Global Situation
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U.S. suspending visa services worldwide due to coronavirus
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Mar 18th, 2020viaReuters UK - Top News
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The United States is suspending all routine visa services as of Wednesday in most countries worldwide due to the coronavirus outbreak, a spokeswoman for the State Department said, an unprecedented move that will potentially impact hundreds of thousands of people.
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U.S.-Canada border shuts as battle against coronavirus intensifies
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Mar 18th, 2020viaReuters UK - Top News
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The United States and Canada closed their mutual border to “non-essential traffic” on Wednesday while President Donald Trump moved to speed up medical equipment production and said hospital ships would be deployed in the battle against the coronavirus.
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France reports huge spike in coronavirus deaths, raising total to 264
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Mar 18th, 2020viaReuters UK - World News
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French health authorities reported 89 new deaths from coronavirus on Wednesday, taking the total to 264 or an increase of almost 51%, a much more marked rise than recently seen as the country was in its second day of a lockdown aimed at containing the outbreak.
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Coronavirus: Death toll in Italy surges to 2,978
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Mar 18th, 2020viaCity AM - Business
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The death toll from coronavirus in Italy has surged in the last 24 hours by 475 to 2,978, an increase of 19 per cent, the biggest jump in numerical terms since the contagion came to light last month, Italian officials said today.
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Israel moves towards mass testing as coronavirus detections rise
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Mar 18th, 2020viaReuters UK - World News
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Confirmed coronavirus cases in Israel have jumped by 40% to 427 in the past 24 hours, authorities said on Wednesday, predicting a steeper rise as mass testing is implemented, and a blanket ban on entry of foreign nationals was imposed.
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Rattled world 'at war' with coronavirus as cases pass 200,000
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Mar 18th, 2020viaReuters UK - Health & Drugs News
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Hundreds of millions of people faced a world turned upside down on Wednesday by once-in-a-generation emergency measures against the coronavirus pandemic that is killing the old and vulnerable and threatening prolonged economic misery.
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Russian media ‘spreading Covid-19 disinformation’
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Mar 18th, 2020viaGuardian UK - Russia
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Pro-Kremlin media have been spreading disinformation about coronavirus with the aim of “aggravating” the public health crisis in the west, the European Union’s diplomatic service has concluded in a leaked report.
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