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Bangladesh extends shutdown till May 5 as coronavirus crisis surge
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 23 (ANI): Bangladesh has extended its nationwide lockdown till May 5 as part of measures to stem the spread of coronavirus pandemic, local media reported on Thursday.
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Combating COVID-19: South Africa to allocate USD 26 billion social relief
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Pretoria [South Africa], April 22 (Sputnik/ANI): South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Tuesday an economic and social relief package of 500 billion rands (about USD 26 billion) to support the population amid the crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic, local media reported.
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Somalia's Hirshabelle state minister dies from COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Mogadishu [Somali], April 12 (Sputnik/ANI): Khalif Mumin Tohow, justice minister of Hirshabelle state of Somalia, has died from the COVID-19, local media reported on Sunday.
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Passengers of another virus-hit cruise ship 'allowed to disembark' without
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Sydney [Australia], April 11 (Xinhua/ANI): Passengers of another cruise ship hit by coronavirus were allowed to disembark in Sydney despite informing authorities that there were 13 people who were infected with the virus on board, local media reported.
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1st local citizen tests positive for COVID-19 in Maldives
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Male [Maldives], March 28 (ANI): Maldives has reported first case of its citizen testing positive for COVID-19, the local media reported.
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Christchurch shooter pleads guilty to 51 charges of murder
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Wellington [New Zealand], Mar 26 (ANI): Australian citizen Brenton Harrison Tarrant has pleaded guilty of killing 51 people during last year's attacks on mosques in the city of Christchurch, Sputnik reported citing local media on Thursday.
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COVID-19: Istanbul police confiscate 1 Million counterfeit masks
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Ankara[Turkey], Mar 24 (Sputnik/ANI): The Istanbul police have confiscated 1 million makeshift masks worth about $500,000, local media reported on Tuesday against the backdrop of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
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Harvey Weinstein tests positive for coronavirus while in prison
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 23 (ANI): Former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, who was sentenced to 23 years in a New York state prison on charges of sexual assault and third-degree rape has tested positive for COVID-19, in prison according to local media.
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About 1,500 inmates escape from Brazilian prisons amid COVID-19 outbreak:
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], Mar 17 (Sputnik/ANI): Approximately 1,500 inmates have escaped from at least four semi-open penitentiaries in the Brazilian region of Sao Paulo following riots against the measures taken by the government to fight the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, several local media
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Coronavirus scare: Saudi Arabia suspends international flights for two wee
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], Mar 14 (ANI): The Kingdom has temporarily suspended all international flights for two weeks to slow down the spread of coronavirus, local media reported on Saturday, quoting the Ministry of Interior.
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Canada PM Justin Trudeau's wife tests positive for COVID-19
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], Mar 13 (ANI): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's wife Sophia Gregoire Trudeau, has tested positive for Covid-19 after she showed flu-like symptoms upon return from the UK, according to local media.
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Five killed by avalanche in central Austria
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Vienna [Austria], Mar 08 (Sputnik/ANI): As many as five people were killed by an avalanche on the Hoher Dachstein mountain in central Austria, local media reported on Sunday.
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