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Saudi Aramco’s net income plunged by 50% in the first half of the year, according to figures published Sunday, offering a revealing glimpse into the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on one of the world’s biggest oil producers. Profits for the first six months of the year plunged to $23.2 …

US President Donald Trump has once again cut a media conference short, turning and walking away from the lectern after being called out for a recurring fib. It was a busy day for the commander in chief, who also signed four executive orders on coronavirus relief measures, bypassing Congress. During …

Eleven patients have died after a fire at a coronavirus treatment facility in India, as the country posted a record daily rise in confirmed cases of COVID-19. The blaze, the country’s second such incident in four days, ripped through the Hotel Swarna Palace in the city of Vijayawada, southeast India, …

Reopening schools is easy. Keeping them open will be the hard part. As educators prepare to welcome students back to class for the first time in months, schools’ ability to quickly identify and contain coronavirus outbreaks before they get out of hand will be put to the test in thousands …

Today, the laboratories of the Ministry of Health and Environment recorded 3325 new cases of the emerging coronavirus in Iraq, while the number of complete recoveries reached 2,307 new cases of recovery. The Ministry indicated that (17125) models have been examined in all specialized laboratories in Iraq for today. Thus, …

More than 160,000 people have died from COVID-19 in the United States, according to a Reuters tally on Friday, as talks over an economic relief bill broke down between Democrats in Congress and the White House. The grim milestone, which includes 10,000 deaths nationwide in the past nine days, comes …

On Friday, Iraq’s Ministry of Health and Environment announced an all-time record high of over 3,400 new infections of the coronavirus that were detected in the country over the previous 24 hours. The new figures raise the total infections to 144,064. The ministry also reported that 75 new deaths had …

Over 100 people in the U.S. died in the first half of 2020 after taking the anti-malarial medicine hydroxychloroquine or related drugs while sick with COVID-19, according to a report. Analysis of new data from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) adverse events reporting system by the Milwaukee Journal …

The World Health Organization warned governments against “vaccine nationalism” on Thursday and urged leaders to make plans now on how to share life-saving inoculations against coronavirus. WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the threat of COVID-19 can only be snuffed out with global coordination — especially when a vaccine …

The holy city of Kerbala, which used to host pilgrims from all around the world, is now quarantining dozens of COVID-19 patients in buildings owned by Imam Hussein holy shrine administration. The administration has also built 10 medical centres across the country and aims to build 10 more, to be …

Ohio’s Republican Governor Mike DeWine has tested positive for COVID-19, hours before he was set to greet the president at the airport for his visit to the Buckeye State. DeWine was slated to greet Mr. Trump on the tarmac in Cleveland Thursday afternoon. DeWine’s office confirmed the positive test in …

Ten countries account for 80% of the new coronavirus testing taking place across Africa, a regional body said on Thursday, indicating that little testing is taking place in many countries around the vast continent. COVID-19 confirmed cases across Africa have accelerated and are close to hitting a million this week, …

Iraq registered, on Thursday, more than 3000 new cases and of Covid-19, as well as about 2500 recoveries and 76 fatalities in the past 24 hours. The Iraqi Ministry of Health and Environment said in a statement that, 16591 tests were performed today, in which the total becomes 1.092.741 The newly recovery …

Shenzhen Kangtai Biological Products will produce AstraZeneca Plc’s potential COVID-19 vaccine in mainland China, the British drugmaker said on Thursday, its first deal to supply one of the world’s most populous countries. The deal underscores Astra’s frontrunner position in a global race to deliver an effective vaccine, given that Chinese …

Facebook has deleted a post by President Donald Trump for violating its policy against spreading misinformation about the coronavirus. The post in question featured a link to a Fox News video in which Trump says children are “virtually immune” to the virus. Facebook said Wednesday that the “video includes false …

The Philippines on Thursday recorded another jump in coronavirus cases to overtake neighbouring Indonesia as the country with the highest number of confirmed COVID-19 infections in East Asia. A recent surge in cases of the virus in and around the capital Manila has pushed authorities to reimpose a lockdown affecting …

Drugmakers will likely have tens of millions of doses of a coronavirus vaccine in the early part of next year, with production ramping up so that it hits a billion doses by the end of 2021, Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. government official on infectious diseases, said in a Reuters …

Over the last seven days, a grim new COVID-19 calculus has emerged: one person died every 80 seconds from the coronavirus in America. And the pace at which those 7,486 people died appears to be accelerating. In July, a total of 26,198 deaths were reported, meaning one every 102 seconds. …

The Ministry of Health and Environment announced the registration of (2339) cases of coronavirus in Iraq today. The ministry said in a statement that AlghadeerTv a copy of it: “(16531) samples were examined in all specialized laboratories in Iraq today, thus the total number of samples examined since the beginning …

The World Health Organization has warned the coronavirus pandemic could overwhelm strained public health systems in Africa. On Wednesday, the continent was approaching a million infections and around 21,000 deaths, according to a Reuters tally. Here are measures some countries are taking to curb the virus. SOUTH AFRICA With more …