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US Covid-19 outbreak crosses 100,000 threshold

WASHINGTON: The US crossed a sombre threshold on Friday with a private tally counting over 100,000 confirmed Covid-19 cases in the country as leaders struggle to thwart the virus’ spread, Anadolu Agency reported. A running tally from Johns Hopkins University on Friday found 100,717 confirmed Covid-19 infections across the country, including 1,544 deaths. Over 860 people […]

Europe is new epicentre of Coronavirus pandemic

GENEVA: Europe has become the “new epicentre” of the coronavirus pandemic, the World Health Organisation (WHO) chief said Friday. According to Anadolu Agency, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus addressed journalists from the WHO headquarters in a virtual press conference with only himself and other WHO officials present. “Europe has more coronavirus cases being reported every day than were reported […]