Covid-19: India’s death toll rises to 2,549 as total cases reach 78,003

A health worker marks the hand of a stranded person for quarantine as he arrives at a railway station in Agartala, the capital city of India’s northeastern state of Tripura NEW DELHI, May 15 (NNN-Xinhua) — India’s federal health ministry said 134 new deaths due to COVID-19 and an additional…

Covid-19 (Europe): Another 428 patients die in UK, Italy’s death toll at 31,368

An airport employee sprays disinfectant at the Fiumicino airport in Rome, Italy BRUSSELS, May 15 (NNN-Xinhua) — The following are the latest developments of the COVID-19 pandemic in European countries. BRITAIN: Another 428 COVID-19 patients have died in Britain as of Wednesday afternoon, bringing the total coronavirus-related death toll in…

Covid-19: Surge in deaths reported in Southern Yemen

ADEN, May 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A dramatic rise has been reported in the number of people dying with coronavirus-like symptoms in the southern Yemeni city of Aden. Citing official figures, the NGO Save the Children said there had been at least 380 deaths in the past week. It is feared the…

Covid-19: Two Rohingya refugees test positive in refugee camp

 DHAKA, May 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two Rohingya refugees have tested positive for coronavirus in the world’s largest refugee camp in Bangladesh, officials say. These are the first confirmed cases among refugees in Cox’s Bazaar, where around one million Rohingyas are encamped, a government doctor said. Officials said that those infected…

Covid-19: Chile digs 2,000 more graves as coronavirus surge

SANTIAGO, May 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Thousands of fresh graves are being dug in the Chilean capital’s main cemetery amid a spike in the South American country’s COVID-19 cases, authorities said. Chile’s infection rate soared this week, prompting the government to declare a mandatory lockdown of Santiago’s seven million people from…

Covid-19: Global death toll rises to more than 300,000 as US adds 1,754 coronavirus deaths in 24 hours

PARIS, May 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The novel coronavirus has killed more than 300,000 people worldwide, mostly in Europe and the United States, since it emerged in China late last year. A total of 300,140 people have died across the globe from 4,403,714 officially registered cases. The United States has registered…

Covid-19: France reports 351 more deaths

PARIS, May 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — France on Thursday reported 351 new coronavirus deaths in hospitals and nursing homes as its overall toll from the pandemic hit 27,425. The latest data did not reflect a precise picture of the last 24 hours as it included two days of deaths in nursing…

Covid-19: Turkey virus death toll reaches 4,000

ISTANBUL, May 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Turkey’s coronavirus death toll topped 4,000 on Thursday, as the number of confirmed cases reached nearly 145,000. In a tweet, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said 55 more deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours while there were 1,635 new cases. The total number of…

Covid-19: World leaders demand free vaccine for all

GENEVA, May 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — World leaders past and present insisted that any eventual COVID-19 vaccines and treatments should be made available to everyone, free of charge. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan were among more than 140 signatories of a letter saying any vaccine…

Pres Maduro claims opposition leader Guaido planned Venezuela ‘invasion’ while visiting White House

CARACAS, May 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro alleged that opposition leader Juan Guaido met with a former member of the US Army special forces at the White House to plan a failed sea invasion of the Caribbean country. Maduro claimed the meeting occurred when Guaido, the legislative leader…