MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for April 13th 2020
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Monday, April 13th 2020 - 08:30 UTC
Falklands Mount Pleasant Airport main runway has been resurfaced
The full main runway at the Falkland Islands Mount Pleasant Airport has re-opened after the completion of resurfacing works covering 3,000 meters, the British Forces South Atlantic Islands, BFSAI, command announced this week.
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Monday, April 13th 2020 - 08:16 UTC
Francis prayed for Covid 19 victims in a live stream Easter Sunday message from an empty Vatican
Pope Francis prayed for tens of thousands of COVID-19 victims in an unprecedented live-stream Easter Sunday message delivered from a hauntingly empty Vatican to a world under lockdown.
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Monday, April 13th 2020 - 07:34 UTC
March 2020, the driest March in Falklands on record
March 2020 was the driest March on record according to data from the Met Office at Mount Pleasant Airport in the Falkland Islands, with rainfall less than a third of the monthly average.
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Monday, April 13th 2020 - 07:27 UTC
Boris Johnson leaves hospital, thanks nurses, praises NHS, but ministers under fire as UK death toll is over 10.000
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson left the hospital on Sunday and thanked the staff for saving his life from COVID-19, but his government was forced to defend its response to the coronavirus outbreak as the national death toll passed 10,000.
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Monday, April 13th 2020 - 07:19 UTC
Portuguese president praises Porto nurse Luis who cared for Boris Johnson
Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa on Sunday expressed his thanks to a Portuguese nurse who had tended to coronavirus-stricken British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in intensive care, according to a statement by the presidency.
