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Brazil reports 34,885 coronavirus cases, 1,211 deaths in one day
Date: 2021-08-11 16:29:33 GMT - Brazil - World - SN:66 - ID:9106810
BRASILIA, Aug 11 (MENA) - In the last 24 hours, the Brazilian health authorities registered 34,885 new cases of COVID-19 and 1,211 deaths as a result of the disease. The data can be found in the daily report by Brazil’s Ministry of Health, ....
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China records 111 new infections
Date: 2021-08-11 16:24:06 GMT - China - World - SN:65 - ID:9106827
BEIJING, Aug 11 (MENA) - China reported 111 new cases of COVID-19 on the mainland for Tuesday down from 143 cases a day earlier, the health authority said on Wednesday. China's latest clusters are mainly driven by the highly transmissible Delta ....
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WHO director-general expects Covid cases to reach 300 million in 2020
Date: 2021-08-11 16:19:53 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:63 - ID:9106766
GENEVA, Aug 11 (MENA) - Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Dr. Tedros Adhanom revealed that if the current situation continues regarding the spread of the novel Covid-19 pandemic, infections, that reached 200 million last week, ....
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32 Taliban militants killed in military operations in Afghanistan
Date: 2021-08-11 15:54:52 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:61 - ID:9106403
KABUL, Aug 11 (MENA) - Twenty-five Taliban insurgents were killed in an airstrike in Kandahar last night. Deputy Spokesman for the Ministry of National Defense Fawad Aman told Bakhtar News Agency that the Afghan air force targeted a Taliban rally ....
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Delta variant renders herd immunity from Covid ‘mythical’: scientist
Date: 2021-08-11 12:31:54 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:41 - ID:9106236
LONDON, Aug 11 (MENA) - Reaching herd immunity is “not a possibility” with the current Delta variant, the head of the Oxford Vaccine Group has said. Giving evidence to MPs, Prof Sir Andrew Pollard said the fact that vaccines did not stop the ....
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Tokyo reports 4,200 coronavirus cases
Date: 2021-08-11 10:20:35 GMT - Japan - World - SN:29 - ID:9106011
TOKYO, Aug 11 (MENA) - The Tokyo metropolitan government on Wednesday reported 4,200 new coronavirus cases, up 1,588 from Tuesday, the Japan Times reported. The average for Tokyo over the past seven days stands at 3,983.6. People in their 20s ....
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Russia registers 21,571 new coronavirus cases in past 24 hrs.
Date: 2021-08-11 09:24:13 GMT - Russia - World - SN:22 - ID:9105847
MOSCOW, Aug 11 (MENA) - Russia reported 21,571 new coronavirus cases and 799 new deaths in the past 24 hours, the national coronavirus information center said Wednesday. The total number of coronavirus infections in the country has reached ....
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Disruption in German train movement as drivers go on strike
Date: 2021-08-11 09:11:47 GMT - Germany - World - SN:21 - ID:9105772
BERLIN, Aug 11 (MENA) - Railway movement in Germany was disrupted as train drivers went on a nationwide strike, reported ARD German TV Wednesday Quoting train operator Deutsche Bahn (DB). DB said only about a quarter of its long-distance trains ....
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Russia's health min: Sputnik V vaccine 83% effective
Date: 2021-08-11 08:57:26 GMT - Russia - World - SN:17 - ID:9105796
MOSCOW, Aug 11 (MENA) - Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said on Wednesday that Russia's Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19 is around 83% effective against the Delta variant of coronavirus, lower than previously thought. In press statements ....
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US officials warn collapse of Kabul could come sooner than expected
Date: 2021-08-11 08:22:01 GMT - USA - World - SN:15 - ID:9105751
WASHINGTON, Aug 11 (MENA) - The Biden administration is preparing for Afghanistan’s capital to fall far sooner than feared only weeks ago, as a rapid disintegration of security has prompted the revision of an already stark intelligence assessment ....
