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Palestine’s president gets first jab of Covid-19 vaccine

Date: 2021-03-20 21:19:35 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:84 - ID:8862266

RAMALLAH, March 20 (MENA) – Palestine’s President Mahmoud Abbas received on Saturday the first jab of the Covid-19 vaccine ushering in the launch of the social vaccination campaign in the country, WAFA reported. The President urged citizens of ....

Technical meetings of Egyptian-Jordanian Higher Committee kick off

Date: 2021-03-20 21:06:33 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:83 - ID:8862263

AMMAN, March 20 (MENA) – The technical meetings of the Joint Jordanian-Egyptian Higher Committee, which will meet Wednesday for its 29th session, began in Amman on Saturday, Petra reported. The Jordanian Ministry of Industry, Trade and Supply ....

Tunisia registers 629 new coronavirus cases, 20 deaths

Date: 2021-03-20 20:55:56 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:82 - ID:8862264

TUNIS, March 20 (MENA) - The Tunisian Health Ministry reported 629 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday, raising the total number of infections to 245,405. Twenty deaths were registered, raising the toll to 8,526 in the North African country. As ....

Lebanon reports 2,253 new COVID-19 cases

Date: 2021-03-20 20:28:48 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:80 - ID:8862223

BEIRUT, March 20 (MENA) - The Lebanese Ministry of Public Health announced 2,253 new coronavirus cases, raising the total number of COVID-19 infections to 436,575. In a statement on Saturday, the ministry said 51 new deaths have been confirmed ....

Over 4.26 mln people vaccinated in Morocco to counter Covid-19

Date: 2021-03-20 19:24:48 GMT - Morocco - Arab world - SN:74 - ID:8862171

RABAT, March 20 (MENA) – Moroccan health ministry announced on Saturday that 4,264,168 people have been vaccinated against Covid-19 so far, MAP reported. A total of 2,423,380 people have received the second dose of the vaccine, the ministry said ....

Morocco reports 444 new Covid-19 cases, over 4.26 mln people vaccinated

Date: 2021-03-20 19:23:58 GMT - Morocco - Arab world - SN:73 - ID:8862172

RABAT, March 20 (MENA) – A total of 444 new cases of coronavirus infection and 484 recoveries have been recorded in the past 24 hours in Morocco, MAP reported. The health ministry announced on Saturday that 4,264,168 people have been vaccinated ....

Daesh members arrested over killing 8 Iraqis in Saladin

Date: 2021-03-20 18:13:16 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:66 - ID:8862059

BAGHDAD, March 20 (MENA) - The Iraqi Intelligence Service arrested on Saturday Daesh members who are involved in killing eight Iraqi citizens earlier, according to a statement released by the Popular Mobilization Forces. Daesh members targeted ....

Kuwait sees 1,347 new COVID-19 cases, five more deaths

Date: 2021-03-20 17:43:32 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:63 - ID:8861993

KUWAIT CITY, March 20 (MENA) – Kuwait on Saturday said its daily tally of coronavirus infections jumped by 1,347 to take the total to 217,933, while five fatalities over the past 24 hours raised its death toll from the outbreak to 1,215, the Kuwaiti ....

Sudan's hydroelectricity faces problem because of GERD

Date: 2021-03-20 17:38:58 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:62 - ID:8862025

KHARTOUM, March 20 (MENA) - Sudanese Minister of Energy and Oil Jadin Ali Obaid said on Saturday the generation of hydroelectricity in Sudan faces a dilemma because of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Obaid was speaking during a press ....

Sudanese navy units in Saudi Arabia for joint exercise

Date: 2021-03-20 17:28:40 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:60 - ID:8862012

KHARTOUM, March 20 (MENA) - Units Sudanese Naval Forces arrived in Saudi Arabia Saturday to take part in the mixed naval exercises "Al-Fulk 4" with the Royal Saudi Naval Forces, the country's Armed Forces said. The Sudanese units arrived at King ....