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South Africa slips into recession

Daily Dispatch March 3, 2020

South Africa slipped into recession in the final three months of 2019, the country’s statistics bureau said on Tuesday, the third recession to hit the country since the end of apartheid in 1994. Gross domestic product fell by 1.4 percent in the quarter, after dropping by 0.8 percent in the

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Breaking: Senegal confirms first coronavirus case

Daily Dispatch March 2, 2020

Senegal confirmed its first case of the novel coronavirus on Monday, marking just the second infection in sub-Saharan Africa amid concerns over the continent’s vulnerability to outbreaks of contagious diseases. A French man who lives in Senegal visited France in mid-February, contracting the virus before returning to the West African country and being quarantined in […]

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Iran says 54 dead as coronavirus spreads more rapidly

Daily Dispatch March 1, 2020

The novel coronavirus claimed another 11 lives in Iran, bringing the country’s overall toll to 54, according to official figures released on Sunday that showed the virus was spreading more rapidly. “Eleven people lost their lives” in the past 24 hours, health ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour told a televised news conference, adding that testing across […]

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President placed under quarantine after China trip

Daily Dispatch February 28, 2020

Mongolia President Battulga Khaltmaa and his officials went to China to show solidarity with the Chinese people in the season of coronavirus, but on their return on Friday they were all placed in quarantine. State news agency Montsame said they would be in quarantine for 14 days as a precaution. The country, though China’s neighbour, […]

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Coronavirus: Vice President, Minister, Lawmaker infected as deaths rise to 34 in Iran

Daily Dispatch February 28, 2020

The number of victims of the coronavirus in Iran has increased from 26 to 34, Health Ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpur told a news conference on Friday. Among the people who have been infected in Iran are politicians such as Vice President Masoumeh Ebtekar; Deputy Health Minister Iraj Harirchi; and a member of parliament, Mojtaba Zonnouri. […]

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Saudi Arabia suspends entry for pilgrims over coronavirus

Daily Dispatch February 27, 2020

Saudi Arabia on Thursday suspended visas for visits to Islam’s holiest sites for the “umrah” pilgrimage, an unprecedented move triggered by coronavirus fears that raises questions over the annual hajj. The kingdom, which hosts millions of pilgrims every year in the cities of Mecca and Medina, also suspended visas for tourists from countries with reported […]