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Turkey’s coronavirus death toll rises to 501, tougher measures implemented – live blog

Seventy-six patients have died in Turkey after contracting COVID-19 in the previous 24 hours, Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca announced on Saturday, raising the country’s death toll to 501. Another 3,013 new cases in Turkey have been diagnosed out of the 19,664 tests administered in the previous 24 hours, Koca said. Turkey’s total confirmed number

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Birmingham Imam delivers strong message to city youngsters not to gather in city parks

© Birmingham Mail Sheikh Mohammed Aslam A Birmingham Imam is urging youngsters to stay at home to protect the lives of their elders. Sheikh Mohammed Aslam asked youths not to gather in parks and to imagine what their mothers would do to protect them if it was predominately the young dying from Covid-19. Sheikh Aslam

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Britain set for long lockdown as death toll rises to 4,313

A man wearing a protective face mask exercises in Greenwich Park, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, London, Britain, April 4, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay – RC2OXF9TNUBP Britain is unlikely to lift its stringent lockdown rules until the end of May, once the spread of the coronavirus has started to slow, a leading

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Journalists face threats of intimidation and censorship for reporting Covid-19 in Mogadishu and Hargeisa

Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) condemns the recent threats of intimidation and censorship against journalists reporting Covid-19 in Mogadishu and Hargeisa. On 30 March, during a meeting with the local journalists in Hargeisa, Somaliland’s Vice President, Abdirahman Abdullahi Seylici described any journalist who reports any Coronavirus case before the government confirmation “as a national criminal” in

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Somalia: Critical juncture to curb spread of COVID-19 and save lives

Photo/Somali Times Somalia is at a critical juncture where immediate action can still curb the spread of COVID-19 and save lives. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is deeply concerned about the impact that the virus could have on communities weakened by violence and conflict, where displacement, malnutrition, and outbreaks of disease are

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Face coverings recommended, but Trump says he won’t wear one

President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, Friday, April 3, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced new federal guidelines Friday recommending that Americans wear face coverings when in public to help fight the spread of the new

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Virus deaths, unemployment accelerating across Europe, US

City workers fumigate a street to help contain the spread of the new coronavirus in La Paz, Bolivia, Thursday, April 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Juan Karita) Coronavirus deaths mounted with alarming speed in Spain, Italy and New York, the most lethal hot spot in the United States, while the outbreak has thrown 10 million Americans out

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U.N. agency keeps Africa food aid flowing amid coronavirus

Photo: Credit Reuters The United Nations food agency has negotiated a humanitarian corridor to keep food aid flowing in southern Africa after many countries shut their borders to stop the spread of the coronavirus, an official said on Thursday. Up to 45 million people in southern Africa face hunger following a devastating drought and two

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COVID-19: US announces $7M aid for Somalia

The U.S. announced on Thursday it will provide $7 million to help Somalia deal with the COVID-19 outbreak. “The U.S. Government is providing $7 million in humanitarian and health assistance to #Somalia for #COVID19 response,” read a tweet by the Somalia chapter of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). “This assistance will primarily

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Coronavirus: Somaliland confirms Ethiopian Airlines it will not stop flying to Hargeisa Airport

Photo/Somali Times The Ethiopian colony says it will not stop flying Ethiopian Airlines to Hargeisa airport after it faces two cases of Coronavirus. Somaliland continues and it will not stop flights from Ethiopian Airlines where the disease is prevalent, and it is believed that it has led to cases of Coronavirus-related cases in Somaliland. Somaliland’s

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