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UAE extends nightly curfew, Qatar reports first coronavirus death
The United Arab Emirates extended on Saturday to April 5 a nightly curfew to sterilise public places to combat the coronavirus as neighbouring Qatar reported its first death from the disease.
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Iran to use 20% of state budget to fight coronavirus
Iran is to allocate 20% of its annual state budget to fighting the coronavirus outbreak in the country, one of the worst-hit in the world, President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday.
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Ireland may ease coronavirus restrictions from mid-April
Ireland hopes to be in a position in two weeks to tweak or remove some of its new highly restrictive coronavirus-related measures if it can slow down the rate of admissions to intensive care units, Health Minister Simon Harris said.
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Irish banks processing over 28,000 coronavirus-related mortgage breaks
Ireland's banks are processing more than 28,000 mortgage breaks for customers whose incomes have been impacted by the coronavirus outbreak, the head of the lenders' representative body said on Saturday.
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Turkey's coronavirus deaths up to 108, with 1,704 new cases
Turkey's death toll from the coronavirus increased by 16 to 108 on Saturday, as the number of confirmed cases rose by 1,704 to 7,402, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said.
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Qatar confirms first coronavirus death
Qatar on Saturday recorded its first death from the coronavirus, a Bangladeshi resident, and 28 more cases to take its total to 590 infections, the health ministry said.
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Coronavirus cases in Greece pass 1,000
Greece confirmed 95 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, according to health authorities, bringing the total to 1,061 since the country's first recorded infection on Feb. 26.
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Shellshocked Spain reports record 832 new coronavirus deaths
Spain's coronavirus fatalities rose by a record 832 people overnight to 5,690 as hospitals and morgues were overwhelmed and a police chief fought back tears announcing a colleague's death.
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Singapore reports 70 new coronavirus cases, taking tally to 802
Singapore reported 70 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, the health ministry said, taking the city-state's total infections to 802.
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Portugal to treat migrants as residents during coronavirus crisis
All foreigners in Portugal with pending applications will be treated as permanent residents from Monday until at least July 1, authorities said on Saturday, to ensure migrants have access to public services during the coronavirus outbreak.
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Swiss virus death toll hits 235 as official says worst case scenario `not yet materialized'
The death toll in Switzerland from coronavirus had climbed to 235 while total cases stand at 13,213, the health ministry said on Saturday, though officials said their worst fears have so far not materialized.
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China's Wuhan, where the coronavirus emerged, begins to lift its lockdown
The Chinese city of Wuhan, where the coronavirus outbreak first emerged, began lifting a two-month lockdown on Saturday by restarting some metro services and reopening borders, allowing some semblance of normality to return and families to reunite.
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U.S. coronavirus cases surpass 100,000 as doctors cope with medical shortages
The sum of known coronavirus U.S. cases soared well past 100,000, with more than 1,600 dead, as weary doctors and nurses coping with shortages resorted to extremes ranging from hiding scarce medical supplies to buying them on the black market.
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Jakarta extends state of emergency after surge in coronavirus cases
Indonesia's capital Jakarta announced a two-week extension of its state of emergency following the nationwide surge in coronavirus cases, its governor said on Saturday.
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What we don’t yet know about the coronavirus
It has been only three months since reports first emerged from China of an unknown virus causing unusual cases of pneumonia, and scientists and public health experts already know more about it and how it works than at the same point in earlier outbreaks.
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South Korean coronavirus test kit makers win U.S. FDA pre-approval
Three Korean coronavirus test-kit makers have won preliminary approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), paving the way for kits to be exported to the United States to help it battle the largest outbreak of the virus.
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Airbus plane delivers face masks from China to coronavirus-hit Spain
An Airbus plane landed in Spain on Saturday carrying a cargo of more than 4 million face masks from China, the European planemaker said, as countries race to source more protective gear as they battle the coronavirus pandemic.
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South Korea says three Korean test-kit makers win U.S. FDA pre-approval
Three Korean test-kit makers have won pre-approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, paving way for kits to be exported to the United States, South Korea's foreign ministry said on Saturday.
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Australia tightens social distancing rules to fight coronavirus
Australia stepped up enforcement of social distancing rules on Saturday to contain community transmission of the novel coronavirus, implementing fines, closing beaches and threatening stricter measures if people defy pleas to stay at home.
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Thailand reports new coronavirus death as total cases reach 1,245
Thailand reported 109 new coronavirus cases and one death on Saturday, bringing the total to 1,245 infections and six deaths.
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