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Colombia to begin mandatory isolation from Tuesday
Mar 21, 2020Colombia will go into compulsory general confinement from Tuesday until April 13 to stop the spread of the new coronavirus, President Ivan Duque announced Friday. “As part of the state of emergency, we will apply compulsory... -
World Bank provides US$ 170 million for Dhaka’s better sanitation
Mar 21, 2020The World Bank has approved US$ 170 million to further improve sanitation services in capital, benefiting around 1.5 million urban people. “World Bank will finance under the Dhaka Sanitation Improvement Project to help improve Dhaka’s livability... -
Italy virus toll tops 4,000, New York joins California in lockdown
Mar 21, 2020The grim toll of coronavirus deaths in Italy, the world’s worst-hit nation, surged past 4,000 on Friday as New York and other US states joined California in ordering a lockdown to try to bring the pandemic... -
Australia hunts 2,700 cruise passengers over virus fears
Mar 20, 2020Australia issued an urgent call for 2,700 cruise ship passengers who disembarked in central Sydney to isolate themselves and contact authorities Friday, after four travellers tested positive for COVID-19. New South Wales authorities said they had... -
California governor orders entire state to stay at home
Mar 20, 2020All 40 million residents of California were Thursday ordered to stay at home indefinitely in a bid to battle the coronavirus pandemic in the nation’s most populous state. The statewide directive, which Governor Gavin Newsom said... -
Italy overtakes China with most virus deaths, California goes on lockdown
Mar 20, 2020Italy surpassed China on Thursday as the country with the most deaths from coronavirus as California, home to more than 39 million people, was placed under lockdown in the most drastic containment measure yet by a... -
India won’t allow int’l commercial flights to land in its airports
Mar 19, 2020India, as part of its escalated measures to fight against the spread of Novel Coronavirus (Covid-19), would not allow the landing of all commercial international passenger aircraft in the country from March 22. “No scheduled international... -
Quarantine violators will face action in Bangladesh
Mar 19, 2020As part of strict monitoring for preventing COVID-19, mobile courts today fined quarantine violators in different districts while local administration are launching massive awareness campaign among people on the deadly virus. In Chapainawabganj, a mobile court... -
South Korea to offer 39 bln USD of financial aid package for small businesses over COVID-19
Mar 19, 2020South Korea decided Thursday to offer 50 trillion won (39 billion U.S. dollars) worth of emergency financial aid package for small businesses amid rising worry about the economic fallout from the COVID-19 outbreak. President Moon Jae-in... -
Italy coronavirus deaths troll hits record
Mar 19, 2020Italy on Wednesday reported nearly 500 new deaths from the novel coronavirus, the highest one-day official toll of any nation, as Donald Trump ordered sweeping new action against the pandemic and declared himself a war president....
