S. Africa Reports Highest Single-Day Increase In Covid-19 Cases

CAPE TOWN, May 3 (NNN-BUANEWS) – South Africa reported 385 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the highest daily surge, since the country recorded its first case in early Mar. The newly-added cases brought the total number of infection to 6,336, Health Minister, Zweli Mkhize, said in a…

Death Toll Of COVID-19 Rises To 229 With 16,185 Confirmed Cases In Israel

JERUSALEM, May 3 (NNN-MA’AN) – The Israeli Ministry of Health reported 84 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, bringing the total number to 16,185. According to the ministry, 437 recoveries were recorded on Saturday, more than five times the number of new patients, raising the total number of recoveries to 9,593.…

Turkey Reports 1,983 New COVID-19 Cases, 124,375 In Total

ANKARA, May 3 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Health Minister, Fahrettin Koca, reported 1,983 new COVID-19 cases and 78 more deaths in Turkey. The total number of confirmed cases in the country climbed to 124,375, while the death toll surged to 3,336, Koca tweeted. Turkey conducted 36,318 tests for the virus in the…

U.S. Manufacturing Activity Falls To 11-Year Low Amid COVID-19 Fallout

WASHINGTON, May 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Economic activity in the U.S. manufacturing sector plunged to an 11-year low in Apr, amid mounting COVID-19 fallout and weak global energy markets, the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) reported. The Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) fell by 7.6 percentage points to 41.5 percent in Apr,…

French Gov’t Extends State Of Emergency Until July 24

PARIS, May 3 (NNN-XINHUA) – The French government decided to extend the state of health emergency until July 24, to fight against the virus pandemic, Minister of Health, Olivier Vrran, announced. The state of health emergency, installed since Mar 24, is to be extended because lifting it, as previously scheduled…

UK COVID-19 Deaths Top 28,000, As Government Pledges Support For “Most Vulnerable”

LONDON, May 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Another 621 COVID-19 patients died in Britain, bringing the total virus-related death toll in the country to 28,131, Communities Secretary, Robert Jenrick, said Saturday. Chairing Saturday’s Downing Street briefing, Jenrick said, 182,260 people have tested positive for the virus in Britain. Meanwhile, 105,937 tests were…

Covid-19 Infections Drop In Italy As Lock-Down Draws To A Close

ROME, May 3 (NNN-XINHUA) – As a national lock-down to fight the virus pandemic draws to a close, Italy posted a decrease in new infections, according to the latest numbers released by the Civil Protection Department. The number of new infections were 1,900 in the last 24 hours, a drop…

Experts Caution Against Washington Being “More Aggressive” On China

NEW YORK, May 3 (NNN-XINHUA) – A more aggressive stand adopted by some top U.S. administration officials against China on economic, diplomatic and scientific issues, at the heart of the relationship between the world’s first and second largest economies may backfire, reported The New York Times on Saturday. “Along with…

Iran Threatens To React “Severely” If Arms Embargo Extended

TEHRAN, May 3 (NNN-TASNIM) – The Iranian government, on Saturday, threatened that, in case the arms embargo against Iran is extended, it will trigger a “harsh” response from the country. Ali Rabiee, spokesman for Iranian administration, decried U.S. push for extending the UN Security Council’s arms embargo against Iran, saying,…

“No Scientific Backing” For Claims COVID-19 Could Have Escaped From Wuhan Lab: Scientists

WASHINGTON, May 3 (NNN-XINHUA) – There is “no scientific backing” for the two claims, floated recently by some U.S. politicians and media outlets that, COVID-19 could be human-made and have escaped from a laboratory, scientists said. “The origin of the novel coronavirus is a legitimate area of scientific inquiry, in…