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An Iranian deputy minister has acknowledged that limited testing may mean official coronavirus figures are too low but stressed that was true of many countries around the world
World
20.08.2024
Iran says virus deaths rise 92 to 4,869
Road block: Lagos, Africa's biggest city, has been in lockdown since March 31
World
20.08.2024
18 killed by Nigeria security forces over virus lockdown: rights body
A group of doctors working with patients infected with the novel coronavirus COVID-19 wear face shields at the Intensive Care Unit of the Hospital de Clinicas in Porto Alegre, Brazil
World
20.08.2024
Europe still 'in eye of the storm' despite moves to ease virus lockdowns
South Korea's Democratic party secured an absolute majority in the National Assembly on the back of President Moon Jae-in's response to the coronavirus pandemic
World
20.08.2024
Asia virus latest: South Korea election win; Singapore cases surge
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Troubled past: Ethiopia and Eritrea
World 20.08.2024
Ethiopia moves to close Eritrean refugee camp despite virus fears
Author Luis Sepulveda was exiled from Chile in 1977 under the Pinochet dictatorship
World 20.08.2024
Chilean author Luis Sepulveda dies of virus in Spain
Garment workers protested on Monday, saying factories had not paid them since companies cancelled their orders
World 20.08.2024
'Starving' Bangladesh garment workers protest for pay during lockdown
Tropical Cyclone Harold caused widespread damage in Vanuatu
World 20.08.2024
Pacific clean-up after homes 'blown to smithereens' by superstorm
Workers wrap with plastic a coffin with the remains of a person who died from the coronavirus, COVID-19 in Guayaquil, Ecuador
World 20.08.2024
Trump to ease lockdown, saying virus cases have 'passed peak'
Oil prices are sitting around two-decade lows, hit by the virus and a Saudi-Russia battle for market share
World 20.08.2024
OPEC, allies consider output cut after price crash
California has extended the stay-at-home order to May 15 amid the coronavirus pandemic
World 20.08.2024
In California, early coronavirus action 'makes a difference'
Lagos under lockdown: The pandemic will have a devastating effect on African growth this year, says the World Bank
World 20.08.2024
Pandemic may cause sub-Saharan Africa's 1st recession in 25 years
The number of daily deaths from the coronavirus has accelerated across the globe -- from fewer than 500 per day in mid-March, to more than 5,000 at the start of April and now nearly 7,500
World 20.08.2024
100,000 deaths as coronavirus pandemic continues to rage
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