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Israel's COVID-19 cases surpass 13,000 with 167 deaths

Date: 2020-04-19 09:09:14 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:8401197

RAMALLAH, April 19 (MENA) -The number of death cases in Israel from coronavirus rose to 167 after 9 patients died on Saturday, the state's Ministry of Health said. The total number of coronavirus cases in Israel has reached 13,265, with 283 new ....

Turkey records 3,783 new coronavirus cases, 121 deaths

Date: 2020-04-18 18:29:28 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:39 - ID:8400919

ANKARA, April 18 (MENA) - Turkey's coronavirus cases rose by 3,783 in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number to 82,329. Up to 121 new deaths were also recorded on Saturday. (MENA) H M E/M S H ....

Palestinian woman dies in Al Quds of coronavirus

Date: 2020-04-18 10:03:10 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:8400160

RAMALLAH, April 18 (MENA) - A 78-year-old Palestinian woman living in Al Quds died last night after contracting the coronavirus, Wafa news agency reported. The deceased woman is the first Palestinian coronavirus death case in the occupied city, ....

Erekat, Bogdanov discuss peace settlement, fighting coronavirus

Date: 2020-04-18 08:50:07 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:8400080

RAMALLAH, April 18 (MENA) - Secretary of the Palestine Liberation Organization Executive Committee Saeb Erekat on Saturday discussed with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov in a phone conversation the Palestinian-Israeli peace ....

Number of coronavirus deaths in Israel reaches 158

Date: 2020-04-18 08:29:51 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:8400048

RAMALLAH, April 18 (MENA) - The Israeli Health Ministry announced on Saturday that the number of deaths due to coronavirus reached 158, according to the Palestinian news agency. The ministry added that the total cases reached now 13,107, with ....

Turkey's coronavirus death toll rises by 126 to 1,769: health minister

Date: 2020-04-17 17:47:47 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:61 - ID:8399730

ANKARA, April 17 (MENA) - Turkey's confirmed cases of the COVID-19 disease increased by 4,353 in the past 24 hours, and 126 more people have died, taking the death toll to 1,769, The New York Times reported. The total number of cases in the ....

Coronavirus: Iran’s death toll rises to 4,958, infections reach 79,494

Date: 2020-04-17 12:31:03 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:8399216

TEHRAN, April 17 (MENA) - Iran's death toll from the new coronavirus rose by 89 in the past 24 hours to reach 4,958 on Friday, Al Arabiya reported. The total number of cases of infection reached 79,494, of which 3,563 were in critical condition, ....

264 new cases of coronavirus confirmed in Israel, bringing total infections to 12,855

Date: 2020-04-17 10:50:54 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:8399120

GAZA CITY, April 17 (MENA) - In the past 24 hours, 264 new cases of coronavirus were confirmed, but 343 patients have recovered at the same time, the Health Ministry reported Friday morning - this is the first time Israel's daily number of ....

Palestine confirms 12 new cases of coronavirus

Date: 2020-04-17 10:16:41 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:18 - ID:8399077

RAMALLAH, April 17 (MENA) - Palestinian Minister of Health Mai Keileh confirmed Friday 12 more cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the West Bank, bringing up the total in Palestine to 307, in addition to 95 cases in occupied Jerusalem, ....

IMF tallies up economic wreckage in Middle East, warns over debt

Date: 2020-04-16 21:55:17 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:91 - ID:8398612

WASHINGTON, April 16 (MENA) – A debt pile-up across the Middle East and Central Asia will tie down resources available to fight the global coronavirus pandemic and pose an added challenge as an estimated $35 billion in the region’s external ....