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Bulgaria suspends AstraZeneca vaccine use
Date: 2021-03-12 11:18:20 GMT - Bulgaria - World - SN:33 - ID:8846044
SOFIA, March 12 (MENA) - Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov on Friday suspended use of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine, following similar steps in Denmark, Iceland and Norway over safety concerns, Sofia news agency reported. "I order a halt in ....
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Two dead, 27 injured as bus falls into gorge in India
Date: 2021-03-12 11:04:46 GMT - India - World - SN:31 - ID:8846019
NEW DELHI, March 12 (MENA) - Two women were killed and 27 other passengers injured, one of them seriously, when the bus in which they were travelling fell into a gorge in Chhindwara district of Madhya Pradesh, NDTV quoted officials as saying on ....
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Cyprus: 32,000 fully vaccinated so far
Date: 2021-03-12 10:41:23 GMT - Cyprus - World - SN:29 - ID:8845980
NICOSIA, March 12 (MENA) - Over 116,000 people have received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine so far, including 32,000 who received both, the Cyprus Mail quoted the health ministry as saying Friday. The ministry said 116,331 have been ....
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Bulgaria registers 3,121 new coronavirus cases, 95 deaths
Date: 2021-03-12 10:01:08 GMT - Bulgaria - World - SN:27 - ID:8845811
SOFIA, March 12 (MENA) - Bulgaria registered 3,121 new cases of coronavirus over the past 24 hours, bringing the country's total to 272,700, the Sofia News Agency reported Friday. The number of coronavirus-associated deaths rose by 95 in the past ....
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Kazakhstan records 899 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Date: 2021-03-12 09:48:18 GMT - Kazakhstan - World - SN:26 - ID:8845810
NUR-SULTAN, March 12 (MENA) - Kazakhstan has detected 899 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, raising the country’s caseload to 221,669, state news agency Kazinform reported Friday. A total of 653 more recoveries were registered, taking ....
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Philippines logs 4,578 new COVID-19 cases
Date: 2021-03-12 09:46:45 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:25 - ID:8845814
MANILA, March 12 (MENA) - The Philippines registered 4,578 new COVID-19 cases, the highest single-day rise since mid-September, pushing the country's total number of infections to 611,618. The Department of Health said 272 new recoveries were ....
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Japan, US, Australia, India to hold online summit on coronavirus Friday
Date: 2021-03-12 09:29:18 GMT - Japan - World - SN:24 - ID:8845804
TOKYO, March 12 (MENA) - The leaders of Japan, the United States, Australia and India will hold a virtual summit on Friday to discuss the coronavirus pandemic. The meeting of the so-called "Quad" countries is set to take place online in response ....
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Armenia records 818 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Date: 2021-03-12 09:15:35 GMT - Armenia - World - SN:22 - ID:8845775
YEREVEN, March 12 (MENA) - The Armenian Ministry of Healthcare said that 818 new coronavirus cases were confirmed over the past 24 hours, bringing the cumulative total number of confirmed cases to 177,104, Armenpress reported on Friday. The ....
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Ukraine reports 12,946 new coronavirus cases, 230 deaths
Date: 2021-03-12 09:06:36 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:19 - ID:8845705
KIEV, March 12 (MENA) - A total of 12,946 new coronavirus cases have been recorded in Ukraine in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 1,438, 468, Health Minister Maksym Stepanov said on Friday. "Some ....
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Russia documents 9,794 COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Date: 2021-03-12 09:03:37 GMT - Russia - World - SN:18 - ID:8845701
MOSCOW, March 12 (MENA) - Russia has documented 9,794 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the overall case count to 4,370,617, the federal anti-coronavirus crisis center told reporters on Friday. The relative daily increase rate has ....