LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday that he has tested positive for coronavirus after experiencing mild symptoms and is now self-isolating at 10 Downing Street in line with the medical advice. In a video message posted on social media, the UK prime minister said that he will continue to lead the UK government’s […]
Paris: The number of coronavirus infection cases in France increased by almost 4,000 in the past 24 hours to reach 29,155, Jerome Salomon, the head of France’s public health service, said on Thursday. “Today we have 29,155 confirmed cases of the disease … while the number of deaths now totals 1,696,” Salomon said at a […]
Kabul: At least 25 people were killed, while 10 were left wounded, after a Gurudwara was attacked here on early Wednesday morning. According to local media reports, a group of suicide bombers intruded into a Sikh temple in Shor Bazar area, at around 0745 hrs local time. Country’s Interior ministry confirmed that nearly 80 people, […]
Kabul: Four people were killed in the suicide attack on Dharamshala, a place of worship of Afghanistan’s Sikh minority in Kabul, a Hindu and Sikh representative in the Afghan parliament said on Wednesday. Attackers broke into the place of worship, located in Kabul’s Shor Bazar central district, at around 7.45 a.m. local time (03:15 GMT). […]
Spain's case count up by 6,600, death toll 514
Tehran, Mar 24: Iran on Tuesday announced 122 new deaths from the novel coronavirus, raising the death toll to 1,934 across the country, official IRNA news agency reported. Kianush Jahanpur, head of Public Relations and Information Center of Ministry of Health and Medical Education, said 1,762 new cases have been registered in the past 24 […]
Tehran: Iran on Tuesday announced 122 new deaths from the novel coronavirus, raising the death toll to 1,934 across the country, official IRNA news agency reported. Kianush Jahanpur, head of Public Relations and Information Center of Ministry of Health and Medical Education, said 1,762 new cases have been registered in the past 24 hours and […]
Islamabad, Mar 23: A 26-year-old Pakistani doctor has become the country’s first medic to die after contracting the novel coronavirus while treating the COVID-19 patients in Gilgit region of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, officials said on Monday. Usma Riaz was treating the patients who recently returned from Iraq and Iran. Pakistan, which borders Iran and China, two […]
Rome: The coronavirus pandemic had claimed 6,077 lives in locked down Italy by Monday, with the cumulative number of confirmed cases reaching 63,927, according to new figures released by the Civil Protection Department. The death toll had increased by 601 from 5,476 recorded by Sunday, Civil Protection Chief Angelo Borrelli told a late afternoon press […]
Riyadh: Saudi Arabia said that it will start a curfew from Monday evening to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud ordered the curfew from 7 pm to 6 am for 21 days, the Saudi Press Agency reported. He assigned the Ministry of Interior to take the necessary […]
Tehran: Iran on Monday confirmed 127 fresh deaths in the past 24 hours, taking the toll to 1812 due to the outbreak of Novel Coronavirus, a senior official said. According to Health Ministry official Kianoush Jahanpour, 1,411 new affected cases have been detected since Sunday. Over 36 million people have been screened with regards to […]