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Breaking: Algeria recorded first coronavirus death

Daily Dispatch March 12, 2020

Algeria has registered its first death from the novel coronavirus, the health ministry announced on Thursday. No further details on the death were provided in the ministry statement, cited by the official APS press agency. Another five new cases of COVID-19 have been recorded, bringing the

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Breaking: Spain minister tests positive for Coronavirus

Daily Dispatch March 12, 2020

Spain’s equality minister has tested positive for coronavirus and has been quarantined with her partner, deputy prime minister and Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias, a government statement said Thursday. “The minister (Irene Montero) is in a good condition and second deputy prime minister Pablo Iglesias is also in quarantine due to the situation,” the statement said. […]

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Coronavirus: Iran asks IMF for its first loan since 1962

Daily Dispatch March 12, 2020

Iran said on Thursday that it has sought financial assistance from the International Monetary Fund, which has not lent it money since 1962, to help it combat the novel coronavirus. “Our central bank requested access” to the IMF’s Rapid Financing Instrument, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Twitter, urging the fund’s board to […]

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Trump places travel ban on Europe over coronavirus

Daily Dispatch March 12, 2020

US President Donald Trump announced a shock 30-day ban on travel from mainland Europe over the spiralling coronavirus pandemic that has sparked unprecedented lockdowns, widespread panic and another financial market meltdown on Thursday. Trump’s unexpected move in a primetime TV address from the Oval Office pummelled stock markets, as traders fretted about the economic

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Breaking: British Health Minister tests positive for coronavirus

Daily Dispatch March 11, 2020

Nadine Vanessa Dorries, a UK health minister has confirmed she has contracted the coronavirus. The 62 year-old is the first MP to catch the deadly bug. In a statement, she said: “I can confirm I have tested positive for coronavirus. As soon as I was informed I took all the advised precautions and have been […]

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Breaking: Bethlehem church to close after suspected Coronavirus cases

Daily Dispatch March 5, 2020

Foreign tourists visit the Church of the Nativity, revered as the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on March 05, 2020. – The Palestinian health ministry called for local churches, mosques and other institutions to close after a number of suspected cases of coronavirus COVID-19 at a hotel in the […]