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The closure of schools until the end of the academic year has been one of the more controversial anti-coronavirus measures imposed in Italy, with many saying it overly penalises working women and children
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20.08.2024
Italy plans for micro-nurseries, lessons in woods
Spain's nearly 47 million people have since March 14 lived under one of the strictest virus lockdowns in the world
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20.08.2024
Spain eases strict lockdown conditions
The robot helps medics and relatives maintain virtual contact with patients and avoids the risk of infection
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20.08.2024
Robot helps Tunisia medics avoid infection from virus patients
With over 100 deaths and more than 5,600 coronavirus cases, South Africa has the second highest number of infections on the continent after Egypt. 
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20.08.2024
'It doesn't come this far': how rural S.Africa views coronavirus
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Ecuador faces a double crisis due to the pandemic and the fall in oil prices
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IMF approves emergency loan for Ecuador
French-Colombian politician and former FARC hostage Ingrid Betancourt speaking at a conference in Bogota, Colombia in May 2016
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Lessons from Colombia kidnap ordeal ease Betancourt pandemic fears
Cuban violinist William Roblejo rehearses on the rooftop of his house in Havana
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Artists, athletes cling to their dreams on Havana's rooftops
After weeks of rumours that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was seriously ill or even dead, state media published photos showing him in public
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Why North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's health matters
When will the tourists return?, worried Greeks ask
World 20.08.2024
A decade after debt crisis, Greece on verge of virus recession
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, seen at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia on April 29, 2020, has shown little empathy for victims of the virus
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President's 'So what?' as 5,000 die sparks fury in Brazil
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un -- seen here in 2017 -- has made his first public appearance in nearly three weeks, state media reported, amid speculation about his health
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NKorea's Kim makes first appearance in nearly three weeks: KCNA
Remdesivir, an antiviral made by Gilead Sciences, was shown in a major clinical trial to shorten the time to recovery in some coronavirus patients
World 20.08.2024
US issues emergency approval for remdesivir for COVID-19 patients
Clouds over earnings
World 20.08.2024
Stock markets rattled by Trump's China virus claims
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