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India reports 8,000 cases of black fungus
Date: 2021-05-23 09:06:13 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:26 - ID:8970370
LONDON, May 23 (MENA) - India has reported more than 8,800 cases of deadly "black fungus" in a growing epidemic of the disease, the BBC reported. The normally rare infection, called mucormycosis, has a mortality rate of 50%, with some only saved ....
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Head of religious scholars council killed in Afghan district of Parwan
Date: 2021-05-23 08:59:16 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:25 - ID:8970344
KABUL, May 23 (MENA) - Mawlawi Saifullah Safi, head of the religious scholars council in Sayedkhil district in Parwan province, was killed in an attack by unidentified gunmen on Sunday morning, local officials said as quoted by Tolo news channel. ....
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Russia reports 8,951 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2021-05-23 08:56:10 GMT - Russia - World - SN:24 - ID:8970332
MOSCOW, May 23 (MENA) - Russia has confirmed on Sunday 5,001,505 cases of coronavirus and 118,482 deaths, according to the national coronavirus information center. Russia’s total excess fatality count since the start of the coronavirus pandemic ....
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Pfizer and AstraZeneca ‘highly effective’ against India Covid variant
Date: 2021-05-23 08:41:24 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:23 - ID:8970325
LONDON, May 23 (MENA) - Both the Pfizer and AstraZeneca jabs are highly effective at protecting people from the strain of the Covid-19 virus first found in India, a study by Public Health England (PHE) has found. The analysis, carried out between ....
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UK defense minister named Moscow as "number one adversary threat"
Date: 2021-05-23 08:35:42 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:21 - ID:8970300
LONDON/MOSCOW, May 23 (MENA) - Russian naval vessels have been showing increased activity along Britain’s coastline, UK Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said in an interview with The Telegraph. "We’re regularly visited by nosy Russian ships, and we ....
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Germany's confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 6,714
Date: 2021-05-23 07:45:54 GMT - Germany - World - SN:16 - ID:8970238
BERKIN, May 23 (MENA) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 6,714 to 3,648,958, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Sunday. The reported death toll rose by 82 to 87,380, the ....
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CDC investigating heart problems in few young vaccine recipients
Date: 2021-05-23 07:20:01 GMT - USA - World - SN:15 - ID:8970217
NEW YORK, May 23 (MENA) - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is looking into reports that a very small number of teenagers and young adults who got the COVID-19 vaccine may have experienced heart problems, CNBC reported. CDC officials ....
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India reports daily rise in coronavirus cases of 240,842
Date: 2021-05-23 06:51:02 GMT - India - World - SN:13 - ID:8970189
NEW DELHI, May 23 (MENA) - India reported 240,842 new coronavirus infections over the last 24 hours and deaths rose by 3,741. Total infections in the country stood at 26.5 million while the country’s total death toll was at 299,266, according to ....
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China reports 19 new infections, no deaths
Date: 2021-05-23 06:28:25 GMT - China - World - SN:7 - ID:8970175
BEIJING, May 23 (MENA) - Mainland China reported 19 new cases of confirmed infections over the past 24 hours, including 18 imported cases and one local one, according to China's National Health Commission on Sunday. The new infections include 4 ....
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Brazil records 76,490 new coronavirus cases over past 24 hours
Date: 2021-05-23 06:24:40 GMT - Brazil - World - SN:5 - ID:8970151
BRASILIA, May 23 (MENA) - Brazil has reported 1,899 more deaths from COVID-19, raising the national count to 448,208, the Brazilian Ministry of Health said on Sunday. A total of 76,490 more infections were detected, raising the nationwide tally ....
