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Tunisia reports 2,102 new coronavirus infections, 103 fatalities

Date: 2021-06-09 20:15:34 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:95 - ID:9002130

TUNIS, June 9 (MENA) - Tunisia registered 2,102 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the country's total to 360,285, the Ministry of Public Health announced in a statement Wednesday. As many as 103 people died from the virus, ....

Iraq to get 12 million doses of Pfizer coronavirus vaccine

Date: 2021-06-09 19:00:37 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:89 - ID:9002116

BAGHDAD, June 9 (MENA) - Iraq’s Health Ministry said on Wednesday it had agreed with Pfizer to import 12 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine this year. The ministry said 500,000 doses of the vaccine, made by Pfizer and BioNTech, will arrive in ....

Morocco reports 386 fresh Covid-19 cases, 3 deaths

Date: 2021-06-09 18:51:00 GMT - Morocco - Arab world - SN:86 - ID:9002051

RABAT, June 9 (MENA) - Morocco's Covid-19 tally rose on Saturday to 522,389 as 386 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours, the Moroccan Ministry of Health said in a statement. The statement said the death toll from the coronavirus in ....

Kuwait registers 1,391 new coronavirus cases

Date: 2021-06-09 18:37:41 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:83 - ID:9002048

KUWAIT CITY, June 9 (MENA) – As many as 1,391 Kuwaiti people have been infected with the coronavirus over the past 24 hours, taking the overall number of infections in the country to 321,648, Spokesman for the Ministry of Health Abdullah al-Sanad ....

Algeria reports 387 new coronavirus cases, 7 deaths

Date: 2021-06-09 17:43:04 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:74 - ID:9001964

ALGIERS, June 9 (MENA) - As many as 387 new coronavirus cases and seven deaths were recorded in Algeria over the past 24 hours, an Algerian health ministry official said on Wednesday. This takes the total number of infections in the country to ....

Libya registers 229 new coronavirus cases

Date: 2021-06-09 17:40:22 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:70 - ID:9001599

TRIPOLI, June 9 (MENA) - Libya registered 229 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, the National Center for Disease Control announced on Wednesday. In a statement carried by Libya's Al Wasat news portal, the center added that 241 ....

Palestine records 246 new coronavirus cases, two deaths

Date: 2021-06-09 16:39:38 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:56 - ID:9001829

RAMALLAH, June 9 (MENA) - Palestine on Wednesday recorded 246 new Covid-19 cases, two fatalities, and 320 recovery cases in the last 24 hours, according to Health Minister Mai Alkaila. Among the new 246 cases, 25 cases were recorded in the West ....

AL holds virtual meeting with EEAS on EU action plan on human rights

Date: 2021-06-09 16:11:01 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:54 - ID:9001605

CAIRO, June 9 (MENA) - The Arab League general secretariat held a virtual meeting with the European External Action Service (EEAS) on the 2020-2024 EU action plan for human rights and democracy. In statements on Wednesday, Arab League Assistant ....

SOHR: 8 Syrian regime fighters killed in Israeli raids

Date: 2021-06-09 16:10:23 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:53 - ID:9001598

DAMASCUS, June 9 (MENA) - The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said that at least eight regime forces were reportedly killed in Israeli raids on Homs‎ province. Syrian media sources confirmed that the Syrian air defense system was ....

Settlers storm into Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2021-06-09 15:22:54 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:50 - ID:9001595

RAMALLAH, June 9 (MENA) - Under the protection of the Israeli occupation police, dozens of Israeli settlers on Wednesday stormed into the courtyard of Al Aqsa Mosque from Al Magharba Gate in groups. Islamic Awqaf bureau in occupied al Quds ....