Singaporeans give S$345,000 to help foreign workers after Covid-19 cases spike in dormitories

 SINGAPORE, April 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) —The increased spotlight on the plight of foreign workers and their vulnerability in the Covid-19 crisis has led to an outpouring of donations from Singaporeans despite economic hard times caused by the coronavirus. Several fundraising campaigns have smashed their targets within 24 hours, raising a total of S$345,000…

Covid-19: WHO warns against a surge in fake medicines

Counterfeit antimalarial drugs discovered in circulation in the DRC GENEVA, April 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Growing numbers of fake medicines linked to coronavirus are on sale in developing countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. The WHO said taking these drugs could have “serious side effects”. One expert warned of…

Covid-19: Woman aged 107 becomes world’s oldest person to survive coronavirus

Cornelia Ras on her 107th birthday, one day before she fell ill with coronavirus on March 17  AMSTERDAM, April 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A 107-year old Dutch woman has recovered from the coronavirus, probably becoming the oldest survivor of the pandemic in the world.Cornelia Ras fell ill on March 17, the…

Covid-19: “We shall win this together”, Indian PM Modi responds to US Pres Trump’s tweet

NEW DELHI, April 10 (NNN-BSS) — In a response to a tweet of US President Donald Trump, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said his country would do everything possible to help mankind’s fight against Covid-19, hoping that “We shall win this together”. “Times like these bring friends closer. The India-US…

Covid-19: Khamenei tells Iranians to avoid Ramadan gatherings amid virus

TEHRAN, April 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei appealed for Iranians to pray at home during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan to help stop the spread of the coronavirus. Iran has reported more than 4,100 deaths and 66,000 infections from thenovel coronavirus, making the country’s COVID-19 outbreak…

UK driver pleads guilty to manslaughter of 39 Vietnamese found dead in truck

Maurice Robinson pleads guilty LONDON, April 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A British lorry driver on Wednesday pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of 39 people found dead in a refrigerated truck in southeast England. Northern Ireland man Maurice Robinson, 25, was arrested shortly after the bodies of 31 men and eight women from…

Covid-19: Virus-stricken Australian liner to dock in Uruguay

Medical workers transfer a passenger with COVID-19 from the Greg Mortimer cruise liner to an ambulance at Montevideo’s port MONTEVIDEO, April 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The virus-stricken Australian cruise ship Greg Mortimer will be allowed to dock in Montevideo and the passengers will be flown home, Uruguay’s foreign ministry said. The…

Today Marks 100 Days Since WHO Was Notified Of First Coronavirus Cases

GENEVA, Apr 9 (NNN-WAM) – Today marks 100 days since the World Health Organisation, WHO, was notified of the first cases of “pneumonia with unknown cause” in China. In the daily media briefing on COVID-19, WHO Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, reflected on how dramatically the world has changed, in…

Vietnam’s Plastic Import Volume Rises In Q1

HANOI, Apr 9 (NNN-VNA) – Vietnam imported over 1.5 million tonnes of plastic worth more than 2 billion U.S. dollars in the first quarter of this year, posting a year-on-year increase of 4.7 percent in volume, and decrease of 6.1 percent in value, according to its Ministry of Industry and…

Update: Virus deaths soar in US, Europe as US Pres Trump sees light at end of tunnel

PARIS, April 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States saw nearly 2,000 coronavirus deaths for a second day running as the toll soared again in Europe, despite US President Donald Trump’s insistence that there is light at the end of the tunnel. Governments are grappling with how to balance public safety…
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