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Angela Merkel gets her AstraZeneca COVID vaccine shot
Date: 2021-04-16 14:56:29 GMT - Germany - World - SN:50 - ID:8912938
BERLIN, April 16 (MENA) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been vaccinated with the AstraZeneca vaccine, made by a British-Swedish manufacturer. The 66-year-old chancellor received the vaccine at the specially installed center in Berlin's ....
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Date of Russian ambassador’s return to US depends on Putin’s decision — Kremlin
Date: 2021-04-16 14:17:59 GMT - Russia - World - SN:48 - ID:8912841
MOSCOW, April 16 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin is informed of Russian Ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov’s consultations in Moscow, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Friday, adding that the date of Antonov’s return ....
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First UK cases of Indian Covid variant detected with 77 infections reported
Date: 2021-04-16 14:14:36 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:47 - ID:8912879
LONDON, April 16 (MENA) - Public Health England (PHE) has detected 77 cases of a new Covid-19 variant, which first emerged in India, in the UK, Independent reported Friday. This means the variant has been raised for formal investigation by PHE. ....
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Pakistan blocks social media platforms amid protest crackdown
Date: 2021-04-16 11:54:45 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:36 - ID:8912509
ISLAMABAD, April 16 (MENA) - Pakistan placed a temporary ban on several social media websites on Friday, Deutsche Welle reported. Platforms that will be unavailable include Facebook, Twitter, Whatsapp, YouTube and Telegram. The Pakistani ....
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Belarusian, Russian presidents to meet on April 22
Date: 2021-04-16 11:31:03 GMT - Belarus - World - SN:33 - ID:8912508
MINSK, April 16 (MENA) - Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko announced a meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Moscow on April 22, Belta reported Friday. "Yesterday, Putin and I agreed on the schedule of work on many ....
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Kim Boo-kyum nominated as S. Korea's new PM
Date: 2021-04-16 09:44:18 GMT - south korea - World - SN:26 - ID:8912425
SEOUL, April 16 (MENA) - Kim Boo-kyum, a former four-term lawmaker and interior minister, has been nominated as South Korea's new prime minister, Yonhap news agency quoted Cheong Wa Dae saying on Friday. South Korean President Moon Jae-in picked ....
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S. Korea reports 673 new coronavirus cases in past 24 hours
Date: 2021-04-16 09:39:04 GMT - south korea - World - SN:25 - ID:8912297
SEOUL, April 16 (MENA) - South Korea reported 673 more COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, raising the total caseload to 112,789, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said Friday. The country added two more deaths, raising the ....
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Philippines extends entry ban on foreigners until April 30
Date: 2021-04-16 09:17:13 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:24 - ID:8912296
MANILA, April 16 (MENA) - The Philippines has extended its ban on the entry of most foreign nationals until the end of the month, Malacañang said Friday. The travel ban on foreigners, which took effect on March 22, was supposed to end on April 21, ....
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Russia records 8,995 new daily COVID-19 cases
Date: 2021-04-16 09:04:51 GMT - Russia - World - SN:23 - ID:8912295
MOSCOW, April 16 (MENA) - Russia has registered 8,995 new COVID-19 infections over the past 24 hours, bringing the total count to 4,684,148 cases, the anti-coronavirus crisis center told journalists on Friday. The total death toll in Russia has ....
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Pfizer CEO believes third COVID vaccine dose may be needed between six and 12 months after vaccination
Date: 2021-04-16 09:02:09 GMT - USA - World - SN:22 - ID:8912335
WASHINGTON, April 16 (MENA) - The CEO of Pfizer says the pharmaceutical company's COVID-19 vaccine recipients will "likely" need a third dose between six to 12 months after full vaccination, followed by an annual shot. Initial data has shown ....
