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Olympics delayed as Europe, US struggle with surging virus

Wednesday, 25 March 2020, 10:47 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

The Tokyo Olympics were postponed a year as coronavirus deaths and infections surged in Europe and the U.S. on Tuesday, with New York warning it is about to get hit by a “bullet train." Stocks...

Sharp increase in Coronavirus cases, deaths in Italy, Spain

Tuesday, 24 March 2020, 20:10 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Three weeks into national lockdown, Italy’s daily bulletin about its COVID-19 outbreak added thousands more cases, pushing the nation’s overall total to more than 69,000. Civil...

Updated: Tokyo Olympics officially postponed until 2021

Tuesday, 24 March 2020, 13:43 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

IOC President Thomas Bach has agreed “100%” to a proposal of postponing the Tokyo Olympics for about one year until 2021 because of the coronavirus outbreak, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo...

'Stay at home': UK's Johnson ramps up response to virus

Tuesday, 24 March 2020, 06:30 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Britain has become the latest European country to go into effective lockdown to deal with the threat of the coronavirus pandemic, after Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Monday sweeping curbs on...

In global fight against virus, over 1.5 billion told: Stay home

Tuesday, 24 March 2020, 06:26 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

With masks, ventilators and political goodwill in desperately short supply, more than one-fifth of the world’s population was ordered or urged to stay in their homes Monday at the start of what...

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