JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia reported 2,277 new coronavirus infections on Saturday and 65 more deaths, data from its health ministry website showed. This brings the country’s total to 123,503 coronavirus infections and 5,658 deaths, the data showed. Reporting by Agustinus Beo Da Costa; Writing by Fransiska Nangoy; Editing by Himani…
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines’ health ministry on Saturday reported 4,226 new coronavirus infections and 41 additional deaths. In a bulletin, the ministry said total confirmed infections have risen to 126,885 while deaths have reached 2,209, with bulk of cases and casualties reported in the capital. The Philippines, with a…
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Image copyrightPacemakerImage caption Face masks will be mandatory in Northern Ireland from Monday It was the first week in many that updates on the coronavirus pandemic and the accompanying restrictions didn’t fill the top spots in news reports. You’d be forgiven if this led you to think it’s been a…
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Five Indian hockey players, including captain Manpreet Singh, have tested positive for COVID-19 at the team’s training base in Bengaluru and the number of infected players could rise, the Sports Authority of India (SAI) has said. Manpreet, Surender Kumar, Jaskaran Singh, Varun Kumar and Krishan B…
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Five Indian hockey players, including captain Manpreet Singh, have tested positive for COVID-19 at the team’s training base in Bengaluru and the number of infected players could rise, the Sports Authority of India (SAI) has said. Manpreet, Surender Kumar, Jaskaran Singh, Varun Kumar and Krishan B…
(Reuters) – The United Kingdom is concerned by an “unacceptable” rise in the number of small boats crossing the English Channel from France and would act to return “illegal” migrants, immigration compliance minister Chris Philp said in an opinion piece for The Telegraph newspaper here Philp said he was going…
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By Kirk DickinsonAugust 7, 2020 6:34pmLess than two days after Chatham-Kent’s hospital reported that a staff member had tested positive for COVID-19, health officials have confirmed that another worker has likely been infected. Fannie Vavoulis, the director of communications at the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance (CKHA), told Blackburn News on Friday that…