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  • Iran claimed that since the war with the US and Israel started on February 28, over 3,400 people had died.
  • On Saturday night, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of Iran threatened to strike any ship that approached the Strait of Hormuz.
  • India's Ministry of External Affairs called the Iranian ambassador to India to discuss the "serious incident" involving two Indian-flagged ships that were fired upon on Saturday in the Strait of Hormuz.
  • Iran said that it is examining fresh U.S. proposals that were communicated through Pakistan's mediators, but it has not yet responded.
  • Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem vowed on Saturday that his fighters would retaliate against Israeli attacks on Lebanon and stated that the current 10-day ceasefire with Israel cannot be one-sided.

Tag: Coronavirus Detection

April 13, 2020

Zimbabwean Sues Government to End Lockdown...

Court papers submitted by the lawyers group say police and army officers assaulted Lucia Masvondo, 26, while she was cooking food in her yard

From Fashion to Face Masks, One...

Even though many countries began advising citizens to wear face masks in public not long after the coronavirus outbreak started, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC, only recently began recommending that people use cloth coverings for their faces in public places, like grocery stores. In Los Angeles, one fashion designer who is also a registered nurse started making face masks even before the U.S. issued the new recommendation

Lifted Lockdown Does Not Free Foreign...

Some international students in China are feeling relieved as the lockdown in Wuhan, China, is being lifted after the COVID-19 outbreak. But they remain concerned about family back home as the virus has spread to more than 170 countries

April 12, 2020

SA COVID-19 Cases Rise to 2028...

South Africa has 2028 confirmed cases of Coronavirus (C2OVID-19), with 25 deaths

April 11, 2020

Zimbabwe Government Says Herbal Treatment OK...

Tribert Chishanyu, president of Zimbabwe Traditional Practitioners Association, said his organization was happy that President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government is allowing herbalists to treat coronavirus-positive Zimbabweans

In Africa, COVID-19 Crisis Puts Squeeze...

Hundreds of thousands of African families depend on money sent home by relatives working in North America, Europe and elsewhere. The safety net for millions of people is now threatened, and some families fear for the worst

COVID 19 – Global Voices

Covid 19 has put millions of people around the world in the same place, suffering loss hardship and pain. Global voices in the coronavirus pandemic tells the emotional stories of their lives

Wuhan Lockdown Diary Author Says She...

She talked about her friends and family, how uncomfortable it is to wear a mask, and the deaths of coronavirus patients, as well as poking fun at her nationalist critics who crowded onto Maoist patforms to criticize her

Coronavirus: Ai Fen Whistleblower Cannot be...

Relatives of the whistleblower are concerned that she may have been arrested following the publication of this article and the American media Radio Free Asia claims to have been unable to contact her. On the Weibo social network, the doctor’s account remains active and some reassuring messages have been posted, but doubts remain as to the authenticity of their author because it is common in China for the police to extort passwords from detainees. In the past two months, three journalists and three political commentators have also been arrested in connection with the coronavirus epidemic

Faced with COVID-19, Americans Rally to...

The elderly are among the most vulnerable to the coronavirus. Friends, neighbors and local organizations are stepping up to assist older people who aren’t leaving their homes right now. The volunteers run errands like food shopping or picking up medication

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