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Italy to recruit volunteers to ensure social distancing

ROME. KAZINFORM In a desperate attempt to avoid a new wave of coronavirus contagions, the Italian government will issue a call to recruit 60,000 volunteers who will help people comply with the social distancing measures.

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25.05.2020 20:10

Students return to Australian classrooms as isolation measures lift

SYDNEY. KAZINFORM Tens of thousands of school students returned to classrooms on Monday to resume their full-time face-to-face classes in various states of Australia, a country that plans to normalize its economic activity in July after curbing the spread of COVID-19.

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25.05.2020 19:14

Abe declares coronavirus emergency over in Japan

TOKYO. KAZINFORM Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced Monday that the state of emergency declared over the novel coronavirus crisis is over in Japan, ending curbs on economic activity in Tokyo and four other prefectures as experts judged the spread of infections is now under control.

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25.05.2020 18:29

Bypassing clinical trials of COVID-19 vaccine «catastrophic,» says editorial

WASHINGTON. KAZINFORM Bypassing clinical trials of a potential vaccine for SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing COVID-19, would be «catastrophic,» said an editorial published on Science Advances on Friday.

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25.05.2020 17:24

U.S. imposes travel restrictions on Brazil due to COVID-19

WASHINGTON. KAZINFORM - The White House on Sunday announced travel restrictions on Brazil, which has become the nation with the second-highest number of COVID-19 cases.

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25.05.2020 14:10

Wearing face masks to be new normal in pandemic-time air travel

TOKYO. KAZINFORM - One of Japan's major airlines plans to make the wearing of face masks compulsory as the industry shifts toward operating in a new coronavirus pandemic normal, Kyodo reports.

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25.05.2020 13:25

8 killed in scaffolding collapse in southern China

GUANGZHOU. KAZINFORM - Eight workers were killed after a scaffold collapsed at a construction site in southern China's Guangdong Province on Saturday, local authorities said, Xinhua reports.

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25.05.2020 10:59

India sees highest daily increase in virus infections

ANKARA. KAZINFORM - India on Sunday reported 6,767 new coronavirus infections, the largest single-day figure since the start of the outbreak, bringing the total number of infections to 131,868, officials said.

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25.05.2020 10:52

Brazil reaches over 20,000 deaths from COVID-19

BRASILIA. KAZINFORM - Brazil once again reached a new high in the number of deaths registered in one day—1,188, bringing the total to 20,047. The amount is up 6.2 percent from Wednesday’s (May 20) 18,859, Agencia Brazil reports.

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25.05.2020 10:15

1 kindergarten student contracted coronavirus in Seoul ahead of expanded school reopening

SEOUL. KAZINFORM - A kindergarten student in Seoul has been infected with the novel coronavirus, the city's education office said Monday, leading to the shutdown of several education institutes in Gangseo Ward, where the young patient lives, Yonhap reports.

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25.05.2020 09:43

Number of COVID-19 cases across globe up by over 101,000 in past day – WHO

GENEVA. KAZINFORM - More than 101,000 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection were registered worldwide on May 24, with the overall number of such cases exceeding 5.2 million, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in its daily bulletin on Sunday, TASS reports.

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25.05.2020 08:47

Japan to fully lift coronavirus emergency in Tokyo area, Hokkaido

TOKYO. KAZINFORM - Japan plans to fully lift the state of emergency in the Tokyo metropolitan area and Hokkaido on Monday, a minister said Sunday, given a decline in the number of new coronavirus cases and improved medical systems, Kyodo reports.

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25.05.2020 08:24

2,000-year-old bronze pot with unknown liquid unearthed in central China

ZHENGZHOU. KAZINFORM - A 2,000-year-old bronze pot freshly unearthed in central China's Henan Province has contained more than 3,000 ml of unknown liquid.

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24.05.2020 16:23

Spain to observe 10-day mourning for coronavirus victims — premier

MADRID. KAZINFORM - The government of Spain declares a ten-day nationwide mourning period for novel coronavirus victims, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Saturday.

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24.05.2020 14:31

Alligator who survived WWII bombing of Berlin dies in Moscow Zoo aged 84

MOSCOW. KAZINFORM - Mississippi alligator Saturn, who witnessed and survived WWII-era bombings of Berlin, has died in the Moscow Zoo, the Zoo said on its Facebook page on Saturday.

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24.05.2020 12:22

Spain to reopen borders to international tourists in July

MADRID. KAZINFORM - Spain will reopen its borders to foreign visitors from July, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced on Saturday.

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24.05.2020 11:20

Brazil overtakes Russia in number of coronavirus cases

RIO DE JANEIRO. KAZINFORM - The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus infection in Brazil reached 330,890, according to the data the country’s Health Ministry released late on Friday.

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23.05.2020 13:11

UK to impose 14-day quarantine on new arrivals as COVID-19 deaths hit 36,393

LONDON. KAZINFORM - New arrivals to Britain must self-isolate for two weeks from June 8, with fines for anyone who breaches the measure designed to prevent a second wave of coronavirus from overseas, Home Secretary Priti Patel said Friday.

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23.05.2020 12:55

South Korea deports 17 foreigners for breaching self-isolation rules

SEOUL. KAZINFORM - Five more foreign nationals have been deported from South Korea after getting caught violating self-isolation rules, the Ministry of Justice said Friday.

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23.05.2020 12:12

Madrid, Barcelona to ease lockdown, UK debates reopening schools

MADRID. KAZINFORM - The region of Madrid and Barcelona’s metropolitan area have progressed onto the first step of the Spanish government’s four stage phasing out of the coronavirus lockdown two weeks behind much of the rest of the country, EFE informs.

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23.05.2020 11:14

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