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Priest, 72, dies after giving up ventilator to younger coronavirus patient in Italy

Daily Dispatch March 24, 2020

An Italian priest made the ultimate sacrifice, hoping to save the life of someone younger than him in a battle with the novel coronavirus. Don Giuseppe Berardelli gave up a respirator that parishioners had purchased for him in the weeks leading up to his death, according to Italian

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Coronavirus cases hit 554 in South Africa

Daily Dispatch March 24, 2020

South Africa on Tuesday said its coronavirus cases rose from 402  to 554 overnight. “Two patients are in intensive care, but there have been no deaths from coronavirus in the country,’’ Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said. On Monday, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced a 21-day lockdown of Africa’s most advanced economy. He said the measure was […]

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Coronavirus kills two senior military officers in Egypt

Daily Dispatch March 23, 2020

A second senior military officer in Egypt has died of the new coronavirus, state television reported Monday, as the officially declared death toll stood at 14 from 327 cases recorded nationwide. Major General Shafee Dawood, head of major infrastructure projects at the military engineering authority, became the latest high-ranking figure in Egypt to die from […]

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Trump on coronavirus: “We’re at war, in a true sense we’re at war”

Daily Dispatch March 23, 2020

President Donald Trump has ordered thousands of emergency hospital beds set up at American coronavirus hotspots, declaring: “We’re at war, in a true sense we’re at war.” He spoke on Sunday night as his trillion-dollar economic rescue package crashed and pandemic deaths soared in the U.S. and across the globe. A deadly prison riot in […]

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U.S. breaks world coronavirus record with highest new cases

Daily Dispatch March 22, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic is hitting the United States too hard with a world record13,960 new cases recorded on Sunday, spiking the national total to 38,167. The death toll also received a bump with 94 new deaths, making 396 overall. Sunday must be the worst day to date for the country since the coronavirus epidemic was […]

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Breaking: German Chancellor, Merkel in quarantine over Coronavirus

Daily Dispatch March 22, 2020

Angela Merkel, German Chancellor has gone into self-isolation after a doctor who administered a vaccine on her tested positive for coronavirus. Merkel’s spokesman said the German chancellor, who is 65, was informed about the doctor’s test shortly after holding a news conference Sunday announcing new measures to curb the spread of the virus, AP reports. According