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Israel virus death toll reaches 18

Date: 2020-03-31 08:41:51 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:8376451

GAZA CITY, March 31 (MENA) - A 50-year-old woman has died at the Sheba Medical Center and a 49-year-old person has passed away at the Assaf Harofeh Hospital from coronavirus on Tuesday, bringing the tally of deaths related to the virus to 18, Ynet ....

Turkey’s coronavirus deaths up to 168, with 10,827 total cases: minister

Date: 2020-03-30 18:22:53 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:69 - ID:8376091

ANKARA, March 30 (MENA) - Turkey’s deaths from the new coronavirus increased by 37 to 168 on Monday, as the number of confirmed cases rose by 1,610 to 10,827, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said. Some 162 patients have recovered so far, Al ....

Netanyahu self-isolating after aide tests positive for coronavirus

Date: 2020-03-30 13:10:53 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:8375755

GAZA CITY, March 30 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was self-isolating on Monday after a parliamentary aide tested positive for coronavirus, though an initial investigation determined the 70-year-old was unlikely to have been ....

Number of Israeli coronavirus cases reach 4,347

Date: 2020-03-30 08:43:27 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:16 - ID:8375200

GAZA CITY, March 30 (MENA) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Israel soared beyond the 4,000 mark Sunday to 4,347, the Israeli Health Ministry announced Sunday evening, recording an increase of 628 in 24 hours. The tally included 80 ....

Palestinian COVID-19 cases climb to 109

Date: 2020-03-30 08:08:00 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:8375100

RAMALLAH, March 30 (MENA) - The number of coronavirus infections in the Palestinian territories reached 109, according to Wafa news agency. Palestinian government spokesman Ibrahim Milhem said in a statement that a man in his 30s from the village ....

Turkey registers 23 new coronavirus deaths

Date: 2020-03-29 20:09:47 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:73 - ID:8374782

ANKARA, March 29 (MENA) - Turkish Ministry of Health said Sunday 23 people died from coronavirus to increase fatalities to 131, while number of registered infections surge to 9,217. UP to 1,815 people tested positive for the virus in the past 24 ....

92-year-old man in Jerusalem dies of COVID-19, Israel’s 13th death from virus

Date: 2020-03-29 11:18:51 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:8374225

GAZA CITY, March 29 (MENA) - A 92-year-old man in Jerusalem diagnosed with the coronavirus died Sunday, the 13th fatality in Israel from COVID-19, The Jerusalem Post newspaper reported. Shaare Zedek Medical Center said the man had “many serious ....

Palestine denounces Houthis' rocket attack against Saudi Arabia

Date: 2020-03-29 11:01:57 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:31 - ID:8374159

RAMALLAH, March 29 (MENA) - The Palestinian presidency condemned on Sunday the two rockets launched by Houthis towards Saudi Arabia. In a statement, the presidency affirmed that the Palestinian leadership and its people are siding with the ....

Bullets of Israeli navy injure Palestinian fisherman off Gaza coast

Date: 2020-03-29 10:06:14 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:8374046

RAMALLAH, March 29 (MENA) - A Palestinian fisherman was injured Sunday when the Israeli navy opened fire on him off western Gaza coats. After being shot by a rubber bullet, the fisherman was rushed to a hospital. The gunboats of the Israeli ....

Palestinian PM announces 2 new coronavirus cases

Date: 2020-03-29 09:55:03 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:26 - ID:8374062

RAMALLAH, March 29 (MENA) - Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh announced on Sunday two more coronavirus infections in Hebron and in a village northwest Al Quds, bringing to 106 the number of total cases. Twelve Palestinian infections in ....