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Russian Gamaleya Center can develop COVID-19 vaccine based on several strains
Date: 2022-01-16 11:15:56 GMT - Russia - World - SN:42 - ID:9369410
MOSCOW, Jan 16 (MENA) - Russia’s Gamaleya National Research Center considers the possibility to develop polyvalent vaccines against a new coronavirus infection on the basis of various strains, TASS News Agency quoted head of the center Alexander ....
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China’s zero-Covid policy poses challenge for manufacturers, supply chains
Date: 2022-01-16 10:58:11 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:41 - ID:9369361
LONDON, Jan 16 (MENA) - China’s battle to contain the Omicron coronavirus variant risks choking already stretched global supply chains, manufacturing managers and analysts have warned, threatening production of goods ranging from smart phones to ....
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Russian lawmaker advises US to draft ‘at least one scenario’ of mending ties with Moscow
Date: 2022-01-16 10:36:29 GMT - Russia - World - SN:38 - ID:9369320
NOSCOW, Jan 16 (MENA) - Instead of spending taxpayers’ money on its Russia-related fantasies and phobias, the US administration should think about at least one scenario of mending ties with Moscow, First Deputy Chair of the State Duma committee on ....
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US encourages N95 mask use to prevent Omicron spread
Date: 2022-01-16 10:33:37 GMT - USA - World - SN:37 - ID:9369190
WASHINGTON, Jan 16 (MENA) - US health officials on Friday encouraged more Americans to wear the kind of N95 or KN95 masks used by health-care workers to slow the spread of the coronavirus, Hurra channel reported. Those kinds of masks are ....
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Denmark eases culture restrictions but keeps nightlife curbs
Date: 2022-01-16 10:21:15 GMT - Denmark - World - SN:36 - ID:9369314
COPENHAGEN, Jan 16 (MENA) - Denmark’s government has confirmed the re-opening of cultural institutions, which have been closed due to Covid-19 since December 19, RTVF reported. A maximum of 500 people will be allowed into indoor venues ....
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'Difficult weeks ahead,’ warns German Health Minister on Omicron fears
Date: 2022-01-16 10:19:53 GMT - Germany - World - SN:35 - ID:9369316
BERLIN, Jan 16 (MENA) - German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach warned on Sunday that Germany faces a high death toll and major impact on hospital treatment in the current wave of Covid cases with the highly contagious Omicron variant. “We are ....
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Gavi distributes 1 billion Covid-19 vaccine doses to 144 countries
Date: 2022-01-16 09:43:03 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:30 - ID:9369182
GENEVA, Jan 16 (MENA) - The Gavi Alliance has announced the delivery of 1 billion Covid-19 vaccine doses to about 144 countries. The Gavi, a vaccine alliance which co-manages COVAX, is a global health partnership of public and private sector ....
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UNHCR urges world countries to support Afghanistan
Date: 2022-01-16 09:27:43 GMT - USA - World - SN:24 - ID:9369120
NEW YORK, Jan 16 (MENA) - The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNCHR) urged world countries to provide humanitarian relief and recovery assistance to the Afghan people. Much of the population of Marja in Afghanistan's Helmand ....
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Russia confirms 29,230 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Date: 2022-01-16 09:22:44 GMT - Russia - World - SN:23 - ID:9369165
MOSCOW, Jan 16 (MENA) - Russia has confirmed on Sunday 29,230 new Covid-19 infections and 686 deaths. Russia now stands at 10,803,534 cases of coronavirus and 321,320 deaths, according to the national coronavirus information center as quoted by ....
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Russian peacekeepers return from Kazakhstan aboard 19 planes
Date: 2022-01-16 09:06:54 GMT - Russia - World - SN:19 - ID:9369130
MOSCOW, Jan 16 (MENA) - Eighteen Russian military-transport aircraft Il-76 and one An-124 Ruslan of the Russian Aerospace Forces with Russian peacekeepers on board flew from Almaty on Sunday, Tass reported, quoting Russia’s Defense ....