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Air Canada to temporarily lay off half its workforce

MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) -- Air Canada announced Monday it would temporarily lay off nearly half of its employees and reduce…

Extreme isolation: world’s last virus-free corners hold tight

by Bernadette Carreon KOROR, Palau (AFP) -- A coronavirus-free tropical island nestled in the northern Pacific may seem the perfect…

PICC forum halls, World Trade Center, Rizal Memorial Coliseum to be set up as COVID-19 facitilities, says DPWH

  (Eagle News) – The Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) Forum Halls, the World Trade Center (WTC) in Pasay City…

WATCH: NY nurse manager talks about effects of crisis on dialysis patients

LAS VEGAS, Nevada (Eagle News) — Eagle News International, Las Vegas, interviews a nurse manager from Rogosin Institute, Queens Dialysis…

The sound of coronavirus: Israeli apps helping contain pandemic

By Guillaume Lavallee and Jonah Mandel JERUSALEM, Undefined (AFP) -- One app tells you if you've been in the vicinity…

Italy extends lockdown until ‘at least’ April 12

by Dmitry ZAKS ROME, Italy (AFP) -- Italy on Monday extended an economically crippling lockdown until "at least" mid-April to…

‘Volunteer sewing corps’ makes masks, gowns as US supplies dwindle

by Andrew MARSZAL / with Catherine TRIOMPHE in New York LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- From amateur seamstresses and…

Trump says, US to send medical supplies to Italy, France, Spain

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- President Donald Trump said Monday that the United States will send medical equipment for combating…

US coronavirus death toll passes 3,000: Johns Hopkins University

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The US death toll from the coronavirus pandemic passed 3,000 on Monday, according to the…

France reports record 418 coronavirus deaths in 24 hours

PARIS, France (AFP) -- France on Monday reported its highest daily number of deaths from COVID-19 since the coronavirus epidemic…

USA Rugby files for bankruptcy as COVID-19 worsens financial woes

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- USA Rugby, its financial troubles exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic, has filed for bankruptcy,…

Human testing for Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine this fall

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Johnson & Johnson said on Monday it had selected a lead candidate vaccine for the…

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