COVID-19

Nigeria security forces kill 18 in coronavirus lockdown enforcement

Nigerian security agents killed 18 people in their enforcement of measures to curb coronavirus, a figure higher than the documented toll inflicted by COVID-199

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Nearly 700 sailors from French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle test positive for coronavirus

A third of the nearly 2,000 sailors who were aboard France's aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle and support craft when a coronavirus outbreak occurred tested positive

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USS Theodore Roosevelt sailor dies from COVID-19 complications

A sailor from the USS Theodore Roosevelt, the US Navy aircraft carrier taken out of rotation due to a coronavirus outbreak onboard, has died

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First Yemen COVID-19 case reported in Hadhramaut province

War-torn Yemen reported its first case of coronavirus in the southern Hadhramaut province, raising fears of an outbreak in a country

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Yemen’s Houthi rebels reject ceasefire with Saudi-led coalition

Yemen's Houthi rebels rejected a ceasefire declared by the Saudi-led coalition against the northern faction, accusing Riyadh of violations

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French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle to return to Toulon early over COVID-19 fears

France's aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle will be brought home early from a deployment in the Atlantic after some crew members showed coronavirus symptoms

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UN envoy in Yemen ceasefire talks amid coronavirus threat

The UN envoy to Yemen said he was engaged in talks with the country's warring parties to secure a nationwide ceasefire to help counter the threat of the coronavirus

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US Navy evacuates aircraft carrier Roosevelt after COVID-19 plea

The US Navy is evacuating thousands of sailors from the USS Theodore Roosevelt after its captain warned a coronavirus outbreak was threatening the lives of the crew

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Turkish defense ministry sends COVID-19 supplies to Italy and Spain

ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) – Turkey on Wednesday sent health supplies including masks to Italy and Spain, the two European countries worst hit by the novel coronavirus, the defense ministry said. “Health supplies prepared to fight COVID-19 together, and with the hopes of seeing brighter days were sent en route to Spain and Italy” by a military plane, the ministry tweeted in English. An accompanying video clip showed a Turkish military A-400M cargo plane preparing to take off. Health supplies prepared to fight COVID-19 together, and with the hopes of seeing brighter days were sent en route to Spain and Italy by A-400M type planes belonging to the Turkish Armed Forces.https://t.co/o7zcZJ6JEP pic.twitter.com/Fp3GWs5yTH — T.C. Millî Savunma Bakanlığı (@tcsavunma) April 1, 2020 The defense ministry posted the same message in Turkish, Spanish and Italian. The supplies including masks, overalls and anti-bacterial fluids, produced in the defense ministry’s factories and sewing facilities. Local resources were being sent “on the instructions of President” Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said the ministry statement. The coronavirus pandemic has killed over 30,000 people in Europe, more than three-quarters of the deaths registered in Italy and Spain, according to an AFP tally at 0700 GMT Wednesday using official figures. The …

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Coronavirus: US Navy to evacuate Pacific aircraft carrier for disinfection

The US Navy will evacuate most of the USS Theodore Roosevelt's crew to disinfect the aircraft carrier due to a Coronavirus outbreak onboard

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