Tag: #CoronavirusEpidemic
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The woman who has become India’s ‘Corona voice’
Thursday, June 18th: Jasleen is a familiar voice to millions of Indians. When you call someone and no one picks up the phone, you don’t hear a ringtone, but sometimes a music or a message is heard instead, it is called ‘Caller Tune’ locally. For the last two and a half months, whenever people make…
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World faces new ‘Great Depression’ as virus toll mounts
Brussels, April 9 (AFP/APP):World powers scrambled on Thursday to build a global response to the human tragedy and once-in-a-century economic catastrophe caused by the coronavirus epidemic, as death tolls in the US and Europe soared higher. In a locked-down New York, the UN Security Council was to meet on the pandemic for the first time.…
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Spain counts 832 deaths in 24 hours as toll surges to 5,690: govt
Madrid, March 28 (AFP/APP):The death toll in Spain surged over 5,600 on Saturday after a record 832 people died in 24 hours, and the number of infections soared over 72,000, the government said. Spain has the world’s second-highest coronavirus death toll after Italy with 5,690 fatalities. The number of cases have jumped to 72,248 as…
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Sindh Governor receives consignment of medical supplies from China
KARACHI, Mar 27 (APP):Sindh Governor Imran Ismail on Friday received the consignment of medical supplies donated by Chinese billionaire Jack Ma’s Foundation and Alibaba Foundation to help Pakistan fight against COVID-19, which will be transported by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), for onward distribution throughout the country. The supplies include 56,000 COVID19 testing kits…
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French PM warns ‘difficult’ days ahead over coronavirus
Paris, March 27 (AFP/APP):France’s prime minister raised the alarm Friday over an “extremely high” surge in coronavirus cases in the country and warned that the situation would be “difficult in the days to come.” “We find ourselves in a crisis that will last, in a health situation that will not improve any time soon,” Edouard…
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Iran president warns of tough new measures against coronavirus
Tehran, March 25 (AFP/APP):Iran’s president warned that his government was poised to introduce tough new measures against the coronavirus Wednesday as the death toll from one of the world’s deadliest outbreaks neared 2,000. President Hassan Rouhani said that the new measures, which could be adopted as soon as Wednesday evening, included Iran’s first restrictions on…
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PM Khan’s economic package hailed
MULTAN, Mar 25 (APP):An economic package announced by Prime Minister, Imran Khan, specially slashing of Petroleum Products (POL) prices across the board will benefit every section of society by extending relief. Chairman Multan Dry port Trust and former president MCCI & DG Khan Chamber , Khawaja Jalal uddin Romi welcomed the package in wake of…
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South Africa’s coronavirus cases rise sharply to 709: Minister
Johannesburg, March 25 (AFP/APP):South Africa reported that its number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus jumped to 709 on Wednesday from 554 the previous day, an increase of 28 percent. South Africa, which now has the highest numbers of infections on the continent, has ordered a 21-day lockdown which rolls into action at midnight…
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Virus sparks ‘unprecedented collapse’ in eurozone economy
Brussels, March 24 (AFP/APP):There has been “an unprecedented collapse” in business across the eurozone this month as EU countries impose severe restrictions on movement to slow the coronavirus, according to indicators released Tuesday. The PMI survey by analysis company IHS Markit confirmed what economists and governments had been bracing for: a dramatically abrupt tumble into…
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Governor Balochistan urges public to cooperate with govt to curb coronavirus
QUETTA, Mar 24 (APP):Governor Balochistan Amanullah Khan Yasinzai on Tuesday said collective efforts would be taken to immediately cope the spread of the coronavirus in order to ensure protection of public lives from the deadly virus instead of fearing it. He expressed these views in his statement issued here, saying that we have to defeat…