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Coronavirus: All Wuhan residents to get COVID-19 test after new outbreak

All Wuhan residents will be tested for COVID-19 after a new outbreak occurred in the city where the pandemic started, local authorities said. There were six new coronavirus cases over the weekend in the central Chinese city – the first in the whole of Hubei province for 35 days. None of the new cases came […]

China reports no new COVID-19 cases as Wuhan prepares to test citizens

China reports no new coronavirus cases after recent infections raised second spike fears as Wuhan prepares to test ALL 11million citizens in 10 days China reported no new native infections and one imported case on Tuesday It comes after officials had registered double-digit growths two days in a row Wuhan recorded a new cluster over […]

China legal scholar briefly detained after coronavirus criticism

Zhang Xuezhong had also called on the country’s legislative body to draft a new constitution while urging more freedom. China briefly detained a noted constitutional scholar based in Shanghai, after he published a letter calling on members of the National People’s Congress to draft a new constitution, and criticised Beijing’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic. […]

Gunmen attack Doctors Without Borders clinic in Kabul: interior ministry source

KABUL (Reuters) – Gunmen attacked a Doctors Without Borders medical clinic in the western part of the Afghan capital of Kabul, a Ministry of Interior source said on Tuesday. “A hospital belonging to Doctors Without Borders is under attack,” the source told Reuters, adding that security forces were working to counter the attack and the […]

Donald Trump tells Asian reporter to 'ask China' about coronavirus deaths

Donald Trump abruptly ended his White House news conference on Monday and stormed off stage after telling a Chinese American reporter to ‘ask China’ why so many people in the US have died from coronavirus. The US President clashed with journalists Weijia Jiang of CBS News and Kaitlan Collins of CNN before walking off stage. […]

Latest on the worldwide spread of the new coronavirus

(Reuters) – More than 3.89 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally and 269,840 have died, according to a Reuters tally, as of 1248 GMT on Friday. DEATHS AND INFECTIONS * For an interactive graphic tracking the global spread, open tmsnrt.rs/3aIRuz7 in an external browser. * For a U.S.-focused […]

Three cannabis growers jailed after £820,000 farm found in Newcastle

Three cannabis growers are jailed after police raid £820,000 drugs factory stretching the size of a FOOTBALL PITCH CSO Martin Jobling could smell the cannabis farm while on patrol in Gateshead  2,000 fully mature cannabis plants worth £820,000 were seized by officers Three Albanian nationals found living on the property were arrested and jailed Three […]

Factbox: From hairdressers to beaches – Spain's plan to phase out lockdown

MADRID (Reuters) – About half of Spain’s 47 million population on Monday entered the second stage of a four-phase plan to lift a coronavirus lockdown and return to normal by the end of June. Following are the key points of the plan, which will vary from province to province. Advancing through the stages depends on […]

Lebanon fears second coronavirus wave as new infections surge

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese authorities warned of a new wave of coronavirus cases after the number jumped to its highest point in more than a month as the government eased some restrictions on public life. The country has been under lockdown since mid-March to rein in an outbreak that has infected 859 people and killed […]