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- South Africa launches mass testing
- Botswana records first cases
- Uganda, Eritrea impose stricter lockdown regulations
- Lagos accounts for 61% of cases in Nigeria
- Govts enforces lockdowns to curb Coronavirus spread

Kenya wants 50 MPs tested, varied lockdown experiences
https://www.africanews.com/2020/03/31/c ... 1585578685

• Brazil's Bolsonaro placing burden of tackling virus on local administrations: local report
• Myanmar reports its first death
• Mexico announces health emergency as cases pass 1,000
• Japan puts 73 countries & regions off limits https://aje.io/qqbe7

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• Germany's cases reach 61,913, total deaths 583
• Tanzania reports its first death
• Coronavirus epidemic in Asia 'far from over': WHO https://aje.io/z8g2f

Congo's ex-president Yhombi-Opango dies of coronavirus , Jacques Joaquim Yhombi-Opango, former president of the Republic of the Congo, has died after contracting coronavirus, his family said. Yhombi-Opango died in a Paris hospital on Monday. He was 81.

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Some UK police may have gone too far in coronavirus response

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said British police on the whole have done a good job in dealing with the coronavirus outbreak though there may have been some individual instances of some officers going a little too far in enforcing a lockdown.

"The police are doing a difficult job and they are doing it well," Shapps told Sky.

"I am sure there are individual examples where perhaps you look at it and think that is perhaps a bit further than they should have gone but in general terms I think the case is that if people help everybody out, including the police, by staying home and the rest of it, then there will be no problems."

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'Hunger will kill us before coronavirus': Say Rohingya in India

Din Mohammad is doing everything possible in his power to keep his family and fellow Rohingya refugees healthy during a three-week lockdown enforced by the Indian government to fight the coronavirus.

For the past week, Mohammad, 59, who lives with his wife and five children in Madanpur Khadar refugee camp in the capital, New Delhi, makes rounds of shanties to ensure people are maintaining social distancing and keeping their huts made from wood and plastic sheets clean.

But he knows these measures are hard to implement in crowded refugee camps like theirs, where people live in cramped conditions lacking basic facilities like toilets and clean water.

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Spain proposes EU budget to address coronavirus crisis

Spain's Foreign Minister Arancha Gonzalez has proposed increasing the European Union's budget to address the crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

"Perhaps we should improve European cashflow, perhaps the European budget should be larger," Gonzalez said on French radio station Europe1.

Gonzalez said the European Central Bank and the European Commission have announced efforts but that these fall short of the solidarity needed between European Union member states.

Bulgaria will have to raise $2.6 bn to deal with crisis: Finance minister

The coronavirus crisis will prompt Bulgaria to raise 4.2 billion levs ($2.36 billion) in debt this year to finance an expected fiscal gap and pledges for loan guarantees to businesses, its finance minister said.

Vladislav Goranov said that under an adverse scenario he expected the small and open economy to contract by 3% versus previous estimates of 3.3% growth.

On Monday, the government revamped its fiscal plans to run a deficit of 2.9% of economic output this year and raised the ceiling on new debt it can raise to 10 billion levs due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Thailand coronavirus cases reach 1,651

Thailand confirmed 127 new coronavirus cases and one death, a health official said.

The latest number raise the total number of confirmed infections in Thailand to 1,651 cases and 10 deaths.
Indonesia to suspend all foreign arrivals

Indonesia will ban all arrivals and transits by foreigners to prevent a further spread of the coronavirus, Foreign MinisterRetno Marsudi said.

Foreigners with stay permits and some diplomatic visits will be exempted from the ban, Marsudi said, adding that the government aims to issue the regulations for the ban on Tuesday.

Firefighters spray disinfectant using high pressure pump trucks in Jakarta's main road [Willy Kurniawan/Reuters]
Coronavirus cases at Amazon raise spectre of disruptions, closure

News reports that a handful out of Amazon’s hundreds of thousands of US warehouse workers have contracted the virus raise the potential of future site closures and operational disruptions at the world’s largest online retailer.

