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Asked early Sunday about the presence of CDC and other officials at the WHO, and whether it was “fair to blame the WHO for covering up the spread of this virus,” Deborah Birx, the State Department expert who is part of the White House pandemic team, gently shifted the onus to China, and the need to “over-communicate.”

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Although North Korea has dodged sanctions for many years, the report says, the government of Kim Jong Un has "continued to flout Security Council resolutions through illicit maritime exports of commodities, notably coal and sand," in order to "provide a revenue stream that has historically contributed to the country's nuclear and ballistic missile programs."

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Since the onset of the health crisis, Palestinian officials allege the Arab population of East Jerusalem has been overlooked by Israeli efforts to curb the spread of the virus that has killed more than 150,000 people worldwide.
Israeli police recently shuttered a COVID-19 screening facility in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Silwan - the testing was unauthorised, they said, because it was only overseen by the PA, and not Israel.

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Many UK doctors still do not have adequate protective equipment for treating coronavirus patients, a major survey of British medics has revealed. The British Medical Association (BMA) announced its findings Saturday after surveying more than 6,000 doctors across the UK. Although there has been a slight improvement from its last survey, published on April 7, the BMA urged to government to do more to provide personal protective equipment.

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More than 20,000 people have died of coronavirus in Spain and despite a slight downward trend, officials are considering extending the lockdown in the country. The government may ask parliament for a third extension of the confinement imposed in one of the world’s hardest hit countries, Reuters reported.

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Royal Canadian Mounted Police tweeted that they believed a police car was being used by the gunman A gunman believed to be dressed as a police officer has been captured after shooting several people in Nova Scotia, Canadian police say. Police said the suspect had been driving what appeared to be a police car before changing to another vehicle.

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Turkey’s confirmed coronavirus cases have risen to 82,329, overtaking neighbouring Iran for the first time to record the highest total in the Middle East. Turkey recorded 3,783 new COVID-19 cases and 121 coronavirus-linked deaths in the previous 24 hours, taking Turkey’s total death toll to 1,890. The country is now just behind China in the most number of COVID19 cases. Turkey extended nationwide travel restrictions for a further 15 days

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Africa emerges as one of the continents that civilization is rooted in its origin, without influence from other nations. Five misconceptions about Africa are
1. Africa is riddled with diseases
2. Africa is always hot
3. All Africans are dark-skinned
4. Africa had no civilization in its history
5. All African countries are poor

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Coronavirus cases jumped above 2.3 million on Sunday morning as the number of recovered cases crossed 600,000. USA tops the list with the most number of COVID19 cases, a massive 738,000 people in the country now have coronavirus. Spain comes in the second spot with Italy at third. The total number of deaths around the world jumped above 160,000. Several countries announced lockdown extensions to curb the impact

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Republican United States lawmakers called on President Donald Trump on Thursday to withhold payments to the World Health Organization (WHO) until its director-general resigns, backing Trump's criticism of the agency's handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Seventeen of Trump's fellow Republicans on the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee wrote a letter to Trump supporting his announcement this week that he was withholding funding for the WHO.

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Amid the global lockdowns to curb the spread of the coronavirus, striking images taken in South Africa’s popular Kruger National Park — which has remained shut since March 25 — show a pride of some 15 lions napping in the middle of an empty paved road. In March, with Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium closed to the public, penguins got the opportunity to explore their home thanks to no human visitors

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In all, fewer than 2,000 working ventilators have to serve hundreds of millions of people in public hospitals across 41 African countries, the World Health Organization says, compared with more than 170,000 in the United States.
Glaring disparities like these are just part of the reason people across Africa are steeling themselves for the coronavirus, fearful of outbreaks that could be catastrophic in countries with struggling health systems.

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In an attempt to contain the virus, the government ordered stores and businesses across Iran to shut down on March 18, days before the two-week Nowruz holidays (Persian New Year). "I've stayed home for the past 45 days, but I've to go back to work starting next week despite all the risks to my health because I can't pay my rent and bills without a salary," an employee said.

