CAIRO -- The Arab League calls Arab States to join hands to stop mounting spread of coronavirus.
TEHRAN -- Deaths due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Iran went up to 26 people, while confirmed cases reached 245 individuals, says Iranian health authorities.
LONDON -- Two patients have tested positive for coronavirus in England, bringing the total number of UK cases to 15, UK announces.
GENEVA -- Switzerland's health affairs ministry confirms on that three people have been infected with the novel coronavirus, COVID-19.
KUWAIT -- The price of Kuwaiti oil fell by USD 2.18 to USD 54.40 pb Wednesday, compared with USD 56.58 pb last Tuesday, says Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC).
VIENNA -- The OPEC daily basket price fell to USD 54.01 a barrel Wednesday, compared with USD 55.88 the previous day, the cartel says.
KUWAIT -- The number of coronavirus cases (COVID-19) in Kuwait went up to 43 cases after 17 new cases were reported, says the Health Ministry.
TUNIS -- The Tunisian parliament gives confidence to Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh's new coalition government.
TOKYO -- South Korea and the US decided to postpone their springtime joint military exercises over growing concerns about the spread of the new coronavirus, Yonhap News Agency reports.
BAGHDAD -- Iraq reports a new confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) case, bringing the country's total number of confirmed cases up to six, according to medics.
TOKYO -- South Korea reported another daily spike in the number of new infections of the new coronavirus on Thursday, with the number of new cases expected to accelerate as virus tests started on over 210,000 members of a religious sect, Yonhap News Agency reports.
WASHINGTON -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirms an infection with the coronavirus in California "in a person who reportedly did not have relevant travel history or exposure to another known patient" with the virus.
KUWAIT -- China has reported 433 new confirms cases of novel coronavirus infection and 29 deaths from 31 provincial-level regions on the mainland.
NEW YORK -- Seven people were killed and several others injured in a shooting at the Molson Coors Brewing Company campus in Milwaukee, Wisconsin state, police says.
WASHINGTON -- US President Donald Trump announces that Vice President Mike Pence would be in charge of the coronavirus outbreak response. (end) gta