The COVID-19 cases led to unrest among some staff. Fifteen workers at a more than 5,000-person Amazon warehouse in Staten Island, New York, walked off the job on Monday, leading the company to fire one of them who was violating a paid quarantine.

Employees have also protested in other countries, including dozens of Amazon workers at a facility near Florence, Italy this week.
German cases reach 61,913, total deaths 583

The total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany has reached 61,913 after 4,615 test positive overnight, according to the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases’ latest tally.

Meanwhile, the death roll rose to 583 from 455 the previous day.
Coronavirus tracking app must be voluntary: German minister

German Justice Minister Christine Lambrecht told Deutschlandfunk radio that tracking apps to help tackle coronavirus could only be used voluntarily in Germany.

"It's a real infringement if I have such data so I can only agree with everyone who says that if there is such a solution that actually breaks the chains of infection, it's only possible if those who have it on their mobile phones and so use it do so voluntarily," Lambrecht said.

Germany hopes to launch a smartphone app within weeks to help trace coronavirus infections, after a broad political consensus emerged that adopting an approach pioneered by Singapore can be effective without invading people's privacy.
Czech Republic's coronavirus cases surpass 3,000

The number of coronavirus cases in the Czech Republic surged past the 3,000 mark,the Central European country's health ministry said,after 184 news cases were recorded the previous day.

Of the 43,000 tests carried out, the ministry said 3,001 infections were detected, of which 25 people have recovered. Fatalities stood at 23.
First coronavirus death reported in Tanzania

Tanzania reported its first death from the coronavirus, Health Minister Ummy Mwalimu said in a statement.

The patient, a 49-year-old male who had pre-existing health conditions, was admitted to Mloganzila hospital in the capital, Dar Es Salaam, for treatment. The East African country has recorded 19 infections as of Monday.
Coronavirus epidemic in Asia 'far from over': WHO official

The coronavirus epidemic is "far from over" in the Asia-Pacific region, and the current measures to curb the spread of the virus are merely buying time for countries to prepare for large-scale community transmissions, a WHO official said on Tuesday.

Even with all the measures, the risk of transmission in the region will not go away as long as the pandemic continues, said Takeshi Kasai, Regional Director for the Western Pacific at the World Health Organization (WHO).

Preparations for a large-scale transmission must reach everyone, Kasai said at a virtual media briefing.

Kasai warned that for countries that are seeing a tapering off of cases, they should not let down their guard, or the virus may come surging back.

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ከቻይናው ባለሀብት ለአፍሪካ የተላከው እርዳታ በኢትዮጵያ በኩል አንድ ሳምንት ሳይሞላ ለሁሉም አገሮች ተዳርሷል፡፡ ኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ ግን ለክልሎች አልደረሰም፡፡ በአማራ ክልል አንድም መመርመሪያ ኪት የደረሰው ሆስፒታል የለም፡፡ ከፈለገ ሕይወት ውጭ የኢንፍረሬድ ቴርሞ ሜትር የተላከለት ሆስፒታል የለም፡፡ ለደብረ ታቦር፣ ደብረ ማርቆስ፣ ደብረ ብርሃንና ጎንደር ሆስፒታሎች በረጅ ግለሰቦችና ድርጅቶች የሙቀት መመርመሪያው ቢደርሳቸውም ከመንግሥት የተላከ የለም፡፡ (Mluken Tesfaw )

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Spain sees highest number of fatalities from coronavirus in a single day - 849

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12 year old girl in Belgium, who had tested positive for coronavirus, has died.

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Most coronavirus deaths.

