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No new confirmed COVID-19 cases were reported in central China's Hubei Province on Thursday, the provincial health commission said on Friday. By Thursday, Hubei had seven confirmed COVID-19 cases, including one in severe condition and one in critical condition, Xinhua reported. The province reported 35 new asymptomatic cases on Thursday, while 32 were released from quarantine. The total number of such cases under medical observation was 284 by Thursday. A total of 283,965 close contacts of COVID-19 patients in the province had been tracked by Thursday, 959 of whom were still under medical observation. As of Thursday, death toll from the virus in the province stood at 4,512, including 3,869 in Wuhan, the provincial capital. Hubei had so far reported 68,135 confirmed COVID-19 cases in total, including 50,340 in Wuhan. Read More:   https://www.uitvconnect.com/newspaper/chinas-hubei-reports-no-new-confirmed-covid-19-case

Singer Sia has shared that she adopted two 18-year-old boys last year. "I actually adopted two sons last year. They were 18, they're both 19 years old now. They were ageing out of the foster care system," the 44-year-old Australian artiste said in a recent interview, reports  etonline . com . "Yeah, and I love them." On how they are handling being in quarantine during the coronavirus pandemic, Sia admitted that they "are both finding it pretty difficult, one more so than the other". "But they're both doing things that are really good for them right now, that are really helpful," she continued. "They're really doing a lot of educational stuff that's good for them." Sia did not share their names or any additional information about her new family. Sia first revealed that she had become a mother in a January interview. Read More:  https://www.uitvconnect.com/newspaper/singer-sia-reveals-she-adopted-two-18-yr-old-boys-l...

Prestigious British medical journal The Lancet on Tuesday refuted claims made by US President Donald Trump in his letter to the World Health Organisation (WHO), saying that the Lancet study cited in the letter about Wuhan outbreak in December 2019 does not exist. Trump, in his letter to WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said the organisation has "failed to independently investigate credible reports that conflicted directly with the Chinese government's official accounts". He cited a Lancet study in his letter, saying the WHO consistently ignored reports of the virus spreading in China in early December, including ones featured in The Lancet. "This statement is factually incorrect. The Lancet published no report in December, 2019, referring to a virus or outbreak in Wuhan or anywhere else in China," the British medical journal said in a statement. The journal said the first reports it published were on January 24, adding that the scientists and...

Former Iran national soccer head coach Marc Wilmots has said that he has filed a complaint against Iran to FIFA and is waiting for the verdict. Wilmots was appointed in May to lead Iran in their quest for a sixth World Cup appearance, but left his position as coach of Iran after six matches in charge in early December. "I've filed a complaint against Iran to FIFA. The case is running and I am waiting for the verdict," said Wilmots on Sunday as per Tehran Times daily, writes Xinhua news agency. Under coaching of Wilmots, Iran defeated Hong Kong and Cambodia in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers but lost to Bahrain and Iraq in Group C that left Iran in the third place in the group. Iran's Football Federation Secretary General Mehdi Mohammad Nabi said that "Wilmots has filed a complaint to FIFA to get his full payment but we should not give him money for his irresponsibility. He left his job half-finished." Read More:  https://www.uitvconnect.com/newspaper/fo...

India captain Virat Kohli referred to former pacer Venkatesh Prasad castling former Pakistan batsman Aamir Sohail in the 1996 World Cup quarter-final in Bengaluru as one of the most iconic moments in country's rich cricket history. Kohli spoke about this dismissal during a candid chat with India football captain Sunil Chhetri on popular social media platform Instagram on Sunday. The incident took place during the last eight stage of the showpiece event at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium and Sohail hit Prasad for a boundary through the covers and then had a verbal exchange, while pointing towards the boundary rope. The next delivery, Prasad bowled full steam and uprooted Sohail's stumps and also gave him a send-off. Kohli and Chhetri recalled that moment during their Instagram live video session, hosted by the latter. Sunil Chhetri "Where were you exactly when Aamir Sohail hit Venkatesh Prasad for a boundary... trash talked... and then saw his stumps sent for a cartwheel ri...

The US state of New York partially reopened on Friday, while the "PAUSE" order will be extended to May 28 for remaining regions including New York City (NYC), said Governor Andrew Cuomo. Five out of ten regions in the state - Central New York, North Country, Finger Lakes, Southern Tier and Mohawk Valley regions which have seen mitigation of the COVID-19 pandemic - entered the phase one of reopening on 12.01 a.m. (0401 GMT) on Friday, according to an executive order signed by Cuomo on Thursday, Xinhua news agency reported. "They are the regions that meet the criteria. There's no politics to this judgment, it's all based on the numbers," said Cuomo at Friday's briefing. Businesses in various sectors including construction, manufacturing, agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, curbside retail, in-store pickup or drop-off are now qualified to restart reopening in these regions, as told in the state's phased reopening strategy. People are still re...