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Sudan imposes lockdown on capital after 10 new coronavirus cases
Sudan will impose a lockdown on the capital Khartoum for three weeks after 10 more cases of the new coronavirus were discovered on Monday, its information minister said.
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Quarantine raises mental health, domestic violence risk: Chilean government
Chile's health minister on Monday said "prudence and wisdom" was needed when applying coronavirus quarantines since they bring with them increased risks to people`s mental health and rates of intra-family violence.
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U.S. CDC reports 554,849 coronavirus cases, 21,942 deaths
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday reported 554,849 cases of the new coronavirus, and said the number of deaths had risen to 21,942.
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Masks, thermometers for Spaniards gradually going back to work
A factory in northern Spain that makes gearboxes for wind turbines welcomed back workers on Monday after a two-week lockdown across the country to halt the spread of coronavirus -- but only after they'd shown their temperatures were normal.
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Trump: It's my decision when to reopen U.S. economy
President Donald Trump said on Monday it was his decision when to reopen the U.S. economy, not that of state governors, but legal experts disagree and governors are going their own way.
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Putin says Russia may need the army to help battle coronavirus
President Vladimir Putin said on Monday Russia might need to call in the army to help tackle the coronavirus crisis and warned the contagion was getting worse after the number of confirmed cases rose by a record daily amount.
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Nobody will die from coronavirus in Belarus, says president
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said on Monday nobody would die from the coronavirus in his country and again rejected any need for the strict lockdown measures adopted by most countries to contain the spread of the pandemic.
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UK chief adviser expects COVID deaths curve to plateau for two or three weeks
Britain should expect the number of daily deaths from coronavirus to continue to rise this week, followed by a plateau for a period of two to three weeks, the government's chief scientific adviser said on Monday.
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Dish Network cuts jobs, re-evaluates business in coronavirus fallout
Dish Network Corp has cut staff and is re-evaluating its business to cope better with the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. satellite TV provider told Reuters, without disclosing the number of employees laid off.
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EBay taps Walmart executive Iannone as CEO
EBay Inc on Monday named Walmart executive Jamie Iannone as its top boss, handing over the reins to an outsider as the e-commerce firm deals with pressure from activist investor Starboard Value to shake up its management.
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Amazon to add 75,000 jobs as online orders surge during lockdowns
Amazon.com Inc said on Monday it would hire 75,000 more people for jobs ranging from warehouse staff to delivery drivers as the coronavirus epidemic keeps Americans locked in their homes and demand for online orders surge.
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UK coronavirus death toll rises to 11,329, up by 717
A total of 11,329 people have died in hospitals across the United Kingdom after testing positive for coronavirus, up by 717 in a day, the health ministry said on Monday.
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U.S. sailor from coronavirus-hit aircraft carrier dies after contracting virus
A U.S. Navy sailor died on Monday after contracting the coronavirus, marking the first death of a sailor assigned to the coronavirus-stricken aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt.
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Moscow blames hackers for coronavirus permit problems as cases rise
Authorities in Moscow on Monday blamed hackers for bringing down a new website meant to issue travel permits to the city's residents to use during the coronavirus lockdown after cases of the new virus rose by a record daily amount.
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Putin says Russia may draw on defence ministry resources to combat coronavirus
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday the coronavirus situation was getting worse and that Russia may draw on the Defence Ministry's resources to tackle the crisis if needed.
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U.S. coronavirus outbreak could peak this week, CDC director says
The coronavirus outbreak could reach its peak in the United States this week, a top U.S. health official said on Monday, pointing to signs of stabilization across the country.
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Malaysia reports 134 new coronavirus cases, one new death
Malaysian health authorities on Monday reported 134 new coronavirus cases, raising the cumulative total to 4,817 as Southeast Asia's third-largest economy sees a plateau in the number of new infections reported over the past 10 days.
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'Elbow to elbow:' North America meat plant workers fall ill, walk off jobs
At a Wayne Farms chicken processing plant in Alabama, workers recently had to pay the company 10 cents a day to buy masks to protect themselves from the new coronavirus, according to a meat inspector.
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Blackstone invests $2 billion in Alnylam, boosting gene-silencing drug development
Blackstone Group Inc said on Monday it invested $2 billion in Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc through an equity-and-debt deal, giving the drugmaker a financial boost to develop its gene-silencing therapies.
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Indonesia president says to rapidly expand coronavirus testing
President Joko Widodo said Indonesian will be able to conduct more than 10,000 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests a day for the new coronavirus after criticism of its testing rates.
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