Covid-19: 1,370 recovered patients discharged on Chinese mainland

BEIJING, March 15 (NNN-Xinhua) — A total of 1,370 patients of thenovel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were discharged from the hospitalSaturday on the Chinese mainland, according to the National HealthCommission. Altogether 66,911 patients had been discharged from hospital afterrecovery by the end of Saturday, the commission said in its daily report.…

Covid-19: Chile quarantines 1,300 aboard two cruise ships

SANTIAGO, March 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Chile has quarantined more than 1,300 people aboard two cruise ships after an elderly Briton aboard one of them tested positive for the coronavirus, the health ministry announced Saturday. Both ships are cruising the Chilean fjords in Patagonia. The 85-year-old man showed symptoms of the…

Norway will close airports and ports from Monday

Erna Solberg , Prime Minister OSLO, March 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — All airports and ports in Norway will be shut from 0800 local time on Monday, Prime Minister Erna Solberg has said. All Norwegians abroad will be able to return as aircraft with citizens on board will be allowed to land,…

Anxious France defies virus to hold local polls

PARIS, March 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — France goes to the polls Sunday in nationwide local elections, defying a mounting health crisis caused by the coronavirus outbreak that still risks keeping many voters at home. President Emmanuel Macron, for whom the two-round polls are a crucial mid-term test, has insisted that the…

Syria’s brutal war enters 10th year

Syria’s brutal conflict enters its 10th year today, Sunday. DAMASCUS, March 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Syria’s brutal conflict enters its 10th year Sunday with President Bashar al-Assad’s government consolidating its hold over a war-wracked country with a decimated economy where foreign powers flex their muscle. When Syrians took to the streets…

Covid-19: Pres Trump takes coronavirus test, as US extends travel ban to UK and Ireland

WASHINGTON, March 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Donald Trump has taken a coronavirus test but said that his temperature was “totally normal”, and his administration extended a travel ban to Britain and Ireland to try to contain a pandemic that has shut down much of the daily routine of American…

Tokyo Olympics will go ahead – Japan’s PM Shinzo Abe

Shinzo Abe became Prime Minister of Japan in 2012 TOKYO, March 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said the Tokyo Olympic Games will go ahead as planned in July, despite coronavirus concerns resulting in the postponement of sporting events.Abe added the International Olympic Committee (IOC) would have the…

Egypt to use Chinese institution’s satellite launching stations

CAIRO, March 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Egyptian government has approved the request of the county’s space agency to contract with a Chinese institution for using its satellite launching stations.The Egyptian Space Agency was approved to sign a contact with the China Great Wall Industry Corporation to use its stations to…

Cameroon: Five hostages killed in restive Anglophone region while 5 abducted girls rescued in West region

YAOUNDE, March 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least five civilians held hostage by armed separatists in Cameroon’s restive English-speaking region of Northwest have been killed, Quetong Anderson Kongueh, senior officer of Ngoketunjia division has said. Four hostages including the deputy mayor of Babessi council, Chefor Oscar were killed by armed separatists…

Covid-19: Libya closes schools over coronavirus fears

TRIPOLI, March 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Libya’s rival governments both announced a two-week closure of schools and universities over fears of the novel coronavirus arriving in the country.The education ministries of the Tripoli-based unity government and its eastern-based rival announced in separate statements that all the country’s schools, both public and…