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New York:  Sending out a dire warning, the White House on Sunday projected America's peak death toll from the coronavirus is likely in two weeks coinciding with Easter weekend and in a worst case scenario, a total of 100,000 to 200,000…
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Berlin, March 29 (IANS) A German provincial Finance minister, who was reportedly worried about the financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic, has been found dead, having allegedly committed suicide, reports said on Sunday. The…
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London: A 108-year-old woman, who survived the two World Wars and the outbreak of the Spanish flu, died within hours of testing positive for coronavirus, becoming the UK's oldest fatality due to the disease, a media report said. Hilda…
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London: Princess Maria Teresa of Spain has died after testing positive for the novel coronavirus, becoming the first royal victim of the disease, it was reported. The Princess, who was King of Spain Felipe VI's cousin, died aged 86 in…
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Beijing: The annual observation of Earth Hour took place this year in a digital form in various places across the world due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Initiated by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in 2007, the Earth Hour has…
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Wuhan: China's Wuhan, where the coronavirus pandemic originated last December, on Sunday reopened more bus routes, as the city gets its public transportation system back on track after almost two month of lockdown. The Hubei provincial…
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Rome: Coronavirus-ravaged Italy on Saturday saw its death toll cross 10,000 - well over a third of the global toll which has crossed 29,000. The country saw 889 deaths in 24 hours, taking the total number of fatalities to 10,023, the BBC…
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London: A shrimp seller at the wet market in the Chinese city of Wuhan believed to be the centre of the coronavirus pandemic, may be the first person to have tested positive for the disease, a media report said on Saturday. The report by…
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London: Researchers at the University of Oxford are looking for over 500 healthy volunteers to test if their vaccine, called 'ChAdOx1 nCoV-19', can prevent the novel coronavirus. The team at Oxford will enroll healthy volunteers aged…
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Washington: The total number of global coronavirus cases has increased to 601,478, while the death toll stood at 27,862, the latest update by the Washington-based Johns Hopkins University revealed on Saturday. Besides the cases and…
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