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CDC director Walensky: Talks ongoing for authorization of omicron booster,
Date: 2021-12-06 07:41:48 GMT - USA - World - SN:16 - ID:9304455
WASHINGTON, Dec 6 (MENA) - Federal regulators and COVID-19 vaccine makers are in "conversations" to streamline authorization of a booster shot specific to the rising omicron variant, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ....
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JHU: Global coronavirus cases hit 265.8 mn
Date: 2021-12-06 05:38:44 GMT - USA - World - SN:5 - ID:9304391
WASHINGTON, Dec 6 (MENA) - As many as 265,854,752 people are reported to have been infected with the novel coronavirus globally, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) said on Monday. It added that 5,255,648 people have died from the virus ....
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US condemns militant attack on civilians in Mali
Date: 2021-12-06 05:10:26 GMT - USA - World - SN:2 - ID:9304375
WASHINGTON, Dec 6 (MENA) - The United States strongly condemned a militant attack on a bus in central Mali that killed at least 31 people and wounded 17, the State Department said on Sunday night. Unidentified gunmen on Friday opened fire on the ....
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Russia opting for persuasion rather than compulsion concerning vaccination – Putin
Date: 2021-12-05 21:47:54 GMT - Russia - World - SN:86 - ID:9304287
MOSCOW, Dec 5 (MENA) – Russia’s authorities are opting for persuasion rather than compulsion in what concerns vaccination against the novel coronavirus infection, TASS quoted Russian President Vladimir Putin as saying on Sunday. "Indeed, the most ....
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9 Omicron cases found in India
Date: 2021-12-05 19:45:33 GMT - India - World - SN:79 - ID:9304166
NEW DELHI, Dec 5 (MENA) – As many as nine people have tested positive for the Omicron variant of Covid-19 in India's Jaipur on Sunday, The Indian Express reported. In Maharashtra’s Pune district, seven people, including three from Nigeria, were ....
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UK reports 43,992 coronavirus cases, 54 deaths
Date: 2021-12-05 18:15:08 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:75 - ID:9304091
LONDON, Dec 5 (MENA) - The UK detected 43,992 positive Covid infections in the past 24 hours, up 21% from 36,507 cases on Sunday last week, The Guardian reported. A further 54 deaths were reported on Sunday, down from 171 recorded on ....
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9 Russians returning from S. Africa test positive for COVID-19
Date: 2021-12-05 17:16:50 GMT - Russia - World - SN:69 - ID:9304068
MOSCOW, Dec 5 (MENA) - Nine Russian citizens who returned to Russia from South Africa had a positive PCR test, the press service of the Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing told journalists. "Among ....
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COVID-19: UK Omicron cases reach 246
Date: 2021-12-05 16:54:22 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:68 - ID:9304031
LONDON, Dec 5 (MENA) - A further 86 cases of the new Omicron COVID variant have been reported in the UK, taking the total to 246, Sky News reported. This compares with a total of 160 yesterday - an increase of more than 50%. The UK Health ....
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US requires negative COVID-19 test for all visitors
Date: 2021-12-05 14:15:41 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:51 - ID:9303443
CAIRO, Dec 5 (MENA)- All travelers to the US would be required to show a negative test of coronavirus (COVID-19) regardless of vaccination status, as of December 6. In a press statement released on Sunday, the US Embassy in Cairo stated that the ....
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US, 21 countries voice worry over human rights violations in Afghanistan
Date: 2021-12-05 09:56:26 GMT - USA - World - SN:28 - ID:9303011
WASHINGTON, Dec 5 (MENA) - The US and another 21 countries have voiced deep concern over reports of summary killings and enforced disappearances of former members of the Afghan security forces as documented by Human Rights Watch and others. A ....
