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  • Thai govt to administer AstraZeneca vaccine after delay over safety

    Date: 2021-03-15 08:36:54 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:21 - ID:8850926

    BANGKOK, March 15 (MENA) - Thailand will start using the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine on Tuesday after a brief delay due to concerns over its safety, officials said, with the prime minister and his cabinet due to be the first to receive it, Bangkok ....

  • Germany's confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 6,604

    Date: 2021-03-15 07:38:28 GMT - Germany - World - SN:17 - ID:8850844

    BERLIN, March 15 (MENA) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 6,604 to 2,575,849, The Guardian reported Monday quoting data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases. The reported death toll rose ....

  • China's mainland reports 5 new imported cases of coronavirus

    Date: 2021-03-15 06:27:30 GMT - China - World - SN:9 - ID:8850798

    BEIJING, March 15 (MENA) - The Chinese mainland reported no new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases on Sunday, Xinhua reported quoting the Chinese National Health Commission as saying on Monday. Five new imported COVID-19 cases were reported on ....

  • South Korea records 382 new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2021-03-15 06:02:09 GMT - south korea - World - SN:5 - ID:8850757

    SEOUL, March 15 (MENA) - South Korea reported 382 more COVID-19 cases, including 370 local infections, raising the total caseload to 96,107, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said. The figure was sharply down from 459 on ....

  • India reports 26,291 new coronavirus cases in last 24 hours

    Date: 2021-03-15 05:13:19 GMT - India - World - SN:1 - ID:8850727

    NEW DELHI, March 15 (MENA) - India on Monday recorded the highest single-day spike this year of 26,291 coronavirus cases, taking the country’s total caseload to 11,385,339,according to Union health ministry data. The death toll due to the ....

  • Greece reports 1,626 new coronavirus cases, 53 deaths

    Date: 2021-03-14 21:32:43 GMT - Greece - World - SN:101 - ID:8850610

    ATHENS, March 14 (MENA) – The number of new reported cases of Covid-19 in Greece remained above the 1,000 mark on Sunday despite many parts of the country, including the capital, being in a hard lockdown for several weeks. In its daily bulletin ....

  • Italy reports 21,315 new Covid-19 cases, 264 deaths

    Date: 2021-03-14 21:31:05 GMT - Italy - World - SN:100 - ID:8850608

    ROME, March 14 (MENA) - The Italian Health Ministry announced Sunday that 264 coronavirus-related deaths were reported in Italy over the past 24 hours. Meanwhile, as many as 21,315 new infections were registered in the country over the same ....

  • At least 20 protesters killed in Myanmar

    Date: 2021-03-14 20:33:56 GMT - Myanmar (Burma) - World - SN:97 - ID:8850556

    NAYPYITAW, March 14 (MENA) - Myanmar security forces shot dead at least 20 people participating in anti-coup demonstrations in Yangon on Sunday, Japan's Kyodo news agency quoted local media as saying. Video footage showed gunshots ringing out in ....

  • 2 explosions claim 3, wound 12 in Afghanistan

    Date: 2021-03-14 20:33:08 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:96 - ID:8850558

    KABUL, March 14 (MENA) – At least three civilians were killed and 12 others were injured in back-to-back explosions in Afghanistan's Kabul city, Khaama Press reported. Both incidents have occurred in less than one hour of each other on Sunday ....

  • ‘No doubt’ there will be further wave of Covid-19, warns UK official

    Date: 2021-03-14 19:52:33 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:93 - ID:8850510

    LONDON, March 14 (MENA) - The UK’s national statistician said he has “no doubt” that there will be a further wave of Covid-19 infections in the autumn, Evening Standard newspaper reported on Sunday. Professor Sir Ian Diamond, head of the Office for ....

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