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Kenya taps into mobile phones to spread awareness on coronavirus

Nairobi [Kenya], Mar 8 (Xinhua/ANI): Widespread mobile phone use in Kenya is turning out to be an asset in the East African nation's efforts to keep coronavirus at bay.

2020-03-07T21:20:00.397629+00:00 IST

5.6 magnitude earthquake strikes northwestern Mexico

Mexico City [Mexico], Mar 07 (Sputnik/ANI): An earthquake of magnitude 5.6 on the Richter scale struck northwestern Mexico on Saturday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.

2020-03-07T06:57:03.821152+00:00 IST

One dead in suicide bomb attack near US embassy in Tunisia

Tunis [Tunisia], Mar 7 (ANI): A policeman succumbed to injuries after two suicide bombers attacked a security post near the US embassy in Tunisia on Friday, the country's interior ministry said.

2020-03-07T03:04:12.112549+00:00 IST

Coronavirus to thwart Africa's industrial development due to China's slowdown: UNIDO

Vienna [Austria], Mar 6 (Sputnik/ANI): The outbreak of coronavirus, which has already disrupted industrial production in China, is likely to hit Africa's industrial development sector due to its reliance on Beijing, according to the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO).

2020-03-06T16:57:52.815166+00:00 IST

Suicide attack near US Embassy in Tunisia kills police officer, injures 5

Tunis [Tunisia], Mar 6 (ANI): A police officer was killed, while four others, along with a civilian, sustained injuries after two suicide bombers blew themselves up near the United States embassy in Tunisia's capital city of Tunis on Friday.

2020-03-06T15:42:27.201178+00:00 IST

Worldwide death toll from coronavirus rises to 3,282: WHO

Moscow [Russia], Mar 6 (Sputnik/ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) said that it had registered 2,241 new confirmed cases of the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) worldwide within the past 24 hours, with 84 people having died, which brought the total death toll to 3,282.

2020-03-06T01:32:42.346609+00:00 IST

Moscow tightens protective measures against coronavirus spread

Moscow [Russia], Mar 6 (Sputnik/ANI): Moscow's Mayor Sergei Sobyanin has ordered to introduce a 'high readiness regime' in the Russian capital due to the threat of the spread of new coronavirus infection, according to a decree published on the portal of the city government on Thursday.

2020-03-05T22:36:56.493636+00:00 IST

South Africa reports first case of coronavirus

Cape Town [South Africa], Mar 5 (ANI): South African Health Ministry on Thursday reported the first case of coronavirus in the country, involving a 38-year old man with travel history to Italy -- the European nation which has reported the most coronavirus cases outside of Asia.

2020-03-05T18:06:52.223234+00:00 IST

New Zealand reports third coronavirus case

Wellington [New Zealand], Mar 5 (Xinhua/ANI): New Zealand confirmed the third case of COVID-19 on Thursday after an Auckland man in his 40s, whose family member was back from Iran recently, tested positive for the coronavirus.

2020-03-05T05:01:02.372741+00:00 IST

Australia records second COVID-19 death as case numbers climb

Sydney [Australia], Mar 5 (ANI): A 95-year-old woman who passed away in Australia this week was tested positive for coronavirus, health authorities said on Thursday, as the total death toll in the country rose to two.

2020-03-05T04:53:13.242956+00:00 IST

Argentina, Chile confirm first cases of Coronavirus

Buenos Aires [Argentina], Mar 4 (ANI): Health authorities in Argentina and Chile on Tuesday confirmed their first cases of the Novel Coronavirus, as the number of infection cases continued to spread across South America.

2020-03-04T08:53:54.010843+00:00 IST

New Zealand confirms second case of COVID-19

Wellington [New Zealand], Mar 4 (Xinhua/ANI): New Zealand confirmed the second case of COVID-19 on Wednesday.

2020-03-04T05:22:04.613097+00:00 IST

CPEC costs human life, resources in Balochistan: Activists at UN

Geneva, Switzerland Mar 03 (ANI): Baloch political activists have alleged that the people in Balochistan are paying a heavy price for the multi-billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).

2020-03-02T22:15:45.784178+00:00 IST

Exit polls show Netanyahu's party on course to win Israel's election

Tel Aviv [Israel], Mar 03 (Sputnik/ANI): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Party has the lead in the elections to the country's unicameral parliament with 37 mandates, according to the exit poll of Israel's Channel 12.

2020-03-02T22:14:57.646835+00:00 IST

Vietnam's major airports suspend flights from South Korea amid coronavirus outbreak

Hanoi [Vietnam], Mar 02 (VNA/ANI): Vietnam's major international airports have suspended flights carrying passengers from South Korea amid coronavirus outbreak, announced the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAV).

2020-03-02T01:04:58.251907+00:00 IST

Coronavirus cases outside China cross 7,000: WHO

Geneva [Switzerland], Mar 02 (Sputnik/ANI): The number of confirmed infections with the new strain of coronavirus outside China has reached 7,169, the World Health Organization said in a situation report on Sunday.

2020-03-01T21:53:34.635702+00:00 IST

Dominican Republic reports first case of coronavirus

Santo Domingo [Dominican Republic], Mar 02 (Sputnik/ANI): Dominican Republic on Sunday reported its first case of coronavirus.

2020-03-01T20:21:08.926790+00:00 IST

Australia records first coronavirus death

Canberra [Australia], Mar 1 (ANI): Health authorities on Sunday confirmed the first coronavirus related death in the country.

2020-03-01T09:43:05.766172+00:00 IST

Over 6,000 coronavirus cases registered outside China, says WHO

Geneva, [Switzerland], Mar 1 (Sputnik/ANI): Over 1,300 new coronavirus cases have been confirmed outside China in the past 24 hours taking the number of those infected with the virus outside the Asian nation to 6009, announced the World Health Organization (WHO) on Saturday.

2020-02-29T22:38:30.679043+00:00 IST

Coronavirus: El Salvador bans entry of citizens from Iran

San Salvador [El Salvador], Feb 29 (ANI): In the wake of the worldwide coronavirus outbreak, the authorities of El Salvador have imposed a ban on the entry of citizens from Iran.

2020-02-29T08:22:22.385882+00:00 IST

Egypt's former President Hosni Mubarak dies at 91

Cairo [Egypt], Feb 25 (ANI): Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who reigned the North African country for almost 30 years and stepped down from his post following a popular revolution in 2011, breathed his last on Tuesday. He was 91.

2020-02-25T12:39:40.371304+00:00 IST