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UK calls urgent G7 health ministers’ meeting to discuss Omicron variant
Date: 2021-11-28 22:21:24 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:79 - ID:9292694
LONDON, Nov 28 (MENA) – Health ministers from the world’s richest seven democracies will convene on Monday to discuss the new coronavirus variant of concern, Omicron, the UK government announced Sunday. The government said in a statement that the ....
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Fauci warns of "potential" for new COVID-19 wave, stressing vaccines, boosters
Date: 2021-11-28 21:45:58 GMT - USA - World - SN:77 - ID:9292693
WASHINGTON, Nov 28 (MENA) - Anthony Fauci, the chief medical adviser to US President Joe Biden, warned the US could potentially experience a fifth wave of coronavirus infections, but said increasing the number of Americans who are vaccinated against ....
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Thousands protests against Covid measures in Prague
Date: 2021-11-28 21:32:38 GMT - Czech - World - SN:76 - ID:9292692
PRAGUE, Nov 28 (MENA) - Over 2,500 people gathered on Prague’s Letna plain on Sunday to protest against the Covid restrictions imposed and call for an end of discrimination of people not vaccinated against Covid, according to Radio Prague. The ....
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Germany confirms third case of omicron variant
Date: 2021-11-28 20:20:03 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:75 - ID:9292598
BERLIN, Nov 28 (MENA) - Germany said Sunday it had detected a total of three cases of the new Omicron coronavirus variant after a suspected infection in the western state of Hesse was confirmed, Deutsche Welle reported. "The sequencing has ....
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Swiss voters back Covid pass law
Date: 2021-11-28 20:14:25 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:72 - ID:9292595
GENEVA, Nov 28 (MENA) - Swiss voters firmly backed the law behind the country's Covid pass in a referendum Sunday, following a tense campaign that saw unprecedented levels of hostility, The Local reported. The law provides the legal basis for ....
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France to start repatriating nationals from Ethiopia Sunday
Date: 2021-11-28 19:04:27 GMT - France - World - SN:70 - ID:9292429
PARIS, Nov 28 (MENA) - France will repatriate some of its nationals from the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on Sunday night after chartering a special flight to bring them back to Paris, said a source from the French Foreign Ministry. "The ....
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Singapore's PM: We "very closely" track Omicron COVID-19 variant
Date: 2021-11-28 12:51:04 GMT - Singapore - World - SN:40 - ID:9291759
SINGAPORE, Nov 28 (MENA) - Singapore is tracking the emerging Omicron COVID-19 variant 'very closely', and could be forced to take a few steps back again before taking more steps forward, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Sunday, Channel News ....
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UK health secretary to outline new measures to fight Omicron variant --paper
Date: 2021-11-28 12:08:32 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:37 - ID:9291626
LONDON, Nov 28 (MENA) - UK Health Secretary Sajid Javid is expected to announce more details on the measures being brought in after the emergence of the Omicron coronavirus variant, The Independent reported Sunday. As two cases of the heavily ....
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Biden reportedly told Kishida he hoped Japan would increase defense spending
Date: 2021-11-28 09:55:43 GMT - Japan - World - SN:25 - ID:9291509
TOKYO, Nov 28 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden expressed his hope that Japan would increase its defense spending during a phone call with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in October, a diplomatic source said, as the two allies deepen their ties amid ....
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Russia has registered 33,548 new confirmed COVID-19 infections over the past 24 hours
Date: 2021-11-28 09:54:17 GMT - Russia - World - SN:24 - ID:9291510
MOSCOW, Nov 28 (MENA) - Russia has registered 33,548 new confirmed COVID-19 infections over the past 24 hours, with the total number of infections reaching 9,570,373 cases, the anti-coronavirus crisis center told reporters on Sunday. According to ....