Italy: 11,591
Spain: 7,716
China: 3,304
US: 3,172
France: 3,018
Iran: 2,757
UK: 1,408
Netherlands: 864
Germany: 645
Belgium: 513
Switzerland: 354
Turkey: 168
Sweden: 165
South Korea: 162
Portugal: 140
Brazil: 140
Indonesia: 122
Austria: 108
Canada: 89

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5,368 confirmed COVID19 in Africa, 50 cases are in Kenya

Iran records 141 new coronavirus deaths

Spain reports 849 new coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours

Russia reports 500 new coronavirus cases

Coronavirus, worldwide.
Cases: 787,000
Deaths: 37,830
Recoveries: 166,215

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48 new coronavirus cases in China

US coronavirus death toll rises to 3000

Economic sentiment in Euro zone records sharpest fall in its history

In Ethiopia, some political snakes are using the coronavirus to brand administration and hiding the atrocities they have committed.

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Ethiopian Islamic Affairs Supreme Council (EIASC) said all Mosques should close down & members of the Muslim community should perform their prayers at home. It also said the Ulama Council has ordered to suspend all teaching-learning processes until COVID19 is over
ከኢትዮጵያ እስልምና ጉዳዮች ጠቅላይ ምክር ቤት ኮሮና ቫይረስን በሚመለከት የተሰጠ መግለጫ

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Iran reports 3,111 new cases of coronavirus and 141 new deaths.
A total of 44,606 cases and 2,898 deaths.

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ከዱባይና ከቱርክ የሚመጡ ኢትዮጵያውያን ነጋዴዎች በጉቦ ከማቆያ ማእከላት እየሸሹ ነው።
በማቆያ ያሉ ከውጪ ሐገር የመጡ ኢትዮጵያውያን በጉቦ ከማቆያ ጣቢያ እየወጡ መሆኑን ተሰምቷል። ከቫይረሱ ነፃ መሆናቸውን የሚያረጋግጥ ደብዳቤ ከኢትዮጵያ ህብረተሰብ ጤና ኢንስቲትዩት ሳይዙ ከሕዝቡ ጋር እየተቀላቀሉ ስለሆነ መንግስት አስቸኳይ እርምጃ ሊወስድ ይገባዋል። ጉቦውን እየከፈሉ የሸሹትም በቁጥጥር ስር ሊውሉ ይገባል።

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የኮሮናቫይረስ ወረርሽኝ ምንም የማያስጨንቃት አንድ ብቸኛዋ አውሮፓዊት አገር አለች።
በዚህች አገር ሕይወት በትናንቱ መንገድ እንደቀጠለ ነው።
ስታዲየሞች እና ሲኒማ ቤቶች አሁንም ክፍት ናቸው።
በኮቪድ-19 ስለማትሸበርዋ ብቸኛዋ አውሮፓዊት አገር ከዚህ በታች ያለውን ሊንክ ተጭነው ያንብቡ።
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ሼህ ሁሴን አሊ አላሙዲ የኮሮና ወረርሽኝን ስርጭት ለመግታት የ120 ሚሊዮን ብር ድጋፍ አድርገዋል!

በሌላ በኩል የሚድሮክ ቴክኖሎጂ ግሩፕ ማኔጅመንት፣ አመራር እና ሠራተኞች ከ10 ሚልዮን ብር በላይ ለተመሳሳይ አላማ ዛሬ አበርክተዋል።

Via MIDROC/FBC

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Portugal reports 1,035 new cases of coronavirus, 7,443 cases in total.
Portugal's largest single increase so far.

Kuwait announced an 82-year-old woman who recovered from coronavirus.

Coronavirus pandemic:
From 1 to 400,000 cases: 4 months
From 400,000 to 800,000 cases: 1 week

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Number of confirmed coronavirus cases has reached 800,000 worldwide.

First death from coronavirus confirmed in Tanzania.

Number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Spain has reached 90,000.

India reports 4th coronavirus death in Punjab, raising country's total to 48.

Iran reports 3,111 new cases of coronavirus and 141 new deaths.
A total of 44,606 cases and 2,898 deaths.

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Coronavirus, China.

Cases: 81,518

Deaths: 3,305

Recoveries: 76,052

Coronavirus, rest of world.

Cases: 718,500

Deaths: 35,235

Recoveries: 85,450

Number of coronavirus cases worldwide reach 800,000

Coronavirus in Spain

Cases: 94,417

Deaths: 8,189

Recoveries: 19,259