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14.04.2020 / 14:05

99-year-old English man raises over £1 million for NHS

A 99-year-old English man has raised nearly £1.5 million for British health workers by attempting to walk the length of his garden one hundred times before his 100th birthday later this month.

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IMF forecasts world economy to shrink by 3% this year due to virus

The International Monetary Fund has forecast that the world's economy will shrink by 3% this year as a result of the Covid19 pandemic. It forecasts the Eurozone will contract by 7.5%.

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Zoom addresses concerns over data routing with new policy

Zoom is to let users opt in and out of specific data centre regions as part of the video conferencing app's latest security update.

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Coronavirus crisis grows in UK care homes

Around two-thirds of care homes run by the UK's largest care home operator have cases of Covid-19, it has emerged, as pressure mounts on the Government over a growing crisis among older people.

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UK's Ofcom to assess ITV show over 5G-coronavirus conspiracy comments

Britain's media regulator Ofcom is assessing a programme on ITV after a presenter questioned why the mainstream media had slapped down a conspiracy theory linking the spread of the coronavirus to 5G masts.

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Countries eye gradual reopening of economy after virus

The US has recorded a similar number of deaths linked to Covid-19 for a second consecutive day, with New York's governor saying the "worst is over" as many countries weigh a gradual reopening of their shattered economies.

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IMF approves debt relief for 25 poor countries over Covid-19

The International Monetary Fund has announced immediate debt relief for 25 poor countries to help them free up funds to fight the coronavirus pandemic.

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Study shows risk of zoonotic viruses similar across groups of animals

The idea that certain creatures such as bats pose a higher risk of spreading viruses to humans may not be accurate, new research suggests.

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Macron extends France's lockdown until 11 May

French President Emmanuel Macron has announced he is extending a virtual lockdown to curb the coronavirus outbreak until 11 May, adding that progress had been made but the battle not yet won.

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What needs to happen before countries lift lockdowns?

With signs in some countries that the coronavirus pandemic may have reached a plateau, governments are looking at how to lift lockdown restrictions on their crippled businesses and restless populations.

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At a glance: Latest global developments due to Covid-19

Spain eases lockdown

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Coronavirus death toll in UK reaches 10,612

A total of 11,329 patients have died in hospital after testing positive for coronavirus in the UK, as of 5pm yesterday, the Department of Health said, up by 717 from 10,612 the day before.

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Fauci says US could start reopening in May

The United States may be ready to start gradually reopening next month, the government's top infectious diseases expert said, as signs grew that the coronavirus pandemic was peaking.

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China's new Covid-19 cases rises to six-week high

China's north-eastern border with Russia has become a front line in the fight against a resurgence of the Covid-19 pandemic as new daily cases rose to the highest in nearly six weeks - with more than 90% involving people coming from abroad.

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Lockdown exit - Austria and Denmark take first steps

There is a play by the French playwright Jean-Paul Sartre called 'No Exit'.

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Yemen facing 'disaster' if virus spreads there, warn aid agencies

An outbreak of Covid-19 in Yemen could be a "disaster" and "catastrophic" for the war-torn country, according to aid agencies.

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Lockdown exit - Austria and Denmark take first steps

There is a play by the French playwright Jean-Paul Sartre called 'No Exit'.

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Pope to livestream Easter mass to locked down world

Pope Francis will break with centuries of tradition and livestream Easter Sunday mass to allow the world's 1.3 billion Catholics celebrate their holiest holiday under a coronavirus lockdown.

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US records world's highest Covid-19 death toll

The United States surpassed has Italy as the country with the highest reported coronavirus death toll, recording more than 20,000 deaths since the outbreak began, according to a Reuters tally.

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At a glance: Latest Covid-19 developments around the world

Some 103,000 people have died worldwide from the coronavirus in 193 countries and territories, according to an AFP tally at 11am Saturday based on official sources.

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India extends world's largest lockdown by two weeks

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to extend the world's biggest pandemic lockdown for two weeks, state ministers said after talks Saturday on the growing fallout in the country. The three week lockdown is due to end Tuesday.

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Oxford Professor claims Covid-19 vaccine could be ready by autumn

A coronavirus vaccine could be available for the general public by September, an Oxford professor has claimed.

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The battle of the New Yorkers: Trump v Cuomo

Right now here in the US, TV news coverage of the coronavirus is book-ended by two daily press conferences.

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Apple and Google plan software to slow coronavirus

Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google have said that they will work together to create contact tracing technology that aims to slow the spread of the coronavirus, by allowing users to opt into logging other phones they have been near.

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19 NHS workers have died from coronavirus - Hancock

Britain has not yet reached the Covid-19 peak that would allow for an easing of tight restrictions of movement, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said.

