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  • 170,699 cases of coronavirus infection detected in Russia per day

    Date: 2022-02-20 09:01:42 GMT - Russia - World - SN:22 - ID:9427151

    MOSCOW, Feb 20 (MENA) - Some 70,699 cases of coronavirus infection were detected in Russia over the past 24 hours, Tass News Agency reported Sunday. A day earlier, 179,147 cases were recorded. This was reported in the operational ....

  • Mitsotakis meets US Vice-President Harris, briefs her on East Med

    Date: 2022-02-20 08:37:08 GMT - Germany - World - SN:21 - ID:9427100

    MUNICH/ATHENS, Feb 20 (MENA) - Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis had talks with US Vice President Kamala Harris on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference Saturday evening, Kathimerini reported. The two discussed all bilateral ....

  • Ukrainian forces shell settlements in DPR

    Date: 2022-02-20 08:15:30 GMT - Russia - World - SN:16 - ID:9427047

    MOSCOW, Feb 20 (MENA) - Ukrainian forces shelled multiple settlements in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) in Ukraine’s southeast, using 120-mm calibre mortars prohibited by the Minsk agreements, the DPR mission to the Joint Center for Control and ....

  • Germany reports more than 118,000 new coronavirus infection

    Date: 2022-02-20 07:51:32 GMT - Germany - World - SN:14 - ID:9426987

    BERLIN, Feb 20 (MENA) - Germany's Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases said Sunday that 118,032 new coronavirus cases and 73 deaths were reported in the country in the past 24 hours. This takes the country's total number of cases ....

  • South Korea: New infections over 100,000 for 3rd day on omicron spread

    Date: 2022-02-20 07:29:21 GMT - south korea - World - SN:12 - ID:9426989

    SEOUL, Feb 20 (MENA) - South Korea's daily coronavirus cases exceeded 100,000 for the third day in a row Sunday due to the spread of the highly transmissible omicron variant, Korean news agency Yonhap reported. The country reported 104,829 new ....

  • India records 19,968 new Covid-19 cases, 673 deaths in a day

    Date: 2022-02-20 07:27:36 GMT - India - World - SN:11 - ID:9426994

    NEW DELHI, Feb 20 (MENA) - India on Sunday morning reported 19,968 new coronavirus cases, pushing the country’s infection tally since the pandemic broke out in January 2020 to 42,822,473. The number of new cases was 11.53% less than Saturday’s ....

  • Japan's top COVID adviser says worth discussing new isolation period

    Date: 2022-02-20 07:08:37 GMT - Japan - World - SN:9 - ID:9426983

    TOKYO, Feb 20 (MENA) - Japan's top coronavirus adviser Shigeru Omi said Sunday it is time to start considering further shortening the quarantine period for people who have been in close contact with COVID-19 patients, Kyodo news reported. Omi ....

  • JHU: global coronavirus cases exceed 423 million

    Date: 2022-02-20 06:59:58 GMT - USA - World - SN:8 - ID:9426949

    WASHINGTON, Feb 20 (MENA) - The overall global Covid-19 caseload topped 423 million and the deaths surged to more than five million cases, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU). In its latest update, JHU revealed on Sunday that the current ....

  • Biden to hold meeting with National Security Council on situation in Ukraine

    Date: 2022-02-20 06:30:57 GMT - USA - World - SN:6 - ID:9426924

    WASHINGTON, Feb 20 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden will hold a meeting Sunday with the National Security Council as the White House warns Russia could attack Ukraine 'at any time'. According to a statement issued by the White House ....

  • Egypt reports 2,025 new coronavirus cases, 62 fatalities

    Date: 2022-02-19 23:09:17 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:72 - ID:9426876

    CAIRO, Feb 19 (MENA) - The Health Ministry said Saturday night that 2,025 new coronavirus cases were detected, upping the total number of confirmed infections since the outbreak in the country began to 467,448. In a statement, Spokesman for the ....

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