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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 ....
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Cuba reports over 2.6 million people vaccinated against Covid-19
Date: 2021-08-02 19:04:40 GMT - Cuba - World - SN:80 - ID:9091087
HAVANA, Aug 2 (MENA) – As many as 2,620,050 Cubans have already received the complete three-dose Covid-19 vaccination stage, by applying some Cuban-own vaccines, Prensa Latina reported. According to Francisco Duran, National Director of ....
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Northern Ireland reports 872 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2021-08-02 18:24:52 GMT - Ireland - World - SN:77 - ID:9091089
BELFAST, Aug 2 (MENA) - Health officials said that five people have died with Covid-19 in Northern Ireland, with 872 new cases reported, according to Belfast Telegraph. The total number of Covid-19 cases since the outbreak of the virus here last ....
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External intrigue imposed on Afghans – Ghani says
Date: 2021-08-02 18:24:38 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:76 - ID:9091086
KABUL, Aug 2 (MENA) – Afghan President Ashraf Ghani during his speech in an exclusive gathering of the national council-Parliament, Senate- said that the ongoing war is an external intrigue imposed on the people of Afghanistan and security forces ....
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Brazil records 20,503 Covid-19 cases in 24 hours
Date: 2021-08-02 18:24:24 GMT - Brazil - World - SN:75 - ID:9091090
BRASILIA, Aug 2 (MENA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Brazil has increased by 20,503 to 19,938,358 within the past 24 hours, the country's health ministry said. With 464 more deaths, the toll now stands at 556,834, according to the ....
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40 Taliban gunmen killed in US strikes on Helmand's capital
Date: 2021-08-02 13:49:32 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:55 - ID:9090581
KABUL, Aug 2 (MENA) - The Afghan Ministry of Defense confirmed that the US army has conducted aerial strikes in the provincial capital-Lashkargah- city of Helmand province on Monday. 215 Maiwand corps based in southern Helmand province also said ....