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Experts fear Olympics could trigger global superspreader event
Date: 2021-03-31 09:02:44 GMT - Japan - World - SN:25 - ID:8882653
TOKYO, March 31 (MENA) - The Tokyo Summer Olympics has survived being postponed, a mountain of scandal and bad publicity. Now comes the real challenge: pulling off the world’s biggest sporting event safely in the middle of a pandemic, The Japan ....
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Paris mayor calls for schools to be closed to rein in COVID-19
Date: 2021-03-31 08:35:53 GMT - France - World - SN:22 - ID:8882673
PARIS, March 31 (MENA) - Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo said on Wednesday that schools should be closed to rein in the spread of the COVID-19 virus, speaking ahead of possible new restrictive measures to be announced later in the day by the government, US ....
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Five killed, two injured in bomb blast in Kapisa, Afghanistan
Date: 2021-03-31 08:15:57 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:20 - ID:8882441
KABUL, March 31 (MENA) - Five people were killed and two more were wounded in an explosion in Kapisa province, north of Kabul, Tolo news reported Wednesday quoting a local official. The explosion targeted a vehicle carrying the head of the ulema ....
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US records 60,540 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2021-03-31 08:10:05 GMT - USA - World - SN:18 - ID:8882502
WASHINGTON, March 31 (MENA) - The US reported 60,540 new coronavirus infections and 846 virus-related fatalities over the past 24 hours, according to Johns Hopkins University data released Wednesday. According to JHU's tally, the nationwide ....
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US orders non-essential diplomats to leave Myanmar
Date: 2021-03-31 06:49:07 GMT - USA - World - SN:16 - ID:8882400
WASHINGTON, March 31 (MENA) - The US State Department has ordered the departure of non-essential diplomats from Myanmar, it said in a statement Tuesday, amid a crackdown on protesters that has killed hundreds since the country's military coup began, ....
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Coronavirus cases around world reach 128,212,179 million
Date: 2021-03-31 06:26:59 GMT - USA - World - SN:13 - ID:8882401
WASHINGTON, March 31 (MENA) - Johns Hopkins University announced that the total number of coronavirus cases reached 128,212,179 million around the world. The fatalities from the pandemic reached 2,803,776 million cases, JHU said on its website ....
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India records 53,480 new Covid-19 cases, 354 deaths
Date: 2021-03-31 06:17:23 GMT - India - World - SN:9 - ID:8882360
NEW DELHI, March 31 (MENA) - As many as 53,480 fresh infections pushed India's Covid-19 tally to 1,21,49,335, while 354 new fatalities, the highest single-day spike so far this year, took the death toll to 1,62,468, The Times of India quoted Union ....
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NATO Secretary General joins meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Global Coalition to Defeat Daesh
Date: 2021-03-31 06:15:48 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:8 - ID:8882361
BRUSSELS, March 31 (MENA) - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg took part in a virtual meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Global Coalition to Defeat Daesh, co-hosted by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and ....
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Greece breaks record in new Covid-19 infections, intubations
Date: 2021-03-30 23:13:02 GMT - Greece - World - SN:97 - ID:8882264
ATHENS, March 30 (MENA) – Greek health authorities announced a record number of new Covid-19 infections and intubations on Tuesday, pointing to the relentless pressure placed on the national healthcare system, Kathimerini reported. In its daily ....
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US Covid-19 death toll exceeds 550,000: JHU
Date: 2021-03-30 09:40:37 GMT - USA - World - SN:31 - ID:8880594
WASHINGTON, March 30 (MENA) - At least 550,000 people in the United States have died after contracting Covid-19 as of early Tuesday morning on the East Coast, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. More than 30.3 million coronavirus ....
