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S.Korea daily virus cases top 5,000, critical cases hit record high amid new variant woes
Date: 2021-12-01 07:19:40 GMT - south korea - World - SN:15 - ID:9296709
SEOUL, Dec 1 (MENA) - South Korea's new coronavirus cases topped 5,000 for the first time Wednesday and the number of critically ill patients hit a fresh high amid concerns over the global spread of the new virus variant, Yonhap reported quoting the ....
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Japan begins administering COVID-19 booster shots
Date: 2021-12-01 06:55:52 GMT - Japan - World - SN:10 - ID:9296697
TOKYO, Dec 1 (MENA) - Japan on Wednesday started administering COVID-19 booster shots to individuals who received their second shot at least eight months ago amid growing concerns about the spread of a new coronavirus variant, Kyodo news agency ....
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JHU: World coronavirus cases hit 262,797,494
Date: 2021-12-01 06:46:28 GMT - USA - World - SN:9 - ID:9296634
WASHINGTON, Dec 1 (MENA) - As many as 262,797,494 people are reported to be infected with the novel coronavirus globally, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) said on Wednesday. It added that 5,214,928 people have died from the virus worldwide. The ....
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Brazil sees 2 confirmed Omicron cases
Date: 2021-12-01 06:45:14 GMT - Brazil - World - SN:8 - ID:9296684
BRASILIA, Dec 1 (MENA) - Health officials in Brazil have reported the country’s first confirmed cases of the omicron variant in two travelers returning from South Africa, the first such cases in Latin America, US News reported. The Sao Paulo ....
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3 dead, 8 injured in shooting at Michigan high school in US
Date: 2021-11-30 23:14:33 GMT - USA - World - SN:109 - ID:9296559
WASHINGTON, Nov 30 (MENA) – Three students were killed in a shooting at Oxford High School in Michigan, the US, CNN reported. Those students were a 16-year-old boy, a 14-year-old girl and a 17-year-old girl, Oakland County Undersheriff Michael G. ....
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WB to unfreeze $500M in aid to Afghanistan
Date: 2021-11-30 14:25:44 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:60 - ID:9295663
KABUL, Nov 30 (MENA) - The World Bank intends to finalize its decision on releasing up to USD 500 million planned to be given to humanitarian organizations in Afghanistan. The amount of money was aided to Afghanistan by the international ....
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Mohamed Salah wins the 2021 Golden Foot award as the best player in the world
Date: 2021-11-30 11:52:31 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:37 - ID:9295109
LONDON, Nov 30 (MENA) - Mohamed Salah, the star of the Egyptian national team and Liverpool team, expressed happiness over winning the Golden Foot award, during the ceremony held on Monday evening in the French Emirate of Monaco, according to media ....
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Lavrov: the United States surrounded Russia with military bases from all sides
Date: 2021-11-30 10:20:08 GMT - Russia - World - SN:33 - ID:9295060
MOSCOW, Nov 30 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the United States had surrounded Russia with military bases on all sides, Ria Novosti News Agency reported. The minister also noted that the American side is whipping up military ....
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Moderna chief predicts existing vaccines will struggle with Omicron
Date: 2021-11-30 08:34:15 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:22 - ID:9294852
LONDON, Nov 30 (MENA) - The chief executive of Moderna has predicted that existing vaccines will be much less effective at tackling Omicron than earlier strains of coronavirus and warned it would take months before pharmaceutical companies could ....
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Japan confirms first case of omicron coronavirus variant
Date: 2021-11-30 08:04:41 GMT - Japan - World - SN:19 - ID:9294794
TOKYO, Nov 30 (MENA) - Japan has confirmed the first case in the country of the omicron variant of the coronavirus, The Japan Times reported Tuesday. A Namibian diplomat in his 30s has been found to be infected with the heavily mutated variant ....
