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Airliners can operate outbound flights for expatriates: Kuwait DGCA 11 Apr 2020 - 06:41 pm
FILE PHOTO: Kuwaiti police officers man a checkpoint at the entrance the town of Jeleeb Al-Shuyoukh, south the capital Kuwait City on April 7, 2020, after the district was put on lockdown. / AFP / YASSER AL-ZAYYAT
Iran begins lifting restrictions after brief virus lockdown 11 Apr 2020 - 06:35 pm
Iranians, some wearing personal protective equipment, walk past shops in the southeastern city of Kerman on April 11, 2020, amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. AFP / ISNA
Father of modern Iraqi architecture dies of COVID-19 11 Apr 2020 - 03:23 pm
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Iran: Coronavirus death toll jumps to 4,357 11 Apr 2020 - 01:53 pm
Foreign Affairs Minister of Iran Mohammad Javad Zarif (3rd R) attends the National Committee Against the Coronavirus (COVID-19) with medical mask in Tehran, Iran on April 08, 2020.  Iranian Presidency/Anadolu
Armenia extends state of emergency to stem coronavirus outbreak 11 Apr 2020 - 01:42 pm
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India decides to extend nationwide coronavirus lockdown-state chief minister 11 Apr 2020 - 01:16 pm
Volunteers affiliated to Burhani Guards International speak with a man on an empty road as they patrol an area during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Ahmedabad on April 10, 2020. / AFP
WHO says looking into reports of some COVID patients testing positive again 11 Apr 2020 - 01:16 pm
A man wearing a face mask stands in front of a tarpaulin filled with signatures and messages at the Leishenshan Hospital that had offered beds for coronavirus patients in Wuhan, in China’s central Hubei province on April 11, 2020. / AFP / Noel Celis
French to be allowed outside to adopt a pet 11 Apr 2020 - 12:34 pm
French police check motorists' outings authorisation on an access to Paris' ring-road on April 11, 2020 during the 26th day of a strict confinement in France aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 disease caused by the novel coronavirus. / AFP / Thom
China reports rise in coronavirus cases, most from abroad 11 Apr 2020 - 12:19 pm
A woman wearing a face mask sits next to a fruit stall at a residential area after the lockdown was lifted in Wuhan, capital of Hubei province and China's epicentre of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, April 11, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song
Villagers turn away relatives as virus scare grips rural India 11 Apr 2020 - 12:08 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 27, 2020 migrant workers and their family members walk carrying their belongings on a highway towards Uttar Pradesh state as they leave to go back to their villages during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown
South Korea plans tracking wristbands, US virus deaths rise 11 Apr 2020 - 11:46 am
A thermal camera system monitors the body temperature of people during early voting at a polling station in Seoul on April 10, 2020, ahead of next week's parliamentary elections. AFP / Jung Yeon-je
UK has not reached COVID-19 peak so lockdown will stay -health minister 11 Apr 2020 - 11:35 am
A handout image released by 10 Downing Street, shows Britain's Health Secretary Matt Hancock speaking during a remote press conference to update the nation on the Covid-19 pandemic, inside 10 Downing Street in central London on April 10, 2020. AFP PHOTO /
COVID-19: Turkish institute launches scientific electronic platform 11 Apr 2020 - 08:47 am
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UK urges citizens to stay at home over Easter, police ready to get tough 10 Apr 2020 - 03:34 pm
Chocolate Easter bunnies wearing protective masks are seen in the workshop of Belgian artisan chocolate maker Genevieve Trepant, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Lonzee, Belgium April 10, 2020. REUTERS/Yves Herman
You can't relax': Vigilance urged as New York sees signs of coronavirus progress 10 Apr 2020 - 03:18 pm
NEW YORK, USA - APRIL 7: Super Pink Moon is seen over New York City, United States on April 7, 2020. ( Tayfun Co?kun - Anadolu Agency )
Hospital in southern Turkey ready to use plasma therapy 10 Apr 2020 - 03:04 pm
:ISTANBUL, TURKEY - APRIL 09: A view of empty Taksim Square and its surroundings are seen as people are staying home due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Istanbul, Turkey on April 09, 2020. ( Esra Bilgin - Anadolu Agency )
Spain's coronavirus death toll curve flattening at last 10 Apr 2020 - 02:47 pm
Healthcare workers wearing protective suits get ready to attend to a COVID-19 coronavirus patient at the Intensive Unit Care (ICU) of the Vall d'Hebron Hospital in Barcelona on April 6, 2020. Spain declared a fourth consecutive drop in the number of coron
Pakistani students in Wuhan emerge from lockdown, far from home and with psychological scars 10 Apr 2020 - 01:42 pm
A man wearing a facemask sits in front of a shuttered market during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Rawalpindi on April 6, 2020. / AFP / Farooq NAEEM