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Nearly one billion people confined to homes to curb virus
Almost one billion people were confined to their homes worldwide Saturday as the global coronavirus death toll shot past 11,000 and US ...Worldwide virus lockdowns as WHO warns young people ‘not invincible’
Hundreds of millions of people worldwide kicked off the weekend under a coronavirus lockdown, as the global death toll accelerated sharply and ...Tunisia orders lockdown
Tunisian President Kais Saied ordered a general lockdown, restricting public movement to counter the spread of the coronavirus. Speaking in a televised ...World wages ‘war’ on virus as China offers ray of hope
World powers were on a war footing against the spiralling coronavirus pandemic on Thursday despite a sign of hope from China where ...Libya official says 5 women killed in shelling near Tripoli
Five women were killed and five others were wounded, including a child, when their houses were shelled near Libya’s capital Tripoli, a ...Global virus infections top 200,000 as nations tighten clampdowns
The number of global coronavirus infections shot past 200,000 on Wednesday, as governments across Europe, North America and Asia rolled out tough ...Sub-Saharan Africa records first coronavirus death
The first recorded death from coronavirus in sub-Saharan Africa has been confirmed by Burkina Faso. The victim, 62-year-old Rose Marie Compaoré was ...UN urges Libyans to halt fighting, battle virus
The United Nations and nine countries on Tuesday called on Libya’s warring parties to cease hostilities to allow health authorities to fight ...Several African nations roll out measures to fight virus
Several African countries have announced sweeping restrictions to try to contain the steady spread of the coronavirus, which has reached at least ...Tourists flood Morocco airports as flights cut over virus fears
Thousands of tourists packed airports in Morocco Sunday hoping to board scarce flights back to Europe after regular air links with some ...













