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Spain extends coronavirus lockdown, in 'war' to buy medical supplies
Spain extended its coronavirus lockdown on Thursday and said it was fighting a "real war" over medical supplies to contain the world's second-highest virus death toll, turning to China for many critical products, where officials reported fraud and massive price increases.
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Madrid local government pledges action as nursing home deaths rise amid coronavirus outbreak
Madrid's regional government said on Thursday it would put in place emergency measures to help nursing homes struggling with the coronavirus outbreak as deaths among their vulnerable population mounted.
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Solo childbirth, halted fertility treatments: women's healthcare takes hit from coronavirus
In New York, a mother-to-be faces childbirth without her husband. In Texas, hundreds of women seeking abortions are turned away. Across the country, women are facing postponed mammograms and suspended fertility treatments.
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With obesity and diabetes epidemic, Mexico braces for coronavirus
Four of the six people who have died from coronavirus in Mexico so far had diabetes, raising alarm bells that a country with one of the world's highest rates of the condition may be more vulnerable than its relatively young average age might suggest.
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Turkey struggles to ramp up tests as outbreak reaches critical phase
A week after sending half a million coronavirus test kits to the United States, Turkey is struggling to ramp up its own testing for the disease as doctors warn the country has reached a crossroads in containing the fast-growing outbreak.
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Speak, then clean: U.S. House guidelines for coronavirus debate
With several lawmakers already sick with the coronavirus and many under self-quarantine, members of the U.S. Congress will do their best not to spread the infection on Friday when they debate a $2.2 trillion relief package to combat the pandemic.
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Turkey could impose stay-at-home order if coronavirus outbreak worsens
Turkey could order the public to stay at home if coronavirus infections continue to spread, the government said on Thursday as it clamped down further on medical equipment leaving the country.
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Email mix-up causes Britain to miss EU ventilator buying scheme
Britain missed an opportunity to join an EU procurement scheme for medical equipment to fight coronavirus, including ventilators to help patients breathe, because of an email mix up, the government said on Thursday, adding it may take part in future schemes.
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Pope donates 30 respirators to fight coronavirus
Pope Francis has donated 30 respirators to hospitals in areas hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic, the Vatican said on Thursday.
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Italy suffers setback to hopes its coronavirus epidemic might be in retreat
Hopes that Italy's coronavirus epidemic might be in retreat suffered a setback on Thursday when data showed that both the number of new cases and deaths had ticked higher, underscoring how hard it is to halt the disease.
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UAE orders overnight curfew for deep clean, Gulf coronavirus cases rise
The United Arab Emirates directed most of the public and private sectors to have the majority of staff work from home, and imposed overnight curfews as a temporary measure this weekend for a nationwide disinfection to combat the coronavirus.
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Roche strikes a deal with Britain to increase coronavirus testing: Channel 4 news
Roche has struck a deal with Britain to increase the country's coronavirus testing capacity, Channel 4 News reported on Thursday.
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Two Tesla employees test positive for coronavirus: company email
Two employees of Tesla Inc have tested positive for coronavirus but have been working from home for the past two weeks and had not been symptomatic at work, Tesla said in an email to employees on Thursday.
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U.S. can avoid lockdowns if coronavirus returns: Fauci
The United States will likely see another cycle of the coronavirus sometime after the current outbreak has ended, but entire cities will not be need to be closed down again because of what is being learned now, the government's top infectious diseases expert said on Thursday.
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Germany takes in 47 coronavirus patients from Italy
German hospitals with spare capacity will take in at least 47 coronavirus patients from Italy in a sign of European solidarity, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Thursday.
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U.S. preparing guidelines to classify county COVID-19 risk: Trump
President Donald Trump said on Thursday his administration is preparing new coronavirus guidelines that would characterize U.S. counties as high-risk, medium-risk or low-risk.
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Coronavirus deaths in UK jump to 578 as recording method changes
Another 115 people have died in the United Kingdom after testing positive for coronavirus, bringing the total number of deaths to 578, the government said on Thursday.
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Study sees 'severe and acute' emergency for world in coronavirus pandemic
The world faces "a severe and acute" emergency due to the pandemic caused by the coronavirus and national responses in the coming weeks will be critical to the trajectory of their epidemics, a leading group of scientists said on Thursday.
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Shut by coronavirus, London Zoo seeks donations to safeguard animals
The world's oldest zoo is shut to the public for the first time since World War Two as London locks down because of the coronavirus pandemic, but for the roughly 18,000 animals housed there, life must go on.
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ICE deportation planes begin to ship stranded U.S. citizens home
Planes used by the U.S. government to deport Central American nationals will bring back U.S. citizens in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador as coronavirus travel restrictions reduce commercial flights.
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