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Palestinian doctor dies in Spain from coronavirus

Date: 2020-04-04 06:58:26 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:8 - ID:8381849

RAMALLAH, April 4 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry announced on Saturday the death of a Palestinian doctor in Spain from coronavirus. The ministry added that it is following up through its embassies abroad the situation of Palestinian ....

Turkey's coronavirus death toll rises to 425, total cases 20,921

Date: 2020-04-03 18:16:38 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:79 - ID:8381584

ANKARA, April 3 (MENA) - Turkey's death toll from the coronavirus outbreak increased by 69 to 425, while the number of confirmed cases from the disease rose by 2,786 to 20,921, The New York Times quoted Health Minister Fahrettin Koca as saying ....

Palestinian foreign ministry slams Israel's detention of minister Hidmi

Date: 2020-04-03 14:23:38 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:8381241

RAMALLAH, April 3 (MENA) - The Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemned the detention of Minister of Jerusalem Affairs Fadi al-Hidmi by the Israeli police on Friday. Israeli police detained Hidmi during an overnight raid into the East Jerusalem ....

Israel: 39 victims of coronavirus, more than 7,000 people infected

Date: 2020-04-03 13:59:16 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:48 - ID:8381317

GAZA CITY, April 3 (MENA) - The Israeli Health Ministry announced that more than 7,000 people were diagnosed with coronavirus. Three more people died on Friday, victims 37, 38 and 39 were all elderly people, The Jerusalem Post reported. The ....

World Bank offers $5.8m to Palestine to fight coronavirus

Date: 2020-04-03 09:36:44 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:8380786

RAMALLAH, April 3 (MENA) - The World Bank has announced that a sum of $ 5.8 million was allocated to help the Palestinian government deal with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. On March 6, the World Bank reallocated an initial amount of ....

Palestinian PM calls on Israel to immediately release Jerusalem affairs minister

Date: 2020-04-03 09:15:11 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:8380812

RAMALLAH, April 3 (MENA) - Palestinian Prime Minister Mohamed Shtayyeh on Friday called on the Israeli authorities to immediately release Minister of Jerusalem Affairs Fadi al-Hidmi who was arrested earlier in the day from his house. In press ....

Number of virus cases soars to 7,030 in Israel

Date: 2020-04-03 09:14:08 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:19 - ID:8380803

GAZA CITY, April 3 (MENA) - A 71-year-old man died of the coronavirus on Friday in Israel, bringing the national death toll from the pandemic to 37, as the number of COVID-19 cases surged past 7,000, according to Times of Israel. The Health ....

Israeli forces detain Palestinian minister of Jerusalem affairs

Date: 2020-04-03 07:52:28 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:9 - ID:8380674

RAMALLAH, April 3 (MENA) - Israeli forces detained on Friday five Palestinians, including the Palestinian Authority's Minister of Jerusalem Affairs, from the West Bank districts of Jerusalem and Jenin, said local sources. Israeli police detained ....

WHO urges ME governments to take swift action to fight coronavirus

Date: 2020-04-03 07:32:07 GMT - Switzerland - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:8380700

GENEVA, April 3 (MENA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday urged the governments of the Middle East countries to take immediate measures for curbing the spread of coronavirus. In a statement that was published on WHO's website, the ....

Netanyahu, heads of Mossad, NSC, MOH all in isolation after Litzman infected

Date: 2020-04-02 21:54:01 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:76 - ID:8380494

GAZA CITY, April 2 (MENA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Mossad Director Yossi Cohen, National Security Council Adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat and Health Ministry director-general Moshe Bar Siman Tov entered quarantine on Thursday after ....