokyo and the surrounding prefectures of Chiba, Kanagawa and Saitama were among seven that have been placed under a state of emergency since April 7 to deal with the rising number of coronavirus infections. Other regions are now clamouring to be included in the national emergency. SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son took to twitter to query the government's handling of the outbreak.

Major severe weather expected Easter weekend, possible tornado outbreak in South

April 13, 2020

But no part of Alabama will be off the hook on Sunday . NOAA's Storm Prediction Center is warning that strong, long-tracked tornadoes will be possible on Sunday in the red colored area on the map below, from Louisiana to MS and Alabama.

Two civilians injured by Indian firing along LoC: ISPR

April 13, 2020

TV news channel NDTV showed drone camera footage released by the Indian Army , apparently showing Pakistani targets ablaze. Pakistan blames Indian troops for ceasefire violations and targeting civilians in Kashmir . Not only those living nearby, but the shelling also rattled even far off villages with some villagers saying that they are hearing the roaring sounds for the first time.

Ontario reports 401 new cases of COVID-19, 21 more deaths

April 13, 2020

The number of patients hospitalized due to COVID-19 is 738. To date, the province said 103,165 people have been tested for the virus across Ontario. Of those 257 patients, 196 of them remain on ventilators to assist with breathing. Eighty-six outbreaks have now been reported in long-term care homes across the province.

Gantz requests extension of mandate to form coalition

April 12, 2020

The parties have been in talks to join forces in order to fully empower Israel's government in its efforts to contain the coronavirus outbreak. Then in a surprise move last month, Gantz was elected speaker of Israel's parliament, or Knesset, and pledged to seek an emergency unity alliance with Netanyahu to ease the political deadlock and help the country tackle the coronavirus pandemic.

COVID-19: Alberta shipping protective gear to Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia

April 12, 2020

The shipments, set to move next week, will include 750,000 N95 masks, 4.5 million procedural masks, 30 million gloves and 50 ventilators worth a total $41 million. Recent COVID-19 modelling projections indicate the most probable scenario for Alberta is the virus will reach its peak mid-May. "Our first priority will always be Albertans", Alberta Health Minister Tyler Shandro said.

USA coronavirus deaths highest in world exceeding Italy: Reuters tally

April 12, 2020

With virus death tolls in Italy and Spain on a downward slope, there are growing fears that the United Kingdom will end up as the country with the most virus deaths in Europe. The government has said the economy shed 701,000 jobs in March. That was the most job losses since the Great Recession and ended the longest employment boom in United States history that started in late 2010.

Republic of Ireland records highest jump in cases since coronavirus outbreak began

April 12, 2020

According to the National Public Health Emergency Team, an additional 430 "new" cases of Covid-19 have been reported by labs in Ireland over the past 24 hours. "We need to continue with them". The minister also said that 1,502 student nurses have applied to work as paid healthcare assistants and that those applications were now being processed.

AFP tally: Europe’s coronavirus death toll passes 75,000 milestone

April 12, 2020

The extraordinary measures from NY to New Delhi to Naples have seen businesses and schools closed in a desperate bid to halt the virus's relentless spread and the International Monetary Fund said the world now faces the worst downturn since the Great Depression of the 1930s.

Easter: Pope Francis calls for global solidarity amid COVID-19 crisis

April 12, 2020

European Union nations have been divided over how to mitigate the economic impact of the pandemic, with wealthier nations including Germany and the Netherlands blocking some demands from Spain and Italy, the region's hardest-hit so far. "Despite the sign of death and fear that we are seeing everywhere all over the world, we have to look at the good all those that are giving their lives for the others", he said.

Coronavirus: Infected Antarctic cruise passengers return to Australia

April 12, 2020

MONTEVIDEO, April 11 ― Uruguay started yesterday to repatriate 112 Australians and New Zealanders from a cruise ship hit by coronavirus and stranded in the La Plata River near the capital of Montevideo since March 27, the government said.

