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Australia Health Authority Warns Against Hydroxychloroquine to Treat COVID-19

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Tragic last pleas for help from woman, 66

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Netherlands: Total coronavirus cases near 25000

But the real concern is the recent surge in infection cases in the UK. The figures for deaths in care homes are running 12 days behind the daily reported deat...

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Doctor who warned British gov't of equipment shortage dies of coronavirus

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Coronavirus: War veteran Albert Chambers discharged from hospital

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Coronavirus: UK records 917 new hospital deaths

So far, 1,717 people have tested positive for the disease. This brings the total number of United Kingdom deaths to 9,875, according to the Department of Heal...

Nationwide lockdown to be extended by 2 weeks

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Nursing home with 39 coronavirus cases evacuated after staff stops showing up

Three people tested positive for COVID-19 at a nursing home in Dare County, the county's sheriff's office announced in a Facebook post Thursday. "She also menti...

Further 25 people die from Covid-19 in Ireland

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Doctors hope plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients holds key to treatment

The U.S. government's National Institutes of Health launched an official clinical trial of the anti-malaria drug that President Trump has already touted as a po...

Some Doctors Believe BCG May Be Helpful Against COVID-19

The Bacillus Calmette-Guerin, a.k.a. BCG vaccine, which was created to protect against tuberculosis, is now under clinical trials worldwide as a way to combat t...

Coronavirus: A guide for wearing, cleaning your face mask

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Coronavirus: New Zealand has third and fourth death due to Covid-19

The second was a man in his 70s who died in Burwood Hospital after being among the group transferred from the Rosewood Rest Home. The other death was West Coa...

Nursing home evacuated after staff skips shifts amid COVID-19 pandemic

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Recovery numbers growing faster than new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan

The samples are being sent to the National Microbiology Laboratory for further testing. The recovery total is at 136. There are now eight people in hospital...

Research shows most NY coronavirus cases came from Europe, not Asia

To trace back the ancestry of the virus, the NY team uploaded the samples they had taken to a server run by the Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data ...

Florida Governor Wrongly Claims Coronavirus Killed No One Under 25

The latest evidence of that came Thursday, when DeSantis sought to explain his thinking about potentially re-opening schools in the state. "There's probably n...

NRL: Australian rugby league competition to restart on 28 May

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Hopes dashed in DR Congo as new Ebola case reported

The first person to contract Ebola in Democratic Republic of Congo in more than 50 days has died, the government said on Friday, ending hopes that the secon...

Coronavirus fatalities in France rise by 541 to 7,632

France has extended a nationwide lockdown to contain the coronavirus beyond 15 April, with stringent measures unlikely to end anytime soon. "Tension is barely...

First Lady Melania Trump models face mask in coronavirus PSA

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