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IMF approves $18 billion emergency financing for 50 countries during COVID
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], May 8 (ANI): The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has already authorised financial assistance for 50 member countries during the coronavirus pandemic, said IMF Spokesperson Gerry Rice on Thursday (local time) during a virtual press briefing.
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New York state reports 232 new COVID-19-related deaths
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], May 07 (Sputnik/ANI): New York State has reported 232 new coronavirus related fatalities on Tuesday, Governor Andrew Cuomo said in a press briefing.
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COVID-19 curve in India is relatively flat as of now, says health ministry
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 4 (ANI): The COVID-19 curve in India is relatively flat as of now and if work is done collectively then the peak may never come, said Lav Agarwal, Joint Secretary, Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare during a press briefing on Monday.
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COVID-19 is like unexpected, invisible mugger: Boris Johnson
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], April 28 (ANI): The coronavirus is like an unexpected and invisible mugger, which the British people have to began to collectively "wrestle it to the floor", UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday (local time), in his first comments after recovering from the virus.
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Britain removes China's data from daily COVID briefings amid suspicions ov
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], April 26 (ANI): Britain has removed China from the list of countries it uses to compare the spread of the coronavirus amid suspicions that Beijing vastly downplayed the scale of outbreak in the Asian country.
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White House pressers not worth time: Trump after uproar over 'sarcastic' d
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], April 26 (ANI): As Donald Trump cancelled the regular coronavirus task force briefing on Saturday (local time), the US President said he sees no point of having press conferences as he is mostly asked "hostile questions" by a section of American media, which he claimed g
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Coronavirus: 4 pm media briefing cancelled for today
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 22 (ANI): The daily 4 pm media briefing by Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry regarding COVID-19 has been cancelled on Wednesday, informed government sources.
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New York coronavirus toll rises by 507 to 13,869
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], April 20 (Sputnik/ANI): As many as 507 have died in the last 24 hours due to coronavirus in US state of New York, Governor Andrew Cuomo said at a daily press briefing on Sunday.
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Won't recommend BCG vaccine even for health workers till we don't have def
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 17 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Thursday said it won't recommend the BGC vaccine even to the healthcare workers till ICMR doesn't have any definitive results.
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Some US states ready to start reopening 'literally tomorrow': Trump
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 17 (Sputnik/ANI): Some US states already meet criteria for reopening after the coronavirus outbreak and will be ready to enter a three-phased program of coming back to normality "literally" tomorrow, President Donald Trump told reporters.
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India's current stock of RT-PCR kits is more than sufficient: ICMR
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 14 (ANI): With another instalment for RT-PCR (Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction) kits, India has a sufficient number of RT-PCR kits, said ICMR's head scientist Dr Raman R Gangakhedkar said at the daily media briefing on COVID-19 situation.
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Stephanie Grisham out as White House Press Secretary, Kayleigh McEnany to
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], April 8 (ANI): White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham, who has not held a single press briefing since her appointment in June last year, stepped down on Tuesday and is now set to join as Chief of Staff for First Lady Melania Trump, the White House said.
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