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Face masks may be ‘new normal’ as U.S. prepares gradual reopening
NEW YORK: The death toll from the coronavirus pandemic in the United States approached 31,000 on Wednesday as governors began cautiously preparing Americans for a post-virus life that would likely include public face coverings as the “new normal.”A food delivery
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Latest on the spread of the coronavirus around the world
More than 1.97 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 128,445 have died, according to a Reuters tally as of 02:00 GMT on Wednesday.A healthcare worker is seen at the emergency center at
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Exclusive:Brazil battles dozens of coronavirus cases on offshore oil rigs
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – There have been 126 confirmed cases of the coronavirus among oil and gas workers in Brazil, including 74 people who were recently on offshore oil platforms, regulator ANP told Reuters on Tuesday, exposing an outbreak
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Trump: Close to plan to reopen economy possibly, in part, before May 1
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he is close to completing a plan to end the coronavirus shutdown and reopen the battered U.S. economy with some parts of the country likely to be ready to go before May 1.U.S.
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New York City records sharp jump in coronavirus deaths as presumed cases added
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK: New York City, already the hardest hit U.S. city in the coronavirus pandemic, revised its official COVID-19 death toll sharply upward to more than 10,000 on Tuesday, to include victims presumed to have perished from the lung disease
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Americans spend grim Easter Sunday at home as COVID-19 deaths near 22,000
NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES: Americans spent a glum Easter Sunday largely confined to their homes by the still-raging coronavirus pandemic as the U.S. death toll neared 22,000, with more than half a million confirmed cases nationwide. With 42 states imposing strict
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Covid 19: Virtual Vaisakhi initiative in Canada aims to celebrate by helping others
Ottawa–Although the coronavirus pandemic has led to the cancellation of the April 25 Vaisakhi parade in the Canadian city of Surrey, deemed the largest outside India, the community through a new initiative called ‘Virtual Vaisakhi’ will honour the sacred holidays
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France’s coronavirus death toll rises to 13,832
PARIS : France’s death toll from the new coronavirus outbreak rose to nearly 14,000 on Saturday, but the number of patients in intensive care fell for the third day in a row, raising hopes that a nationwide lockdown is curbing
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U.S. senators press Saudi officials to put oil cut in motion
WASHINGTON: Republican U.S. senators from oil states who recently introduced legislation to remove American troops from Saudi Arabia said on Saturday they had spoken with three officials from the kingdom and urged them to take concrete action to cut crude
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Speed of Covid-19 deaths shock doctors and nurses
NEW YORK: One medical worker called it “insane”, another said it induces paranoia – the speed with which patients are dying from the novel coronavirus is shocking even veteran doctors and nurses as they scramble to determine how to stop
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