BRUSSELS -- Euro area economy contracted 3.3 percent in the first quarter year on year, while the broader European Union economy contracted 2.7 percent year on year, the bloc's statistical office said on Thursday.
Compared with the previous quarter, the gross domestic product contracted by 3.8 percent in the euro area and by 3.5 percent in the EU, according to the preliminary flash estimate for the first quarter of 2020 by Eurostat. (EU-Economy-Euro)
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MOSCOW -- Russia reported a new daily record of 7,099 COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, raising its total to 106,498 as of Thursday, official data showed.
The death toll increased by 101 to 1,073, while 11,619 people have recovered, including 1,333 over the last 24 hours, the country's coronavirus response center said in a statement. (Russia-Coronavirus)
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SUVA -- Four people were killed on Thursday in a house fire on the outskirts of Labasa, capital city of Vanua Levu, Fiji's second largest island, which is in the northern part of the nation.
According to Fiji Broadcasting Corporation (FBC) on Thursday, when the house fire took place on Thursday morning, the owner of the house, a neighbour and two other women are believed to have been trapped inside the house and all the four women are believed to be in their 70s. (Fiji-Fire-Deaths)
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LAGOS -- A total of 39 people had died of Lassa fever since the beginning of this year in the northeastern state of Bauchi, an official said late Wednesday.
"On the issue of Lassa fever, 39 people have lost their lives since January till date, but currently, we have only one case on admission and he is about to be discharged," State Commissioner for Health Aliyu Maigoro disclosed this at a news conference in Bauchi city, the state capital. (Nigeria-Lassa Fever) Enditem
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