ONE LAKH INFECTED IN

COVIDA VIRUS

 IN SPAIN

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Spain topped 100,000 corona virus infections and registered its highest daily death toll on Wednesday as health authorities raced to deploy hospital beds to deal with the pressure of the pandemic.  The latest figures place Spain third in the grisly global rankings of corona virus cases, behind Italy and the United States, and second in terms of fatalities, behind Italy. The total number of cases soared to 102,136, with an increase of 7,719 in the past 24 hours, María José Sierra, spokesperson of the Coordination Centre for Health Alerts and Emergencies, told a press conference. Of those infections, 22,646 have recovered and 9,053 have died. There are 5,872 people in intensive care, the expert added, and in the last 24 hours, there were 864 deaths in Spain, the highest death toll in the country to date.

Police detained 38 Imams In Karachi for violating Restriction on congregation

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Karchi police detained 38 Imams on Friday for violating the Sindh government’s restriction on congregational prayers. Earlier, the government banned the gathering bringing all the Islamic scholars at a table for seeking the opinion.

Netanyahu quarantined after aide contracts Covid-19

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been placed under quarantine after an aide tested positive for Covid-19, his office said on Monday.The premier met with Paluch on Thursday, during negotiations over the formation of a new unity government with rival Benny Gantz. Israel on March 9 closed its airport to most foreign arrivals, with exceptions for those who could meet strict quarantine requirements. The country and its nearly 9 million people are currently under strict lockdown, with only essential movements permitted.
Israeli-occupied West Bank is under a similar lockdown, though confirmed cases remain lower at 106. Gaza Strip has seen nine cases so far, but even those are cause for local panic, as the territory has one of the highest population densities in the world and a healthcare system hollowed out after years of conflict and blockades.
The UN envoy for the Middle East Peace Process on Thursday acknowledged that Israel has been allowing healthcare workers involved in the virus response to move in and out of the West Bank and Gaza, and for critical medical supplies to enter the Strip.

COVID-19 situation deteriorating, what Dhaka’s initiatives

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Spanish Princess Maria Teresa died on Friday after testing positive for Covid-19. Charles, 71, become the second royal in the world to test positive for the disease after Prince Albert of Monaco, 62, was confirmed to be the first head of state to have tested positive for the virus. Charles had met Prince Albert just two weeks ago at a Water Aid event in London, although the pair were always stood far apart and sat on other sides of the table. The Queen is currently staying at Windsor Castle with her husband Prince Philip amid the UK lockdown and is said to be in good health. However, the corona virus toll in Italy shot past 10,000 on Saturday and showed little sign of slowing despite a 16-day lockdown. In Bangladesh, one more dies of corona virus, 6 new cases confirmed, says IEDCR. One more corona virus (COVID-19) patient, aged over 70, died in the country and six new cases were confirmed in the last 24 hours, said the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) here today. IEDCR Director Professor Dr Meerjady Sabrina Flora said while briefing the media through videoconference from IEDCR office. Now death toll from the corona virus stands at four while the number of total corona virus infected patients rises to 39 with the new six cases. To tackle the menace, the government has initiated a process to draw a digital map to track corona virus cases and find out areas susceptible to contamination by using mobile users’ information.

United States now has the most corona virus cases in the world

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United States now has the most corona virus cases in the world

It registers nearly 86,000 cases including fewer than 800 recoveries; 1,300 people have died so far in the country.United States corona virus cases in the world, surpassing China and Italy, with the three countries accounting for almost half of the world's infections.US has registered nearly 86,000 cases, including fewer than 800 recoveries, while China counted about 81,000 cases, more than 74,000 of which had already recovered, according to data collected by the Johns Hopkins University in US. For its part, Italy has logged more than 80,000 cases, with 10,360 recoveries and some 8,200 deaths. On the other hand UK Premier Boris Jonson falls into the attack of corona virus. And he is under treatment.