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LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The NBA has reportedly told teams to look into strategies on how to play games without fans in the arena amid concerns over the new coronavirus outbreak. As fears grow over the spread of the virus, and sports leagues formulate contingency plans, the NBA on Friday sent a memo to its teams telling them to start “developing” plans on how to play games with only “essential staff” in […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Florida health authorities confirmed Friday two deaths from the new coronavirus, the first US fatalities outside the west coast states of Washington and California. Both had traveled abroad, Florida Department of Health said in a statement announcing the two deaths and a total of 12 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the southeast state. They brought the US death toll to 16, including 14 reported earlier, according to a tally by Johns […]
(Eagle News) — The Department of Health on Saturday, March 7, confirmed the sixth case of the novel 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the country — the wife of the fifth COVID-19 case who has no previous travel history outside the country — and confirmed that there is now a local transmission of the disease. In a press briefing, the sixth case was identified as the 59-year old wife of the 62-year old Filipino […]
(Eagle News) — The number of confirmed novel 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections worldwide is now at 102,180 with reported deaths succumbing to the virus complications at almost 3,500, as of Saturday, March 7, 2020. Based on the monitoring by the John Hopkins University compiling information from various official sources, those who died from COVID-19 is at 3,491 as before noon Saturday, with those recovering from the disease at 57,389. Mainland China still has […]
MADRID, Spain (AFP) — Spain registered its fifth victim from the deadly coronavirus epidemic on Friday as the number of people infected with the virus jumped to 365, health officials said. So far, all of the victims have been people in high-risk categories, elderly or suffering from a pre-existing condition, said Fernando Simon, the health ministry’s chief coordinator for emergencies. Since Thursday evening, 102 new cases have been confirmed in the biggest single-day jump since […]
VILNIUS, Slovakia (AFP) — Slovakia reported its first case of the novel coronavirus on Friday, after a man whose son visited Venice in COVID-19 hotspot Italy, tested positive. “Today, a 52-year-old patient was confirmed to be infected,” Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini told journalist Friday. He said the man, who has not been named, is currently hospitalized in Bratislava. “The patient did not travel anywhere recently but his son returned from Venice a couple of weeks […]
CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) — Egypt detected 12 new cases Friday of the novel coronavirus among workers aboard a Nile cruise boat heading from Aswan to Luxor, a healthy ministry statement said. “Twelve new cases tested positive for the coronavirus among Egyptian staff on the cruise boat without showing any symptoms,” the joint statement with the World Health Organization said. Authorities were alerted after it was found that a Taiwanese tourist who traveled on the ship […]
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — Governments using lockdowns and quarantines to fight the deadly new coronavirus must ensure people’s rights are respected and avoid unintended consequences, the UN rights chief said Friday. Michelle Bachelet said the response to the COVID-19 disease caused by the virus must place human dignity and rights at its center. Her office said lockdowns, quarantines, and similar measures “should always be carried out in strict accordance with human rights standards and in […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — Iran on Friday announced 17 more deaths from the novel coronavirus, raising the total number of people killed to 124, as the overall number of cases soared. “We have confirmed 1,234 new cases, which is a record in the past few days,” health ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour told a news conference, raising the total number of infections to 4,747. The new cases “are probably those who had been infected with the […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan has been forced to scrap plans to involve children in the Olympic torch handover and arrival ceremonies because of fears over the new coronavirus, Tokyo 2020’s chief organizer said on Friday. Organizing committee head Yoshiro Mori called it a “heartbreaking decision” to cancel a performance of 140 children at the handover ceremony in Athens. The announcement comes after organizers said they may have to scale back the torch relay and […]
BELGRADE, Serbia (AFP) — The first case of coronavirus in Serbia has been diagnosed in a man who had been in Hungary, the country’s health minister announced on Friday. “The first case of coronavirus has been confirmed in Serbia. It is a 43-year-old man from Subotica (north) who recently stayed in Hungary, in Budapest,” said Zlatibor Loncar at a press conference. The man is in solitary confinement at the Subotica hospital and his health is […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — SpaceX on Thursday announced a partnership to send three tourists to the International Space Station (ISS), the first private trip in more than a decade. Elon Musk’s company has signed a deal with Axiom Space to transport the tourists along with a commander on one of its Crew Dragon capsules in the second half of 2021. Axiom CEO Michael Suffredini said the flight “will represent a watershed moment in the […]
