Bedtime Hypertension Treatment & Cardiovascular Risk
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Month: March 2020
With cries of ‘it’s fake’, Wuhan citizens voice discontent
BEIJING (Reuters) – “It’s fake! It’s fake!” residents high up in an...
Read MoreTogo confirms first case of coronavirus
LOME (Reuters) – The West African country of Togo has registered its first case of coronavirus, its government said on Friday. The patient is a 42-year old female resident of the capital Lome who had visited Benin,...
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Trump signs $8.3 billion spending bill to boost coronavirus response
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday signed an emergency spending...
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Eating solo, avoiding rush hour: China cautiously returns to work
By David Kirton, Stella Qiu and Huizhong Wu SHENZHEN, China/BEIJING (Reuters) – China is...
Read MoreIran says virus death toll jumps by 17 with 1,000-plus new infections
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s death toll from coronavirus infections jumped on Friday to 124, as 17 died and more than 1,000 new cases were diagnosed over 24 hours, the health ministry said. Continued high volumes of...
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Florence Nightingale show presents nursing pioneer who told us to wash hands
By Mindy Burrows LONDON (Reuters) – Victorian Britain took Florence Nightingale into its...
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Two British Airways staff test positive for virus, have been isolated
LONDON (Reuters) – Two British Airways members of staff have tested positive for...
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France reports two more coronavirus deaths, taking total to nine
PARIS (Reuters) – Two more people have died from coronavirus infection in France, taking the...
Read MoreSwiss shift coronavirus strategy to protecting most vulnerable
ZURICH (Reuters) – The Swiss government on Friday shifted its focus in the fight against the new coronavirus to protecting those most vulnerable, while continuing to try to slow its spread and track the origins of...
Read MoreSaudi Arabia calls on citizens to declare Iran visits over coronavirus concerns
DUBAI (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia on Friday called on citizens to declare visits to Iran in the past 14 days, as part of measures to contain the coronavirus outbreak, according to a statement by the kingdom’s civil...
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Peru records first confirmed case of coronavirus, President Vizcarra says
LIMA (Reuters) – Peru recorded its first confirmed case of coronavirus, President Martin...
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Across Asia, countries race to boost face mask supplies
By Sangmi Cha ICHEON, South Korea (Reuters) – At a face mask factory just outside the South...
Read MoreDutch coronavirus toll rises to 128 cases, one fatality – health authorities
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – The confirmed number of Dutch coronavirus cases rose to 128 on Friday, from 82 on Thursday, health authorities said, and the country reported its first death. The National Institute for Public Health...
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Tourism-driven Thailand softens ‘compulsory’ self-isolation language
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Officials in tourism-reliant Thailand sought on Friday to ease worries...
Read MoreRussia reports six new cases of coronavirus – Ifax
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia has identified six new cases of coronavirus, including 5 in Moscow, the Interfax news agency cited Russia’s coronavirus crisis centre as saying on Friday. That took the total number of...
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France’s Macron urges tight limits on retirement home visits over virus worries
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron urged citizens to avoid visiting their...
Read MoreCoronavirus cases rise to 45 in Greece after group trip to Israel, Egypt
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece has confirmed 14 new cases of coronavirus infection, health authorities said on Friday, bringing the total in the country to 45. Eleven of the patients, including a 66-year-old man who was in a...
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Malaysia’s health ministry confirms 28 new coronavirus infections
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia’s health ministry said on Friday 28 new coronavirus...
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Singapore reports 13 new coronavirus cases including Singapore Airlines crew
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore reported 13 new coronavirus infections on Friday, its...
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