Diapers and WikiLeaks: The Unknown Romance and Children of Julian Assange

April 12, 2020

Mr Assange has been held in Belmarsh prison in London since he left the Ecuadorian embassy a year ago. Morris, born Sara Gonzalez Devant, said she had changed her name so she could remain under the radar while helping Assange, who skipped bail in June 2012 and sought refuge in the embassy to avoid extradition to the United States on espionage charges.

US COVID-19 deaths cross 20,000, highest in world, surpassing Italy

April 12, 2020

Both the USA and Italy have now exceeded 19,000 deaths due to the Wuhan virus, while the overall death tolls from the Chinese virus continue to surge in Spain (16,353) and France (13,216). "The number of hospitalizations appears to have hit an apex, and the apex appears to be a plateau", the governor said, where numbers will level out for a period before dropping.

The United States overtakes Italy in total number of coronavirus deaths

April 12, 2020

According to Reuters , public health experts have warned the United States that its death toll could reach 200,000 over the summer if stay-at-home orders are lifted when it is due to expire at the end of the month. The United States has five times the population of Italy and almost seven times the population of Spain . Numbers out of Spain offered a shred of hope on Saturday: 510 new deaths, a dip in fatalities for the third day in a row.

Uruguay to evacuate 112 passengers from coronavirus-hit cruise ship

April 12, 2020

The cruise ship with passengers from Europe, US, NZ and mainly Australia departed from Ushuaia on March 15 to Antarctica, the Falklands and South Georgia - after the Covid-19 outbreak was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization -, on a voyage named after the polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, who led British expeditions to the region.

Another doctor falls to Covid-19 in Indore, India's surprise hot-spot city

April 12, 2020

Indore: Mandsaur and Ratlam district of Ujjain division have confirmed reporting its first ever case of COVID-19. Indore Chief Medical and Health Officer Pravin Jadiam said the doctor had been hospitalised a week ago after he began experiencing breathing difficulties and developed a cough and fever, The Times of India reported.

United Nations envoy gives Yemen's warring parties new peace proposals

April 12, 2020

China on Friday welcomed the Saudi-led coalition announcement of a ceasefire and believed it would enable Yemen and other regional countries to better cope with the Covid-19 and facilitate Yemen's peace process. He said the coalition hoped for three-way peace talks in which the Houthis, the UN-backed government of Yemeni President Abed Rabo Mansour Hadi, and a military team from the coalition would sit down to negotiate a durable settlement.

Much discussed drive-in church service set for Sunday

April 12, 2020

Like so many others, Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Dunedin is holding its services online. With the COVID-19 pandemic shutting down traditional Easter church services this year, the Coldwater Area Ministerial Association will be hosting a special drive-in Easter service at the Capri Drive-In on Sunday morning.

S. Africa reports highest coronavirus-related deaths in a single day

April 12, 2020

The uMhlathuze municipality said the newlyweds would be "spending their honeymoon under stringent bail conditions". "For now I don't think they can have any reasonable explanation to be continuing with that wedding", said police spokesman Vish Naidoo according to Daily Mail .

Lockdown in West Bank, Crowds in Gaza - Palestinians Divided Over Coronavirus

April 12, 2020

A total of 44 patients recovered from the disease, including 36 in the West Bank and eight in the Gaza Strip . Forty km (25 miles) aside and separated by Israel , the West Financial institution and Gaza haven't any direct hyperlink between them.

France reports first decrease in coronavirus intensive care patients

April 12, 2020

Macron will from now until Monday "speak to a large number of public and private actors - French, European and worldwide - on what is at stake concerning Covid-19 and prepare the decisions that will be announced on Monday to the French", the presidency said.

Indonesia's Anak Krakatau volcano erupts

April 12, 2020

The volcanic island is now reporting episodes of "large magmatic eruption", meaning that the volcano is continuing to produce magma and lava, as well as sending ash into the air in a cloud as high as 15km. More than 35,000 people lost their lives . The famed and feared volcano blew its top Friday night, and it was loud enough that people 100 miles away in Jakarta , Indonesia reported hearing it.

