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Panama detects first case of COVID-19 Omicron variant
Date: 2021-12-20 22:22:47 GMT - Panama - World - SN:94 - ID:9329122
PANAMA CITY, Dec 20 (MENA) – Panama has detected its first case of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, CNA reported. A 50-year-old who works in mining and recently traveled to South Africa was found to have contracted the coronavirus with the ....
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Russia expels two German diplomats in tit-for-tat move
Date: 2021-12-20 20:45:05 GMT - Russia - World - SN:92 - ID:9329101
MOSCOW, Dec 20 (MENA) - Russia on Monday expelled two German diplomats in response to a spat with Berlin over a German court's ruling that Moscow had ordered the 2019 assassination of an ex-Chechen commander in a Berlin park, The Moscow Times ....
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Nepal receives over 3 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines from India and China https://bit.ly/3J8dZyo
Date: 2021-12-20 20:44:53 GMT - Nepal - World - SN:91 - ID:9329092
KATHMANDU, Dec 20 (MENA) - Nepal on Monday received over 3 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines - Vero Cell and Covishield from China and India respectively, The Kathmandu Post reported. According to officials at the Ministry of Health and ....
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Boris Johnson on Omicron: Situation is extremely difficult
Date: 2021-12-20 20:44:39 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:90 - ID:9329028
LONDON, Dec 20 (MENA) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said that he is not immediately imposing any further Covid restrictions in England, but will not hesitate to do so if the data shows it is necessary. Speaking at the end of a ....
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UK: Almost 1 million mental health referrals due to post-pandemic stress
Date: 2021-12-20 19:56:28 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:85 - ID:9329010
LONDON, Dec 20 (MENA) - Almost one million people have experienced mental health problems for the first time since the pandemic, figures show. More than 900,000 Britons aged 18 to 39 have had referrals for illnesses such as anxiety or depression ....
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Polish president says he opposes any policy of concessions regarding Russia
Date: 2021-12-20 19:55:53 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:83 - ID:9329008
KIEV, Dec 20 (MENA) - Polish President Andrzej Duda said that he opposes any policy of concessions towards Russia, Interfax news agency reported Monday. "I am absolutely against any policy of concessions regarding Russia, it is Russia that should ....
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Omicron spreading and infecting the vaccinated - WHO
Date: 2021-12-20 18:48:09 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:80 - ID:9328912
GENEVA, Dec 20 (MENA) - The Omicron variant of the coronavirus is spreading faster than the Delta variant and is causing infections in people already vaccinated or who have recovered from the COVID-19 disease, the head of the World Health ....
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US continues to advise Americans against traveling to Ukraine
Date: 2021-12-20 18:47:35 GMT - USA - World - SN:79 - ID:9328911
WASHINGTON, Dec 20 (MENA) - The US State Department on Monday said American citizens should reconsider travel to Ukraine amid increased threats from Russia, US News reported. The State Department added that it continues to advise against ....
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Number of confirmed Omicron cases rises to 26 in Greece
Date: 2021-12-20 18:47:15 GMT - Greece - World - SN:78 - ID:9328909
ATHENS, Dec 20 (MENA) - The number of confirmed Omicron cases in Greece has risen to 26, ekathimerini newspaper quoted the Greek authorities as saying on Monday. According to the head of the National Public Health Organization (EODY) Theoklis ....
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Novavax's COVID vaccine becomes 5th jab to be approved for use in EU
Date: 2021-12-20 16:39:50 GMT - Netherlands - World - SN:76 - ID:9328592
AMSTERDAM, Dec 20 (MENA) - Novavax's COVID vaccine has become the fifth to be authorized for use in the European Union, Euro News reported Monday. It was given the green light by the bloc's drugs regulator, the European Medicines Agency (EMA), on ....