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UK reports 21,691 new coronavirus cases, 138 deaths
Date: 2021-08-03 16:04:12 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:73 - ID:9092865
LONDON, Aug 3 (MENA) - An additional 138 people in the UK are reported to have died within 28 days of a positive coronavirus test - the highest number since 17 March - and 21,691 new people tested positive. There were 6,099 patients in hospital ....
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Kisho defeated by Ukraine's Parviz Nasipov in wrestling semi-finals
Date: 2021-08-03 11:27:53 GMT - Japan - World - SN:43 - ID:9092010
TOKYO, Aug 3 (MENA) - Egyptian Greco-Roman wrestler Mohamed Ibrahim "Kisho" was defeated by his Ukrainian counterpart Parviz Nasipov 6-7 in their clash on Tuesday as part of semi-finals competitions of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Kisho failed ....
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US State Department to evaluate ways of responding to ban on hiring Russian embassy staff
Date: 2021-08-03 08:52:07 GMT - USA - World - SN:22 - ID:9091660
WASHINGTON, Aug 3 (MENA) - The United States will continue to study appropriate actions in response to a ban on hiring Russian and third-country citizens at its diplomatic missions in Russia, US State Department Spokesman Ned Price told journalists ....
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JHU: World coronavirus cases hit 198,894,515
Date: 2021-08-03 07:36:37 GMT - USA - World - SN:11 - ID:9091435
WASHINGTON, Aug 3 (MENA) - The US Johns Hopkins University (JHU) said the total number of coronavirus infections at the global level hit 198,894,515. The university added that the total number of deaths worldwide reached now 4,235,461, according ....
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Vaccinations up more than 200% in hardest hit states: White House
Date: 2021-08-03 07:16:47 GMT - USA - World - SN:6 - ID:9091497
WASHINGTON, Aug 3 (MENA) - White House COVID coordinator Jeff Zients said that last week the US reached its highest day seven-day average of vaccinations since July 4th, and 3 million Americans got their first shot in the past seven days, ABC News ....
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Japan to tighten border controls on visitors from 3 US states
Date: 2021-08-02 21:08:18 GMT - Japan - World - SN:88 - ID:9091298
TOKYO, Aug 2 (MENA) - The Japanese government revealed Monday that it will tighten border controls for travelers from three US states, Finland and some other areas in response to the spread of highly contagious variants of the novel ....
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New data proves effectiveness of Covid-19 vaccines
Date: 2021-08-02 19:49:38 GMT - USA - World - SN:85 - ID:9091219
WASHINGTON, Aug 1 (MENA) - The effectiveness of Covid-19 vaccines is borne out in new government data showing that more than 99.99% of fully vaccinated Americans have not had a breakthrough infection resulting in hospitalization or death, Medical ....
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Cyprus reports 493 new Covid-19 cases, 4 fatalities in one day
Date: 2021-08-02 19:49:21 GMT - Cyprus - World - SN:84 - ID:9091218
NICOSIA, Aug 2 (MENA) - The Cypriot Health Ministry announced that 493 new coronavirus cases were detected over the past 24 hours, taking the tally of confirmed cases to 102,716, Cyprus News Agency (CNA) reported on Monday. In addition, four ....
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Foreign officials, experts oppose politicizing COVID-19 origin tracing
Date: 2021-08-02 19:49:06 GMT - China - World - SN:83 - ID:9091155
BEIJING, Aug 2 (MENA) – Political leaders and experts worldwide have strongly opposed politicizing the COVID-19 origin tracing issue, saying that such a trend would deal a heavy blow to the global anti-pandemic efforts, Xinhua reported. "Research ....
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Ireland reports 1,352 new Covid-19 cases
Date: 2021-08-02 19:05:13 GMT - Ireland - World - SN:81 - ID:9091088
BELFAST, Aug 2 (MENA) – A further 1,352 Covid-19 cases were reported by the Department of Health on Monday with 177 patients in hospital, of whom 27 are in intensive care, The Irish Times reported. The six millionth dose of Covid-19 vaccine will ....
