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Italy reports 12,074 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2021-02-17 18:53:15 GMT - Italy - World - SN:75 - ID:8804962
ROME, Feb 17 (MENA) – Italy reported 12,074 new COVID-19 cases, and 369 more deaths in the last 24 hours, ANSA reported. This is compared to 10,386 new cases, and 336 more victims, on Tuesday, the Italian Health Ministry said on ....
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Greece registers new 755 coronavirus infections
Date: 2021-02-17 17:43:02 GMT - Greece - World - SN:68 - ID:8804876
ATHENS, Feb 17 (MENA) – Greece confirmed 755 new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours, of which 9 were identified at entry points to the country, The National Herald reported Wednesday. Confirmed infections since the pandemic began ....
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Prince Philip: Duke of Edinburgh admitted to hospital 'as a precaution' after feeling unwell
Date: 2021-02-17 17:32:54 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:65 - ID:8804884
LONDON, Feb 17 (MENA) - The Duke of Edinburgh has been admitted to hospital as a "precautionary measure" after feeling unwell. A Buckingham Palace spokesperson said the 99-year-old is "expected to remain in hospital for a few days of observation ....
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UK variant spreading rapidly in Germany
Date: 2021-02-17 17:21:45 GMT - Germany - World - SN:60 - ID:8804904
BERLIN, Feb 17 (MENA) - German Health Minister Jens Spahn told reporters in Berlin Wednesday that the B117 coronavirus variant now accounts for 22% of all new infections in the country, euro news reported. Two weeks ago, the number of cases ....
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UK reports 738 deaths, 12,718 coronavirus cases
Date: 2021-02-17 17:15:22 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:59 - ID:8804845
LONDON, Feb 17 (MENA) - The UK has reported another 12,718 coronavirus cases and 738 further deaths - and almost 16 million people have now had their first dose of a vaccine, Sky News reported. While the number of new infections is higher than ....
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Indonesia reports 9,687 new COVID-19 cases, 192 deaths
Date: 2021-02-17 16:55:12 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:56 - ID:8804774
JAKARTA, Feb 17 (MENA) - The COVID-19 cases in Indonesia increased by 9,687 in the past 24 hours to 1,243,646, the Indonesian Health Ministry said on Wednesday. The country recorded 192 new virus-related deaths, taking the death toll to 33,788, ....
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Nigerian president orders operation to rescue abducted schoolboys
Date: 2021-02-17 16:53:42 GMT - Nigeria - World - SN:54 - ID:8804747
ABUJA, Feb 17 (MENA) - Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday condemned the abduction of schoolboys from a school in central Nigeria and ordered a rescue operation, his office said. "The President has directed the Armed Forces and ....
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Vaccine delays in developing nations risk prolonging pandemic
Date: 2021-02-17 16:51:38 GMT - USA - World - SN:53 - ID:8804831
WASHINGTON, Feb 17 (MENA) - In the race to vaccinate the world against Covid-19, developing countries are running dangerously behind as mutations of the virus make it harder to catch up—a situation that could spell at least another year of ....
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Two Russian Su-27s intercept French military aircraft over Black Sea
Date: 2021-02-17 16:03:16 GMT - Russia - World - SN:46 - ID:8804677
MOSCOW, Feb 17 (MENA) - Two Russian Su-27 fighters intercepted a group of French military aircraft over the Black Sea and escorted them until they flew away from Russia's borders, the Russian Defense Ministry's National Defense Control Center (NDCC) ....
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Snowstorms hit East Med, army called out in Greece
Date: 2021-02-17 15:56:41 GMT - Greece - World - SN:44 - ID:8804548
ATHENS, Feb 17 (MENA) - Greek authorities called in the armed forces on Wednesday to help repair widespread damage caused by heavy snowfall in Athens, Kathimerini reported. The Athens snowstorm, described by authorities as the most severe in 20 ....
