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“These tools will very much assist us in locating the sick and stopping the virus from spreading,” Netanyahu said. REUTERS The Israeli government has approved emergency measures for its security agencies to track the mobile-phone data of people with suspected…
Surface transport routes are to be used as substitutes. Passengers in Kyiv will use routes that substitute the subway / Photo from UNIAN The Kyiv Metro, a local underground railway system, suspended its service at 23:00 Kyiv time on March…
In total, 24 people have been hospitalized with suspected coronavirus in Lviv region. REUTERS Six people with suspected coronavirus have been admitted to the Lviv Regional Infectious Clinical Hospital. All patients earlier returned from trips to countries where coronavirus cases had…
Some commuter trains will take shortened routes to be completed by noon. Photo from UNIAN Ukraine will suspend all intercitiy rail, air, and bus passenger services in Ukraine at noon today as part of measures to counter the spread of coronavirus across…
A total of 11,758 Ukrainians returned home. REUTERS The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Ukraine says 12 Ukrainians are being treated for the novel coronavirus abroad, while 744 people remain in quarantine. Five citizens of Ukraine are undergoing treatment…
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – The novel coronavirus outbreak is boosting grocery deliveries by web-based apps across Latin American countries, as schools suspend activities and more people work from home to contain a pandemic that has already infected more than 100,000…
(Reuters) – Self-driving technology companies, including Waymo, Cruise and Uber, have suspended autonomous car testing that involves backup drivers, joining corporate America to try and contain the spread of the coronavirus. Alphabet Inc unit Waymo said on Tuesday it was…
SEOUL (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Wednesday the coronavirus pandemic would hurt sales of smartphones and consumer electronics this year, while demand from data centers would fuel a recovery in memory chip markets. Chief Executive Kim Ki-nam…
The shortest survival time was on copper, where half the virus became inactivated within 46 minutes, study showed. loda.gov.ua The highly contagious novel coronavirus that has exploded into a global pandemic can remain viable and infectious in droplets in the…
The number of victims of COVID-19 is approaching 8,000. REUTERS As of the morning of Wednesday, March 18, a total of 198,006 laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 coronavirus were recorded worldwide, reports the CSSE at Johns Hopkins University. The number of…