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  • Brazil reports 72,715 new coronavirus cases, 2,311 deaths

    Date: 2021-05-12 13:29:15 GMT - Brazil - World - SN:47 - ID:8954421

    BRASILIA, May 12 (MENA) – Brazil recorded 72,715 additional confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the past 24 hours, along with 2,311 deaths from COVID-19, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday. Brazil has registered nearly 15.3 million cases since ....

  • Indian Covid-19 variant found in 44 countries: WHO

    Date: 2021-05-12 13:11:57 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:45 - ID:8954409

    GENEVA, May 12 (MENA) – The World Health Organization said Wednesday that a variant of Covid-19 behind the acceleration of India's explosive outbreak has been found in dozens of countries all over the world, Times of India reported. The UN health ....

  • Serious coronavirus cases hit record high in Japan

    Date: 2021-05-12 13:02:43 GMT - Japan - World - SN:44 - ID:8954414

    TOKYO, May 12 (MENA) – Japan's health authorities say the number of seriously-ill coronavirus patients across the country has hit a record high of 1,176, NHK reported. The figure which includes people on ventilators has more than tripled over the ....

  • Germany reports 14,909 new Covid-19 cases, 268 deaths in 24 hours

    Date: 2021-05-12 13:01:35 GMT - Germany - World - SN:43 - ID:8954411

    BERLIN, May 12 (MENA) - Germany's Robert Koch Institute (RKI) reported 14,909 new Covid-19 cases and 268 deaths over the past 24 hours, DW said Wednesday. Germany’s total number of coronavirus infections rose to 3,548,285, while the total death ....

  • Bulgaria reports 877 Covid-19 newly infected, 59 fatalities

    Date: 2021-05-12 12:57:59 GMT - Bulgaria - World - SN:41 - ID:8954405

    SOFIA, Bulgaria, May 12 (MENA) - Over the past 24 hours, 877 new cases of coronavirus infection have been detected in Bulgaria, data from the country’s information portal shows. Yesterday, 13,190 diagnostic tests were made - 5,581 PCR and 7,609 ....

  • New COVID-19 infections in India surpass 250,000

    Date: 2021-05-12 12:52:33 GMT - India - World - SN:40 - ID:8954406

    NEW DELHI, May 12 (MENA) - India’s coronavirus fatalities crossed a quarter million on Wednesday in the deadliest 24 hours since the pandemic began. According the the Indian health ministry, infections rose 348,421 in the 24 hours to Wednesday, ....

  • UNICEF calls on UK to give 20% of vaccines to other countries

    Date: 2021-05-12 08:34:53 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:20 - ID:8953924

    LONDON, May 12 (MENA) - UNICEF called on the UK to give 20% of its vaccines to other countries that are in urgent need of them as early as June, according to UNICEF, The Guardian reported. The children’s charity estimates the UK will have enough ....

  • British troops were twice as likely to be killed in Afghanistan as US forces

    Date: 2021-05-12 08:27:59 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:19 - ID:8953961

    LONDON, May 12 (MENA) - British and Canadian troops were more than twice as likely to get killed in Afghanistan as their US counterparts, The Guardian reported, quoting a study that looks at the scale of the sacrifice made by Nato allies over the ....

  • S.Korea reports over 600 new coronavirus cases amid spreading variants

    Date: 2021-05-12 07:58:48 GMT - south korea - World - SN:16 - ID:8953874

    SEOUL, May 12 (MENA) - South Korea's daily new coronavirus cases rose back above 600 on Wednesday, with health authorities remaining on alert over a potential spike amid spreading variant cases, Yonhap reported. The country reported 635 more ....

  • Chinese mainland reports 16 new imported Covid cases

    Date: 2021-05-12 07:47:33 GMT - China - World - SN:15 - ID:8953859

    BEIJING, May 12 (MENA) - The Chinese mainland on Tuesday reported 16 new Covid-19 cases, all of which were imported, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Wednesday. Of them, eight were reported in Guangdong, three in ....

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