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MOULAY BOUSSELHAM, Morocco (AFP) — A new field hospital in eastern Morocco will from Sunday receive around 700 COVID-19 patients following a sharp spike in infections in the kingdom, the government said. Morocco reported a record single-day rise in novel coronavirus cases on Friday after an outbreak was detected in fruit packing plants in eastern Kenitra province, prompting Rabat to tighten restrictions in the region. The North African kingdom reported more than 500 cases on […]
LA JONGQUERA, Spain (AFP) — Traffic flowed again across Spain’s border with France on Sunday as the last of the strict Spanish coronavirus restrictions introduced in March were eased. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced earlier this month that Madrid would remove border checks with most other EU states from June 21, when its state of emergency also ended. Spain has been one of the worst affected countries, suffering more than 28,000 deaths, with its economy […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — Iranian health authorities reported over 100 new deaths from the novel coronavirus Sunday for the third day running, stressing that the outbreak had not yet peaked in the hard-hit country. Iran reported its first coronavirus cases on February 19 and has since struggled to contain the outbreak, the deadliest in the Middle East. The Islamic republic recorded its lowest single-day death toll in early May, before seeing a new rise in […]
LIMA, Peru (AFP) — The ancient Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, a jewel of Peruvian tourism, will not reopen in July as originally scheduled due to concerns over the coronavirus, local media reported Sunday. The Machu Picchu management group, UGM, made the decision based on reports from authorities in the Cusco region, where the citadel is located. “It has been decided that it will not be opened on July 1,” Machu Picchu district mayor Darwin […]
(Eagle News) — Total COVID-19 cases in the country hit 29,400 as a record 943 cases were added to the growing number of virus cases in the country, according to the latest data from the Department of Health on Saturday, June 20. As of 7 p.m., 20 deaths were also reported due to COVID-19, bringing total coronavirus-related fatalities to 1,150. Recoveries added on Saturday were 272, bringing total COVID-19 recoveries to 7,650. But the […]
by Joshua Howat Berger, with Robin Millard in Geneva Agence France Presse RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) — The World Health Organization warned Friday of a “new and dangerous phase” of the coronavirus pandemic, as infections continued to surge in the Americas, with Brazil registering more than one million cases. Colombia and Mexico also passed bleak milestones, as their death tolls topped 2,000 and 20,000, respectively, showing how the virus continues ravaging the Americas and […]
https://youtu.be/uvOFDthDUEU (Eagle News) — By end of June, six dormitories for the use of health care workers would be completed inside the Quezon City Memorial Circle, according to the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). This ‘We Heal as One Offsite Dormitory’ would be solely for use by doctors, nurses and other medical professionals working in hospitals within the territorial jurisdiction of Quezon City and need space to rest between shifts. Public Works and […]
RABAT, Morocco (AFP) — Morocco reported on Friday its highest number of confirmed novel coronavirus infections in a single day since recording its first case in March, according to the health ministry. Over 450 of the infections were recorded in the western Rabat-Kenitra region, the health ministry said, noting the cases were “asymptomatic”. Local media reported the source of the outbreak was a strawberry packing plant in the town of Kenitra. Morocco, with a population […]
by Robin MILLARD with Elle IDE in Rome Agence France Presse The World Health Organization warned Friday of a “new and dangerous phase” of the coronavirus pandemic with people tiring of lockdowns despite the disease’s accelerating spread. The warning came as it emerged the virus was present in Italy in December, months before its first confirmed cases and about the same time as the disease was first reported in China. The virus, which […]
by Ella IDE Agence France Presse ROME, Italy (AFP) — The coronavirus was present in two large Italian cities in December, more than two months before the first case was detected, a national health institute study of waste water has found. That suggests the virus appeared in Italy around the same time it was first reported in China. Researchers discovered genetic traces of Sars-CoV-2 — as the virus is officially known — in samples […]
(Eagle News) — The number of COVID-19 cases in the country reached 28,459 as more fresh cases were reported on Friday, June 19, at 460, most of them in Metro Manila, according to the Department of Health. The number of recoveries added were 288 which brings total COVID-19 recoveries at 7,378. But fresh cases or cases confirmed in the last three days from Metro Manila were noticeably high at 277. This was more than […]
https://youtu.be/uxTS0cFiu1s (Eagle News) — EBC correspondent Marianne Leal in Laos reports how the Laos government has declared victory over COVID-19. Laos only has a total of 19 COVID-19 cases since the outbreak of the disease that had severely affected countries all over the world. Laos is one of the few countries with no COVID-19 fatality. All of the 19 coronavirus patients in Laos have already been discharged from hospitals. No new cases have also […]
