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  • WHO urges vaccination not be required while traveling abroad

    Date: 2021-08-06 18:55:28 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:74 - ID:9098394

    GENEVA, Aug 6 (MENA) - The World Health Organization said Friday COVID-19 vaccination should not be a condition when travelling abroad as not everyone has equal access to vaccines. The World Health Organization has clearly said it does not ....

  • White House: 50% of US fully vaccinated

    Date: 2021-08-06 17:39:57 GMT - USA - World - SN:70 - ID:9098414

    WASHINGTON, Aug 6 (MENA) - Half of the US population is now fully vaccinated against Covid-19, the White House said on Friday, as inoculations rise in response to the surging Delta variant of the novel coronavirus, ABC news reported. "50% of ....

  • US ambassador offers aerial support in wildfire battle

    Date: 2021-08-06 13:51:53 GMT - Greece - World - SN:52 - ID:9098066

    ATHENS, Aug 6 (MENA) - US Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt on Friday announced that the US Navy is deploying a reconnaissance aircraft to assist the Greek fire service in its ongoing battle with several major wildfires, the Greek newspaper ....

  • Head of Afghan government media and Information Center assassinated

    Date: 2021-08-06 13:43:26 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:48 - ID:9098019

    KABUL, Aug 6 (MENA) - Head of the Afghan government media and Information Center Dawakhan Minapal gunned down in Police District 7, Darul Aman Kabul, Friday afternoon, the Afghan news agency Khaama Press reported. Spokesperson of Interior ....

  • Malaysia: Over 23 million COVID jabs administered

    Date: 2021-08-06 12:40:02 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:38 - ID:9097718

    KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 6 (MENA) - A total of 23,161,255 vaccine doses have been administered under the National Covid-19 Immunization Program as of yesterday. Health Minister Adham Baba said 15,162,424 doses were administered as first doses, and ....

  • New fires break out in Greece

    Date: 2021-08-06 11:17:20 GMT - Greece - World - SN:31 - ID:9097699

    ATHENS, Aug 6 (MENA) - Two new fires broke out on Friday, further stretching the Greek fire service that has been battling major blazes in northern Athens, Evia and the western Peloponnese since the start of the week during the biggest heatwave in ....

  • Russia reports 22,660 daily COVID-19 cases

    Date: 2021-08-06 09:44:14 GMT - Russia - World - SN:27 - ID:9097505

    MOSCOW, Aug 6 (MENA) - Russia confirmed 22,660 new COVID-19 cases over the past day, taking the total case tally to 6,402,564, the anti-coronavirus crisis center told reporters on Friday. The number of COVID-19 fatalities in Russia over the past ....

  • Armenia registers 303 new coronavirus cases, 4 deaths

    Date: 2021-08-06 09:38:32 GMT - Armenia - World - SN:26 - ID:9097460

    YEREVAN, Aug 6 (MENA) - Armenia’s National Center for Disease Control and Prevention registered 303 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 231,625. The total number of recoveries ....

  • Kyrgyzstan records 658 new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2021-08-06 09:30:09 GMT - Kyrgyzstan - World - SN:24 - ID:9097458

    BISHKEK, Aug 6 (MENA) - Kyrgyzstan recorded 658 new daily cases of the coronavirus, health authorities announced on Friday. The ministry added that eight people died from the virus in the past 24 hours. Kyrgyzstan's national coronavirus tally ....

  • Johns Hopkins: Tally of coronavirus exceeds 200 million worldwide

    Date: 2021-08-06 09:29:51 GMT - USA - World - SN:22 - ID:9097521

    WASHINGTON, Aug 6 (MENA) - As many as 200,926,244 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU). It reported that about 4,267,726 have died from the virus ....

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