HEALTH

                More than a million cases of Coronavirus have been registered globally, according to the latest figures from Johns Hopkins University, another grim milestone as the world grapples with the spreading pandemic, nearly 54,000 have died and more than 212,000 have recovered, the US has the most cases and more than 1,000 died there in the past day, the disease first emerged in central China three months ago, though the Italy kept be Johns Hopkins records one million confirmed cases, the actual number is thought to be much higher, it took a month and a half for the first 100,000 cases to be registered, a million was reached after a doubling in cases over the past week. Nearly a quarter of cases have been registered in the United States while Europe accounts for around half, the pandemic is taking a huge economic toll, as an extra 6.6 million Americans applied for unemployment benefit last week. Morgues and hospitals in New York City...

                 As the new Coronavirus that has killed more than 24,000 people continues to spread around the world, Russia has stepped up its measures to tackle the pandemic and prevent its spread within the country, there have been 1,036 cases of COVID-19 infections reported in Russia so far and 4 deaths. The authorities confirmed 196 new cases on Friday, bringing the country's official number of cases up to more than thousand and making the largest one-day increase in cases so far, it also said one person had died in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of deaths to 4, Russia will suspend all regular and charter flights to other countries starting today, President Vladimir Putin has declared that the week from March 28 to April 5 will be a nationwide paid holiday to encourage Russians to stay home and slow the spread of the virus. All restaurants and cafes have been ordered to close during this time with the exception of delive...

            The Coronavirus, till now Friday March the 20th, 2020 is affecting 183 countries and territories around the world and 1 international conveyance "The Diamond Princess cruise ship harbored in Yokohama, Japan. Due to the Coronavirus outbreak also known as  COVID-19, around 267,920 persons have fallen ill and 11,187 death cases and 90,603 recovered cases worldwide. In China as the epicenter of the outbreak, according to reports from 31 provinces, the Xianjiang Production and Construction Corps, there were 6,569 confirmed cases of which 2,136 were serious cases, a total of 71,150 discharged patients were cured and a total of 3,248 cases died, the total number of confirmed cases is now 80,967 were reported and 8,989 close contacts are still under medical observation. There were 0 new confirmed cases in Hubei province and 0 in Wuhan city, 703 cured cases "624 in Wuhan", 3 new deaths "2 in Wuhan", confirmed active cases 6,569 "61...