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Anti-malarial drug trial against COVID-19 to be used in Detroit hospital

US is stepping up the development of treatments for COVID-19 patients, including experimenting with hydroxychloroquine and blood-related therapies

Apr 6, 2020

By IANS

Coronavirus: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson admitted to hospital

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, 55, is the first major governmental leader known to have contracted the disease

Apr 6, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

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Coronavirus: While the living are grounded, the dead are being flown out of Dubai

The UAE is repatriating bodies of those who have died due to natural causes, other than coronavirus, in spite of the airspace suspension

Apr 6, 2020

By Gani Mohamed Waseem

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New Orleans has highest coronavirus death rate in US as diabetes, obesity worsen patients' condition

New Orleans has twice the death rate of New York and four times of Seattle

Apr 5, 2020

By Bharat Sharma

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People walk near the Eiffel tower in haze in Paris, capital of France

It's April in Paris, but French told to stay indoors

The situation is still too serious in Paris to start thinking about lifting the confinement, Rottner's counterpart Valerie Pecresse, stated on the same channel

Apr 5, 2020

By Reuters

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China releases noted human rights lawyer but places him in Coronavirus 'quarantine' away from family

Wang Quanzhang was detained in 2015 as a part of the '709' crackdown and sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison in 2019, and now is in quarantine as a precaution for COVID-19

Apr 5, 2020

By Jeevan Biswas

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Pope opens Holy Week amid pandemic; says now is the time to serve

The service, kicking off Holy Week events leading to Easter, normally attracts tens of thousands of people to at the St Peter's Square bedecked with olive and palm trees

Apr 5, 2020

By Reuters

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Two potential Coronavirus vaccine candidates enter human trials while 60 are in pre-clinical stage

Even though another 60 candidate vaccines are currently in pre-clinical studies, it doesn't mean that the vaccine will be available any time soon

Apr 5, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

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Britain will have to take further action if the Coronavirus lockdown rules are flouted: Hancock

The coronavirus outbreak which causes a respiratory illness has claimed the lives of more than 64,000 worldwide

Apr 5, 2020

By IBTimes APAC Desk

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California pledges to combat healthcare supply fraud

To combat the shortage of the resources and medical supplies the Governor of California has launched an official website that takes away any fraudulent activity during the crisis

Apr 5, 2020

By IANS

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As Coronavirus cases spike in US, data reveal 430,000 people had landed on American soil from China

Aviation authority's data revealed that 430,000 people came to the US from China after boarding a direct flight

Apr 5, 2020

By Bhaswati Guha Majumder

Coronavirus

American churches defy quarantine rules; gather for Palm Sunday saying 'Satan is trying to keep us apart'

Just like Shincheonji cult members who defied quarantine rules and gathered for prayer meetings in South Korea, some Christians in America are gathering for Palm Sunday prayer

Apr 5, 2020

By Suman Priya Mendonca

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