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China confiscates more than 89 million poor-quality masks

[ad_1] China confiscated more than 89 million poor-quality face masks, a government official said Sunday, as Beijing faces a large number of complaints about faulty protective equipment exported worldwide. Demand for protective equipment has skyrocketed as nations around the world battle the deadly coronavirus, which has infected nearly 2.9 million …

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SA Seeks Additional R95 Billion to Fight COVID-19

[ad_1] The country has approached the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and the African Development Bank to obtain funds to contribute to its R500 billion rescue package. Finance Minister Tito Mboweni. Image: @ TreasurySA / Twitter JOHANNESBURG – With South Africa looking to open up parts of the …

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Coronavirus: Cuban doctors go to South Africa

[ad_1] Image copyright EPA Screenshot Cuban doctors will be sent to different provinces in South Africa. More than 200 Cuban doctors must come to South Africa to help fight the coronavirus. The doctors left on a plane that first brought a donation of medical supplies from South Africa to the …

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Dozens of travelers board SA’s last repatriation flight to Europe

[ad_1] By Val Boje 2h ago Share this article: SharecheepShareShareShareEmailShare For the past month, ambassadors and high commissioners have had only one thing in mind: how to help their citizens get home when the world’s borders are closed and commercial flights are suspended. Sunday marked a milestone in the search …

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Nations prepare to ease blockades as virus deaths pass 200,000

[ad_1] Spanish children were allowed to go out on Sunday for the first time in six weeks as countries prepared to ease blockade measures and reopen economies destroyed by the coronavirus despite the number of deaths worldwide exceeding the 200,000. The governments of Belgium to the United States are preparing …

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China confiscates more than 89 million poor-quality masks

[ad_1] As of Friday, China’s market regulators had inspected nearly 16 million companies and confiscated more than 89 million masks and 418,000 pieces of protective equipment. FILE: Demand for protective equipment has skyrocketed as nations around the world fight the deadly coronavirus, which has infected nearly 2.9 million people. BEIJING …

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