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SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — Several embassies in North Korea closed Monday as many diplomats were flown out following weeks of tight quarantine restrictions imposed by Pyongyang over the spread of the novel coronavirus. North Korea has not confirmed a single infection but has imposed strict rules, including closing its borders and putting thousands of its own people into isolation. It has also subjected hundreds of foreigners — including diplomats — to a virtual lockdown […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has already signed the proclamation declaring the state of public health emergency in the country after the Department of Health confirmed four new coronavirus cases, raising the confirmed infections to 10. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo, on Monday, March 9, 2020, read Proclamation No. 922 declaring a “state of public health emergency throughout the Philippines”. In a Malacanang press briefing, Panelo said that the order was signed by the […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — Iran’s health ministry on Sunday reported 49 new deaths from the novel coronavirus, the highest toll within 24 hours since the start of the outbreak in the country. “At least 194 of our compatriots who fell sick with the COVID-19 illness have passed away,” health ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said in a televised news conference. The outbreak of the virus in Iran is one of the deadliest outsides of China, where […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — At least ten people were killed in the collapse of a hotel used as a coronavirus quarantine facility in eastern China, authorities said Sunday, with 23 others still feared trapped in the rubble. Rescuers pulled 48 people from the wreckage, of whom 38 are still alive, the Ministry of Emergency Management said on social media. The building in the coastal city of Quanzhou had been repurposed to house people who recently […]
by Frankie TAGGART WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump defended the “perfectly coordinated” US response to the coronavirus epidemic Sunday amid heavy criticism over health cuts and strategic blunders that have failed to stem its rapid spread. The virus has reached 30 US states, with Oregon the latest to declare a state of emergency Sunday, and 60 million people in California and New York states under crisis measures. Two more deaths were reported […]
CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) — A German tourist died Sunday of the novel coronavirus in a Sinai resort of eastern Egypt, the health ministry announced, the first death from the epidemic recorded in Africa. “The 60-year-old German citizen showed symptoms of a fever (and) checked into Hurghada hospital on 6 March,” before testing positive for COVID-19, it said in a statement. The tourist, who arrived from Germany a week ago, died after having refused to be […]
ROME, Italy (AFP) — Inmates in four Italian prisons have revolted over new rules introduced to contain the coronavirus outbreak, leaving one prisoner dead and others injured, a prison rights group said Sunday. Prisoners at jails in Naples Poggioreale in the south, Modena in the north, Frosinone in central Italy and at Alexandria in the northwest had all revolted over measures including a ban on family visits. Rights group Antigone said an inmate had died at […]
by Jocelyne ZABLIT Agence France Presse LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — A US cruise ship hit by coronavirus was given permission late Saturday to dock, while New York announced a state of emergency as confirmed cases across the country surged past 400. The fast-spreading virus has already spread to 30 US states, killing at least 19 people, while the American capital announced its first case Saturday and citizens were coming to terms with […]
ROME, Italy (AFP) — Italy’s death toll from the novel coronavirus rose by 36 to 233 on Saturday while the number of infections shot up by a single-day record of 1,247 to hit 5,883. Italy has recorded the most deaths of any country outside China and the third-most COVID-19 infections after China and South Korea. Official figures showed the number of people receiving intensive care in hospitals jumped to 567 from 462 on Friday. […]
ROME, Italy (AFP) — More than 15 million people were placed under forced quarantine in northern Italy early Sunday as the government approved drastic measures in an attempt to halt the spread of the deadly coronavirus that is sweeping the globe. Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said on Twitter he had signed off on plans to strictly limit movement in and out of large areas including Venice and the financial capital Milan for nearly a month. […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — At least six people were killed in the collapse of a hotel used as a coronavirus quarantine facility in eastern China, the Ministry of Emergency Management said Sunday. Rescuers retrieved 43 people from the rubble, of whom 37 are still alive, the ministry said on its firefighting department’s social media account. The coastal city of Quanzhou has recorded 47 cases of the COVID-19 infection and the hotel had been repurposed […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has agreed to issue a declaration of a State of Public Health Emergency following the recommendation of the Department of Health due to the confirmed cases of local transmission of the novel 2019 coronavirus disease on Saturday, March 7. This was according to Senator Christopher “Bong” Go, the President’s former aide. “Pursuant to the recommendation of the DOH and my suggestion as Chair of the Senate Committee on […]
