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UK reports 144 new Covid-19 deaths in 24 hours
Date: 2021-02-28 18:04:40 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:86 - ID:8823203
LONDON, Feb 28 (MENA) - Another 144 people have died after testing positive for coronavirus and a further 6,035 new cases have been registered in the UK, Sky News reported Sunday. This compares to the 290 coronavirus deaths and 7,434 new ....
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Czech PM says not to resign over worsening coronavirus crisis
Date: 2021-02-28 17:21:58 GMT - Czech - World - SN:79 - ID:8823208
PRAGUE, Feb 28 (MENA) - Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš has said he sees no reason to resign over the worsening coronavirus crisis in the country, Radio Prague reported Sunday. Babiš said that while he was aware the cabinet had made so,e ....
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Czech President expects COVID-19 epidemic to end by September
Date: 2021-02-28 17:18:38 GMT - Czech - World - SN:78 - ID:8823212
PRAGUE, Feb 28 (MENA) - Czech President Miloš Zeman expected the COVID-19 epidemic in the Czech Republic to end by September at the latest, he told CNN Prima News Sunday. By that time, a large majority of the population will have been vaccinated, ....
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Hong Kong detains 47 activists on subversion charges
Date: 2021-02-28 17:11:09 GMT - Hong Kong - World - SN:77 - ID:8823289
VICTORIA, Feb 28 (MENA) - Hong Kong police on Sunday detained 47 activists on charges of conspiracy to commit subversion under the city's national security law, in the largest mass charge against the semi-autonomous Chinese territory's opposition ....
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20 million people receive 1st coronavirus jab in UK
Date: 2021-02-28 16:39:23 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:73 - ID:8823190
LONDON, Feb 28 (MENA) - More than 20 million people have had their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine in the UK, SKY News quoted Health Secretary Matt Hancock as saying Sunday. Hancock offered his "huge thanks" to the team and called it a ....
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Malaysia reports 2,437 new COVID-19 cases
Date: 2021-02-28 14:34:12 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:62 - ID:8822836
KULA LUMPUR, Feb 28 (MENA) – Malaysia's health ministry on Sunday reported 2,437 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Southeast Asian country, bringing its total tally to 300,752. Health Ministry Director-General Noor Hisham Abdullah said in a ....
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UK paper: Single dose Covid vaccine could be just weeks away from becoming third UK jab
Date: 2021-02-28 13:39:05 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:57 - ID:8822697
LONDON, Feb 28 (MENA) - Single dose vaccine could be just weeks away for Britain as the regulation process is set to begin this week, The Mirror reported on Sunday. The Johnson & Johnson vaccine, which has now been approved for use in the US, ....
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Diplomat dismisses rumors over Russia withdrawal from Council of Europe
Date: 2021-02-28 10:58:23 GMT - Russia - World - SN:37 - ID:8822322
MOSCOW, Feb 28 (MENA) - Twenty-five years after joining the Council of Europe, Russia is set to actively cultivate cooperation with the organization and its member-states, and the rumors on its imminent withdrawal are unfounded, Russia’s Permanent ....
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China’s Covid vaccination program beset by delay and reluctance
Date: 2021-02-28 10:50:54 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:35 - ID:8822326
LONDON, Feb 28 (MENA) - While China has pledged to ship hundreds of millions of vaccines abroad, domestically the rollout of inoculations has been slow, raising concerns that restrictions on international travel will remain until at least next year, ....
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New fears of next coronavirus wave as case declines slow and variants grow:Paper
Date: 2021-02-28 10:46:22 GMT - USA - World - SN:32 - ID:8822350
LOS ANGELES, Feb 28 (MENA) - Federal officials are expressing worry that the decline in daily new coronavirus cases nationwide is starting to flatten as one of the variants, from the U.K., is on the rise, the Los Angeles Times reported. They ....