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US records over 2,000 Covid-19 deaths in one day

The United States has become the first country to record more than 2,000 coronavirus deaths in one day, with 2,108 fatalities in the past 24 hours, according to the Johns Hopkins University tally.

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980 more coronavirus deaths in Britain

The death toll from coronavirus in Britain has risen by 980 to 8,958 people, British health secretary Matt Hancock has revealed.

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At a glance: Latest global developments

Officials have recorded more than 1.6 million cases and more than 96,344 deaths in 193 countries since the coronavirus emerged in China in December, according to a tally by AFP based on official sources.

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US president Donald Trump relishing ratings and rancour of daily virus briefings

"Nasty," Donald Trump calls one reporter. "Third-rate," he brands another. The US president seems to loathe journalists but at his tempestuous coronavirus press conferences he just keeps coming back for more.

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German Workers Give Employers Poor Reviews Amid Pandemic

The responses from German workers to a recent Gallup survey are some of the last things that companies want to hear from their employees during a pandemic: Few German employees currently believe their corporate leadership can be trusted to manage emerging challenges or that their company cares about employees' wellbeing.

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Churches prepared for Easter in a world changed by coronavirus

Church doors will be shut and the Vatican sealed off when Pope Francis leads 1.3 billion Catholics in Easter Sunday celebrations held under a worldwide coronavirus lockdown.

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Point of contagion: Mass gatherings and the coronavirus

Congregations of a secretive South Korean sect, an assembly of French evangelists and major European football matches: as the new coronavirus radiated across the planet it seeded clusters of infections at mass gatherings that helped magnify its spread.

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US officials hopeful of summer respite from Covid-19 storm

US health officials made cautiously optimistic noises about coronavirus despite high death tolls yesterday, suggesting Americans might be able to take summer holidays, as falling hospitalization rates hint at a turning point in the battle against COVID-19.

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World leaders express cautious optimism in coronavirus fight despite global death toll approaching 100,000

Another day of the coronavirus pandemic saw the global death toll pass 96,000, although there were tentative signs of hope that the crisis was peaking in the United States and Europe.

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EU finance minsters agree Covid-19 rescue deal

EU finance ministers have reached a deal on a rescue package for Europe, RTÉ News understands.

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Concern among NGOs on spread of virus in refugee camps

NGOs working with refugees abroad say they're extremely concerned about an outbreak of Covid-19 in refugee camps.

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Saudi-led ceasefire in Yemen begins, raising hopes for peace

A nationwide ceasefire in response to the global coronavirus outbreak went into effect in Yemen today, stirring hope for an end to the five-year-old war that has pushed millions to the brink of famine.

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Space station crew blast off despite virus-hit build-up

A three-man crew is en route to the International Space Station today, leaving behind a planet overwhelmed by the coronavirus pandemic.

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Global coronavirus cases top 1.5 million

More than 1.5 million cases of Covid-19 have been registered worldwide, according to a tally compiled by AFP from official sources.

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Italian PM warns EU could collapse over pandemic debts

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has said the European Union might collapse as a project unless it acts decisively to help countries worst-hit by the coronavirus outbreak.

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Australian police take 'black box' off cruise ship in virus investigation

Australian police has said they have taken the "black box" of a cruise ship which disembarked hundreds of passengers infected with the coronavirus in Sydney, as part of a homicide investigation into the country's deadliest infection source.

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Pandemic Highlights Gaps in Trust in Southeast Asia

Thousands of confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been reported across Southeast Asia, with the highest levels, thus far, occurring in Malaysia, the Philippines and Indonesia. The disease is virtually guaranteed to continue to spread in the region, despite widespread efforts to prevent it.

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Covid-19 could push half a billion people into poverty

International aid group Oxfam has urged world leaders to agree a comprehensive rescue package of $2.5 trillion to prevent half a billion more people being pushed into poverty by the coronavirus pandemic.

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Covid-19 could push half a billion people into poverty

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Saudi-led coalition to declare ceasefire in Yemen

The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi movement will announce at midnight it is halting military operations nationwide to support a UN ceasefire initiative.

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France to extend lockdown and Italian figure show another daily decrease in deaths

France is to further extend a lockdown ordered to slow the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, with President Emmanuel Macron to again address the nation next week. The confinement order "will be extended" beyond its current limit of 15 April and Macron is expected to address the nation on Monday evening to present the new decisions on the fight against the virus.

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Vienna's horse-drawn carriages now delivering food

Vienna's horse-drawn carriages, a staple of street life in the Austrian capital and a popular tourist attraction, have been sidelined by the coronavirus pandemic - so they are now helping deliver food to the elderly.

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Virus deaths in New York, New Jersey hit one-day highs again

The number of coronavirus cases in New York state alone is approaching 150,000, surpassing Spain for the most infections anywhere in the world, even as authorities warned the state's official death toll may understate the true figure.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0