Indonesia frees 18,000 inmates from bursting jails over virus fears
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) -- Indonesia has released some 18,000 inmates in a desperate bid to stop coronavirus from rampaging through…
6 years ago
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Coronavirus spreads in Latin America as cases pass 20,000
More than 20,000 cases of COVID-19 were registered in Latin America and the Caribbean by Wednesday -- double the…
6 years ago
Doctors warn of malaria drug scarcity
by Patrick GALEY PARIS, France (AFP) -- Limited global stocks of two anti-malarial drugs could wreck plans to use the…
6 years ago
Spain virus death toll tops 10,000: govt
MADRID, Spain (AFP) -- The coronavirus death toll in Spain surged past 10,000 on Thursday after a record 950 deaths…
6 years ago
PHL coronavirus-related deaths rise to 107 as COVID-19 cases reach 2,633
(Eagle News) – The country’s death toll due to COVID-19 rose to more than a hundred as total cases…
6 years ago
Spanish jobless claims jump by over 300,000 in March
MADRID, Spain (AFP) -- Spain registered a leap of 302,265 jobless claims in March due to the "extraordinary impact" of…
6 years ago
Duterte warns Filipinos of the “Left” creating trouble; tells public to trust, listen to gov’t in this time of crisis
(Eagle News) – Amid the coronavirus pandemic, President Rodrigo Duterte came out on national television once again on Wednesday night,…
6 years ago
Under-fire Johnson says, UK will ‘massively increase testing’
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Britain would "massively increase testing" amid a growing wave of…
6 years ago
At US food banks, a cupboard increasingly bare
by Cyril JULIEN WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Volunteers are staying home and donations have dried up. The coronavirus pandemic…
6 years ago
China county in lockdown as fears grow over second wave of virus
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- A Chinese county of around 600,000 residents has gone into lockdown after a woman who visited…
6 years ago
Italy extends lockdown as toll passes 13,000
ROME, Italy (AFP) -- Italy on Wednesday extended its economically-crippling lockdown until April 13 to help stem coronavirus infections that…
6 years ago
US virus cases more than 216,000 as deaths hit 5,137, says John Hopkins University tracker
(Eagle News) -- The number of coronavirus cases in the United States hits more than 216,000 on Thursday as…
6 years ago
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