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  • Ukraine records 15,850 new coronavirus cases over past 24 hours

    Date: 2021-03-19 09:19:53 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:12 - ID:8859446

    KIEV, March 19 (MENA) - A total of 15,850 new coronavirus cases have been recorded in Ukraine in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 1,519,926, Health Minister Maksym Stepanov said on Friday. "Some ....

  • Bulgaria reports over 4,000 new coronavirus cases, 102 deaths

    Date: 2021-03-19 09:16:32 GMT - Bulgaria - World - SN:11 - ID:8859444

    SOFIA, March 19 (MENA) - Bulgaria registered 4,008 new cases of the coronavirus over the past 24 hours, bringing the country's total to 295,777, the Sofia News Agency reported Friday. The number of coronavirus-associated deaths rose by 102 in the ....

  • Biden says US on pace to hit 100 million Covid-19 vaccine shots on Friday

    Date: 2021-03-18 22:01:38 GMT - USA - World - SN:117 - ID:8859233

    WASHINGTON, March 18 (MENA) – US President Joe Biden said in Thursday remarks that the US is expected to hit his administration's target of 100 million Covid-19 vaccine doses delivered to American arms on Friday, CNN reported. The President had ....

  • Spain to resume AstraZeneca doses Wednesday

    Date: 2021-03-18 20:42:05 GMT - Spain - World - SN:108 - ID:8859197

    MADRID, March 18 (MENA) - Spain’s health minister said that the country will resume vaccinating with AstraZeneca doses next Wednesday but that officials will revise over the weekend which groups to exclude to minimize risks, CNN ....

  • Japan decides to end COVID-19 emergency in Tokyo area on March 21

    Date: 2021-03-18 15:59:19 GMT - Japan - World - SN:80 - ID:8858543

    TOKYO, March 18 (MENA) – The Japanese government formally decided Thursday to end the COVID-19 state of emergency in the Tokyo region on Sunday as planned as infections have declined from their peak and the strain on hospitals has eased, Kyodo News ....

  • Pakistan urges world to fight Islamophobia

    Date: 2021-03-18 15:06:19 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:73 - ID:8858507

    ISLAMABAD, March 18 (MENA) – Pakistan urged the international community to challenge xenophobia and racism in all their forms as leaders from nearly 60 countries spoke out against Islamophobia and anti-Muslim hatred, Dawn reported on ....

  • Armenian PN says country to have early parliamentary election in June

    Date: 2021-03-18 13:53:22 GMT - Armenia - World - SN:60 - ID:8858287

    YEREVAN, March 18 (MENA) – Armenia will hold an early parliamentary election on June 20, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced on Thursday, indicating a potential path out of a political crisis that has pit him against the army, ABC News ....

  • Italy mourns its covid dead

    Date: 2021-03-18 09:56:42 GMT - Italy - World - SN:32 - ID:8857793

    ROME, March 18 (MENA) - Flags will fly at half mast across Italy today with mayors throughout the country to hold a minute of silence at 11.00 to preserve and renew the memory of all the people who died because of he epidemic, Tass news agency ....

  • Georgia reports 369 new cases of coronavirus

    Date: 2021-03-18 09:51:12 GMT - Georgia - World - SN:30 - ID:8857713

    TBILISI, March 18 (MENA) - Georgia has reported 369 new cases of coronavirus, 378 recoveries, and nine deaths in the past 24 hours, Trend News Agency reports via Georgian media. Some 23,747 tests have been conducted around the country in the past ....

  • 15 coronavirus cases reported in Singapore

    Date: 2021-03-18 09:18:55 GMT - Singapore - World - SN:24 - ID:8857660

    SINGAPORE, March 18 (MENA) - Fifteen new COVID-19 cases were reported in Singapore as of noon on Thursday. All the new infections were imported and were placed on stay-home notice upon arrival in Singapore, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) in ....

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