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Brazil reports 39,982 new coronavirus cases over past 24 hours
Date: 2021-08-13 15:49:12 GMT - Brazil - World - SN:64 - ID:9109800
BRASILIA, Aug 13 (MENA) - Brazil reported 39,982 new COVID-19 cases and 1,148 deaths in the past 24 hours, the country’s Health Ministry said Friday. The South American country now has registered 20,285,067 cases since the pandemic began, while ....
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Delta variant major COVID-19 strain in Greece
Date: 2021-08-13 15:23:48 GMT - Greece - World - SN:59 - ID:9109797
ATHENS, Aug 13 (MENA) - With the unvaccinated the primary target, the Delta Variant strain of COVID-19 from India now makes up 79.1 percent of cases in Greece and keeps rising, according to the National Herald. Charalambos Gogos, an infectious ....
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Daily COVID-19 cases in Japan set new record
Date: 2021-08-13 14:50:11 GMT - Japan - World - SN:56 - ID:9109724
TOKYO, Aug 13 (MENA) - Authorities across Japan confirmed more than 20,000 new coronavirus cases on Friday, for the first time since the pandemic began, NHK reported. There were more than 5,700 infections in Tokyo. That's the capital's ....
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Philippines again extends COVID-19 travel ban on 10 countries, including UAE, Oman
Date: 2021-08-13 12:52:29 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:45 - ID:9109342
MANILA, Aug 13 (MENA) - The Philippines will extend a ban on travelers from India and nine other countries to the end of August because of concerns posed by the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus, the presidential spokesperson said ....
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Coronavirus cases surpass 205.5 mln worldwide
Date: 2021-08-13 12:29:59 GMT - USA - World - SN:41 - ID:9109457
WASHINGTON, Aug 13 (MENA) - The total number of global coronavirus cases on Friday surpassed 205.5 million. According to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University, the current number of known cases around the world is now at least ....
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China reports 99 new infections
Date: 2021-08-13 10:08:09 GMT - China - World - SN:25 - ID:9109205
BEIJING, Aug 13 (MENA) - China reported 99 new confirmed coronavirus cases in the mainland for Thursday, according to the National Health Commission. Of the new infections, 47 were locally transmitted, the health authority said on Friday. ....
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UK defense secretary: Afghanistan 'heading towards civil war'
Date: 2021-08-13 09:37:42 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:24 - ID:9109079
LONDON, Aug 13 (MENA) - Afghanistan is "heading towards civil war" and Al-Qaeda will "probably come back" with the country becoming a breeding ground for instability after the withdrawal of coalition troops, the Independent quoted UK Defense ....
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US asks Taliban to spare its embassy in coming fight for Kabul
Date: 2021-08-13 09:20:13 GMT - USA - World - SN:23 - ID:9109077
NEW YORK, Aug 13 (MENA) - American negotiators are trying to extract assurances from the Taliban that they will not attack the US embassy in Kabul if the extremist group takes over the country’s government and ever wants to receive foreign aid, the ....
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Japan's COVID-19 patients with severe symptoms hit record 1,478
Date: 2021-08-13 08:43:13 GMT - Japan - World - SN:22 - ID:9109043
TOKYO, Aug 13 (MENA) - The number of COVID-19 patients with severe symptoms in Japan hit a record 1,478 on Thursday, the health ministry said Friday, as the country grapples with an alarming rise in coronavirus infections amid the spread of the ....
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US State, Defense Secretaries stress support to Afghanistan
Date: 2021-08-13 08:32:38 GMT - USA - World - SN:21 - ID:9109014
WASHINGTON, Aug 13 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III spoke on Friday with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani to stress that the United States will remain supporting security and stability of ....
