COVID-19: Pentagon orders halt to all overseas movement for US forces for up to 60 days

U.S. soldiers at Ain al-Asad air base in Anbar, Iraq WASHINGTON, March 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Defence Secretary Mark Esper has issued a stop movement order to the US military halting all travel and movement abroad for up to 60 days in an effort to limit the spread of the coronavirus through…

Covid-19: US$2 trillion rescue package passes US Senate, heads to House

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell WASHINGTON, March 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US Senate unanimously passed the nation’s largest-ever rescue package, a US$2 trillion lifeline to suffering Americans, critically depleted hospitals and an economy all ravaged by a rapidly spreading coronavirus crisis. The measure cleared the Senate 96-0 after days of…

Venezuelan communications satellite out of service

CARACAS, March 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Venezuela’s first communicationssatellite, launched in 2008, is out of service due to a systems failure, thecountry’s government said. “Due to a failure, the Simon Bolivar satellite is no longer working forcommunication,” said the science and technology minister in a statement,without giving further details. On Monday,…

Covid-19: Canada lawmakers pass aid package after all-night session

OTTAWA, March 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Canadian lawmakers approved a more than Can$100 billion aid package to help individuals andbusinesses through the pandemic, after all-night negotiations on whatemergency powers to grant the minority government. Following approval by the House of Commons, they were adopted by theSenate. The measures include Can$52 billion…

Covid-19: Colombia goes into lockdown, Chile extends schools closures

MONTEVIDEO, March 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Countries across Latin America tightened measures on Wednesday to halt the spread of the deadly novel coronavirus, with more lockdowns, border closings and school closures as well as increased aid to the region’s poorest. As cases of COVID-19 cases continue to rise — more than…

Covid-19: More than 1,000 US deaths, near 70,000 cases – tracker

A group of young people wear protective masks as they walk near the Washington Monument WASHINGTON, March 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The number of deaths caused by the novel coronavirus rose to 1,031 in the United States on Wednesday, with 68,572 confirmed cases nationwide, a tracker run by the Johns Hopkins…

Covid-19: More than 3 billion told to stay home worldwide as death toll passes 20,000

PARIS, March 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than three billion people have been asked to stay at home in almost 70 countries and territories as governments battle the coronavirus pandemic sweeping the globe. Most of the countries concerned, including Argentina, Britain, France, India and Italy as well as many US states,…

Portugal starts repatriation of passengers stuck on cruise ship

Passengers disembark from MSC Fantasia cruise ship in Lisbon, Portugal LISBON, March 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 1,000 passengers aboard a cruise ship docked in Portugal’s capital Lisbon were being flown back to their home countries on Tuesday even though a fellow passenger tested positive for coronavirus, the interior ministry…

Covid-19: US has potential of becoming coronavirus epicentre, says WHO

People line up to get a test at Elmhurst Hospital due to coronavirus outbreak in Queens, New York, United States GENEVA, March 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Health Organization said that the United States could become the global epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic. WHO spokeswoman Margaret Harris told reporters there…

Update: US Congress, negotiators reach deal on US$2 trillion COVID-19 aid package

U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin WASHINGTON, March 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US senators and Trump administration officials have reached an agreement on a massive economic stimulus bill to alleviate the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak, the negotiators said on Wednesday. The Senate will vote on the US$2-trillion package later…
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