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The arrests took place just hours after China’s top representative office in the semi-autonomous city declared it is not bound by Hong Kong’s constitutional restrictions that bar Chinese government from interfering in local affairs. But the liaison office statement, published late on Friday, asserts that “a high degree of autonomy is not complete autonomy.” It stresses that Hong Kong’s right to self-rule is “authorised by the central government.”

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This Easter authorities have banned attendance of church services, which would normally attract hundreds of thousands of worshippers. The Church has backed the ban and thousands of police have been deployed to prevent Greeks using the holiday to visit relatives or second homes.

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Doctors in Japan have warned that the country's medical system could collapse amid a wave of new coronavirus cases. Emergency rooms have been unable to treat some patients with serious health conditions due to the extra burden caused by the virus, officials say. The total number of cases in Japan jumped above 10,000 as 200 people died due to coronavirus. Tokyo remained the worst-affected area

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Russia reported another record day in new coronavirus cases as the country confirmed 4,785 new cases on Friday bringing the total number of cases to 36,793 as death toll stands at 313. The majority of Russia's cases are in Moscow. Since March 30, all of Moscow's 12 million residents have been ordered to stay in their homes with few exceptions. The reported numbers are still lower than many European countries

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On April 8, China lifted its 76-day lockdown of Wuhan, with trains and flights resumed and highways reopened. The quick containment of COVID-19 in China is impressive and sets an example for other countries. Aggressive public health interventions, such as early detection of cases, contact tracing, shelter-hospitals and population behavioral change, contributed enormously to containing the epidemic. Staggered relaxation of physical distancing measures were also effective in reducing infections.

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According to Sharrelle Barber of Drexel University, the pre-existing racial and health inequalities already present in the US are being exacerbated by COVID-19. Across the country, deaths due to COVID-19 are disproportionately high among African Americans. Black and Latino communities, immigrants, and Native Americans are bearing the disproportionate brunt of the disease. Part of the reason for this is structural factors that prevent these communities from practicing social distancing

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China’s Wuhan city where the coronavirus first emerged in 2019, said that 1,290 more people died of coronavirus than previously thought. The city administration admitted that hospitals missed some cases and people died at home in the early days of the outbreak. The revision brings the city death toll to 3,869 and the deaths across China to 4,632. The city government shared details in a social media post on Friday

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Coronavirus has now killed more than 147,000 people around the world. The total number of global cases stands at 2.19 million. Doctors and paramedics are working hard to curb the impact of COVID19, and recent numbers show their dedication and hard work. More than 550,000 people have been recovered so far from coronavirus, which marks the global recovery rate at around 25%

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As of Thursday afternoon, 26 states, representing about half of the nation's public school students, have recommended or ordered their schools to remain closed for the rest of the academic year, according to a tally by Education Week.
Though, in keeping schools closed, state leaders are making it increasingly difficult for the Trump administration to make good on its commitment to reopen the U.S. economy as soon as possible.

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The gamble on the Chinese antibody tests, though, is also a barometer of the desperation British officials felt as public pressure has mounted over their slow response to the virus. Long before the development of an antibody test, Germany, for example, the continent’s leader in containing the virus, began conducting as many as 50,000 diagnostic tests a day to help trace and isolate cases.

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President Donald Trump unveiled national guidelines on Thursday afternoon to reopen the country in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. "You are going to call your own shots," Trump said Thursday , a person familiar with the conversation told CNN. In addition, Trump said last week that he prefers, because of the Constitution, to let governors make their own decisions on coronavirus restrictions."

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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro fired the country’s health minister Thursday reportedly after a dispute over Brazil’s coronavirus response. “I leave the health ministry with a lot of gratitude to the president for having nominated me and allowing me to nominate each of you,” Mandetta said, The Associated Press reported.

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