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Coronavirus: India's bailout may not be enough to save economy
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Apr 2nd, 2020viaBBC News | News Front Page | World Edition
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Millions of people in India are struggling for food during the country's coronavirus lockdown Mohammad Alam is one of thousands of workers standing in a food queue in India's capital, Delhi.
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Coronavirus: NI 'too slow' on virus testing, says O'Neill
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Apr 3rd, 2020viaBBC News - UK
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NI's deputy first minister has said the health minister is acting too slowly in key areas such as testing and providing protective equipment to health staff battling the coronavirus crisis. Sinn Féin's Michelle O'Neill accused the UUP's Robin Swann of "slavishly following the Boris Johnson model".
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Coronavirus: Trump says 100,000 ventilators being built
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Apr 2nd, 2020viaThe Independent - News
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The United States is on track to "soon" have tens of thousands of new ventilators to treat coronavirus victims, Donald Trump said Thursday evening, but he was vague on the exact timing of those being fielded ahead of an expected surge in cases and deaths.
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Window for containing coronavirus in Mideast closing - WHO
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Apr 2nd, 2020viaReuters UK - World News
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Governments in the Middle East need to act fast to limit the spread of the coronavirus after cases rose to nearly 60,000, almost double their level a week earlier, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.
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UN agency keeps Africa food aid flowing amid coronavirus
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Apr 2nd, 2020viaReuters UK - World News
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The United Nations food agency has negotiated a humanitarian corridor to keep food aid flowing in southern Africa after many countries shut their borders to stop the spread of the coronavirus, an official said on Thursday.
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Coronavirus: Confirmed global cases pass one million
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Apr 2nd, 2020viaBBC - Front Page
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More than a million cases of coronavirus have been registered globally, according to the latest figures from Johns Hopkins University - another grim milestone as the world grapples with the spreading pandemic. More than 51,000 people have died and more than 208,000 have recovered, according to the university's figures.
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