Cannabis smokers aiming to keep calm and carry on despite coronavirus queued up outside Dutch “coffee shops” on Sunday after the government ordered their closure to beat the outbreak. Customers lined up in their dozens as they tried to beat a deadline for the closure of the marijuana cafes and stockpile weed supplies for what […]
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The coronavirus outbreak in France is “very worrying” and “deteriorating very fast”, the head of the country’s health service said Monday. “The number of cases double every three days,” Jerome Salomon said on France Inter radio. “I want our citizens to realise that there are people who are sick, who are in intensive care and […]
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Health authorities across South Asia reported rising tallies of coronavirus cases on Monday, raising the prospect of rapidly spreading outbreaks overwhelming poor medical facilities in a region that is home to a quarter of the world’s people. South Asia has been relatively lightly hit by the virus compared with neighbours to the east, like China […]
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Germany’s foreign minister said on Monday the rights to coronavirus vaccine research were not for sale, following reports Donald Trump wanted the US to buy exclusive access to a potential vaccine developed by a German biotech firm. The comments, made in an interview to media group Funke, come as scientists raced to develop a vaccine against […]
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MADRID: Valencia confirmed on Sunday five of the club’s players and staff have tested positive for coronavirus, including Argentinian defender Ezequiel Garay. Valencia said all those affected were “now at home, in good health and obeying self-isolation measures.” Garay, who was set to miss the rest of the season with a knee injury, became the […]
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LAUSANNE: With less than five months to go before the Tokyo Olympics, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach plans emergency talks with member organisations, sources close to the IOC said on Sunday. The IOC plans a conference call on Tuesday to “keep the international federations informed of the situation, as well as the National Olympic […]
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ATHENS: The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games flame handover in Athens next week will be done in an empty stadium amid the coronavirus outbreak, Greece’s Olympic Committee said on Sunday. Greece on Friday cancelled the remainder of the domestic Olympic torch relay through the country to avoid attracting crowds a day after the Tokyo Games flame […]
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KARACHI: The spread of the coronavirus has become a cause of great concern worldwide as the pandemic is now also disrupting sporting events along with other activities. Thee ongoing Pakistan Super League’s schedule was tweaked recently and games are now being played without spectators. The situation has also created some doubts over the fate of […]
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The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Monday said it had in consultation with the Bangladesh Cricket Board decided to postpone the upcoming One-Day International and Test in Karachi for a later date as the country takes measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus. The Bangladesh cricket team was due to arrive in Karachi on […]
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ISLAMABAD: In a major policy shift, the government has formally directed the board of directors and managing directors of the two gas utilities to give up major revenue streams to provide relief to consumers through lower tariff. In a letter, the petroleum division has asked the chairpersons and managing directors of the Sui Northern Gas […]
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