Kenya extends curfew for a month as COVID-19 cases jump

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[caption id="attachment_7775" align="alignnone" width="980"] A nurse treats a COVID-19 patient inside a field hospital built on a soccer stadium in Machakos, as the number of...

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Hong Kong bans social gatherings of more than 2 people to curb surge in COVID-19 cases

July 27, 2020July 27, 2020

[caption id="attachment_7699" align="alignnone" width="969"] A man wearing a face mask following the coronavirus disease outbreak looks at an empty food court with social distancing markers,...

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WHO says COVID-19 by far its worst global health emergency

July 27, 2020July 27, 2020

[caption id="attachment_7632" align="alignnone" width="946"] World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a news conference in Geneva. [/caption] GENEVA: The new coronavirus pandemic that has...

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Australia’s Victoria state records daily COVID-19 record, warns of lockdown extension

July 26, 2020July 26, 2020

[caption id="attachment_7550" align="alignnone" width="953"] Walkers wear protective face masks at St Kilda pier in Melbourne after it became the first city in Australia to enforce...

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Madrid insists Spain ‘safe’ despite COVID-19 surge

July 26, 2020July 26, 2020

[caption id="attachment_7536" align="alignnone" width="976"] The scene on a Malaga beach. The coronavirus crisis dealt a major blow to Spain's tourism industry, which normally accounts for...

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Tropical Storm Hanna flattens COVID-hit Texas coast

July 26, 2020July 26, 2020

[caption id="attachment_7558" align="alignnone" width="967"] Traffic is halted as tow trucks surround an overturned HEB supermarket truck along US Route 77 in the aftermath of high...

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Britain unveils plans to tackle ‘obesity time bomb’

July 26, 2020July 26, 2020

LONDON: Britain unveiled plans to tackle an "obesity time bomb" on Monday (Jul 27), banning TV and online adverts for junk food before 9pm, ending...

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Florida records 9,300 new COVID-19 cases, blows past New York

July 26, 2020July 26, 2020

[caption id="attachment_7542" align="alignnone" width="969"] Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT) leave with a patient at North Shore Medical Center where the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients are treated,...

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US doubles spending on potential virus vaccine to nearly US$1 billion

July 26, 2020July 26, 2020

[caption id="attachment_7539" align="alignnone" width="967"] US firm Moderna is developing a COVID-19 vaccine. [/caption] WASHINGTON: The United States has doubled its investment - to nearly US$1...

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Brazil registers 555 COVID-19 deaths on Sunday, health ministry says

July 26, 2020July 27, 2020

[caption id="attachment_7592" align="alignnone" width="962"] FILE PHOTO: A gravedigger wearing protective suit digs a grave to bury the coffin of a person who died from the...