Governor, Mayor At Odds Over Keeping NYC Schools Closed

April 12, 2020

Cuomo said he wants to coordinate any such decision with surrounding school districts, and hopefully also with neighboring states. "That's the mayor's opinion". Cuomo countered by saying that was de Blasio's "opinion" and in this situation, the decision is his. We're going to need other components to make it work.

Boris Johnson's half-brother slams coronavirus care at 10 Downing St.

April 12, 2020

Announcing that 19 NHS workers had died since the Covid-19 outbreak began, Mr Hancock said he didn't want to put 'blame on people who have used more PPE than the guidelines suggest because I understand the difficulties in the circumstances.

Airdrie's sickest COVID-19 patients to be treated at Peter Lougheed Centre

April 12, 2020

Ontario will see the largest portion of the donations, receiving five million procedural masks and all 50 ventilators, which are expected to remain in Ontario through the peak of their COVID-19 outbreak. She said the government may look for ways to assist workers, saying she realizes many of them have multiple part-time jobs. However, at this time, for these providers, this practice is voluntary.

OPEC+ agrees 10m barrels of oil per day cut

April 12, 2020

OPEC , Russia and other allies, a group known as OPEC+, agreed to cut oil output by 10 million barrels per day during a meeting on Thursday. "For the oil market, [the coronavirus] has completely up-ended market supply and demand fundamentals since we last met on March 6", he said, according to a transcript of the remarks.

40 new COVID-19 cases in British Columbia, 5 additional deaths

April 11, 2020

Bonnie Henry. "Every health region in British Columbia has patients with COVID-19: 629 are in the Vancouver Coastal Health region, 539 are in the Fraser Health region, 84 are in the Island Health region, 132 are in the Interior Health region and 26 are in the Northern Health region", they said in the statement.

Covid-19: Mass Graves Dogged For Deaths In New York

April 11, 2020

To sum up: New York's Hart Island has been used as a burial site for unclaimed persons for more than 150 years. NY has seen the highest coronavirus death toll of any other state and numbers continue to climb. A lot of confusion has circled around Hart Island in the past few days, but what is known is that the pace of burials is increasing there - five times the normal rate , in fact.

COVID-19 Restrictions Extended By Three Further Weeks

April 11, 2020

But there was no guarantee, and the measures would only be reversed bit by bit. Dr Cillian De Gascun said "we are not going to return to a normal state of affairs" soon. Earlier, the chairman of the coronavirus expert advisory group said people could not be complacent about the dangers of Covid-19 because "given the opportunity, this virus will run rampant".

S Korea reports 91 recovered coronavirus patients test positive again

April 11, 2020

South Korea reported almost 7,000 COVID-19 recoveries, but after 91 patients re-tested positive, officials are anxious it's just the tip of the iceberg, and far more people will likely relapse as well , Reuters reported. Since April 1, South Korea has been enforcing a mandatory 14-day self-quarantine for all travelers coming from overseas to better contain imported cases.

Unemployment rate jumps amid COVID-19 pandemic

April 11, 2020

The PM and the first ministers held a conference call Thursday night to discuss the Emergencies Act, and whether its sweeping powers are needed in order to force Canadians to stay home. Job losses were felt across all provinces, with the largest in Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia and Alberta. StatsCan figures indicate employment decreased more sharply in March among employees in the private sector (-830,200 or -6.7%) than in the public sector (down 144,600 or -3.7%).

Evicted Kenyans to Blame for Mistreatment - Chinese Ambassador

April 11, 2020

They said they were deemed to be infected with the corona virus, were being forcibly evicted from homes, arbitrarily set aside and investigated at a collective level. The Kenyan government said Friday it had received assurance from the Chinese government on the safety of Kenyans following claims of discrimination in Guangzhou.

U.S. General meets Taliban leaders to discuss reduction in violence

April 11, 2020

The Taliban have met with the head of USA forces in Afghanistan to call for an end to what they say is an increase in American attacks since a peace deal signed in February, allegations the US military denied on Saturday. A USA defence official accused the Taliban of making false allegations in a bid to pressure the US into pushing forward a prisoner release swap with Kabul.

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