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South Korea declares new 'special care zone' as coronavirus spreads
Published On: March 5, 2020 02:30 PM NPT By: Reuters
SEOUL, March 5: South Korea declared a “special care zone” on Thursday around a second city hit hard by the coronavirus and the U.S. military confirmed two new cases among relatives of its troops in the country, as it battles the biggest epidemic outside China.
How risky is that virus? Your mind may mislead
Published On: March 5, 2020 02:07 PM NPT By: Associated Press
NEW YORK, March 5: Anna Alexander, a property manager in Virginia Beach, Virginia, started the day Monday thinking that she might avoid shaking hands because of the coronavirus outbreak. Then somebody stuck out a hand to shake.
China allocates almost $16 billion in coronavirus related funding
Published On: March 5, 2020 01:21 PM NPT By: Reuters
BEIJING, March 5: China has allocated 110.48 billion yuan ($15.93 billion) in coronavirus-related funding as of March 4, Vice Finance Minister Xu Hongcai said at a press briefing on Thursday.
Facebook confirms contractor in Seattle diagnosed with coronavirus
Published On: March 5, 2020 01:09 PM NPT By: Reuters
MARCH 5: Facebook Inc (FB.O) on Thursday confirmed that a contractor at a Seattle office has been diagnosed with the coronavirus and the social media giant said it would close that location until March 9.
California declares emergency over coronavirus as death toll rises in U.S.
Published On: March 5, 2020 12:45 PM NPT By: Reuters
LOS ANGELES, March 5: The U.S. death toll from coronavirus infections rose to 11 on Wednesday as new cases emerged around New York City and Los Angeles, while Seattle-area health officials discouraged social gatherings amid the nation’s largest outbreak.
Pérez de Cuéllar, Peruvian two-term UN chief, dies at 100
Published On: March 5, 2020 12:00 PM NPT By: Associated Press
LIMA, PERU, March 5: Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, the two-term United Nations secretary-general who brokered a historic cease-fire between Iran and Iraq in 1988 and who in later life came out of retirement to help re-establish democracy in his Peruvian homeland, has died. He was 100.
India lifts some internet restrictions in Kashmir, opening access to social media
Published On: March 5, 2020 10:50 AM NPT By: Reuters
SRINAGAR, INDIA, March 5: India lifted some restrictions on internet access in Kashmir on Wednesday, including allowing access to social media websites for the first time since the restive Himalayan region was locked down and its autonomy revoked in August.
Coronavirus death toll jumps to 107 in Italy, all schools shut
Published On: March 5, 2020 10:04 AM NPT By: Reuters
ROME, March 5: Italy closed all schools and universities and took other emergency measures on Wednesday to try to slow the spread of the coronavirus in Europe’s worst-hit country as the death toll and number of cases jumped.
Iran cancels Friday prayers in major cities amid outbreak
Published On: March 4, 2020 10:25 PM NPT By: Associated Press
TEHRAN, IRAN, March 4: Friday prayers in Iran have been canceled across all provincial capitals amid the country’s growing coronavirus outbreak, state television said.
EU commission unveils climate law amid criticism
Published On: March 4, 2020 09:22 PM NPT By: Associated Press
BRUSSELS, March 4: Amid fierce criticism from environmental activists, the European Commission is unveiling plans Wednesday for its first ever climate law — the basis of the European Union’s Green Deal aimed at making the 27-country bloc climate neutral by 2050.
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