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EU clinches more vaccine deals after underwhelming rollout
Date: 2021-02-17 15:30:40 GMT - Greece - World - SN:40 - ID:8804646
ATHENS, Feb 17 (MENA) - The European Commission secured hundreds of millions of additional Covid-19 vaccines and vowed to accelerate authorization of shots targeting variants as it sought to put its inoculation campaign back on track, Bloomberg ....
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1,400 new coronavirus infections in Japan
Date: 2021-02-17 15:19:09 GMT - Japan - World - SN:39 - ID:8804547
TOKYO, Feb 17 (MENA) – Health authorities across Japan reported more than 1,400 new coronavirus infections on Wednesday with 79 deaths. Currently 607 people are in serious condition, NHK reported. Coronavirus vaccinations are now underway in ....
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Japan, US agree on Tokyo costs to host American forces in FY 2021
Date: 2021-02-17 14:58:40 GMT - Japan - World - SN:36 - ID:8804072
TOKYO, Feb 17 (MENA) - Japan and the United States have agreed to keep Tokyo's costs to host US forces stationed in the country at around the current level for fiscal 2021 following the expiration of a five-year deal, the Japanese government said ....
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Visitors to Japan fall 98.3% in Jan., down for 16th month in row
Date: 2021-02-17 14:23:45 GMT - Japan - World - SN:31 - ID:8804070
TOKYO, Feb 17 (MENA) – The estimated number of foreign visitors to Japan plunged 98.3 percent in January from a year earlier to 46,500, down for the 16th straight month, after the country suspended the entry of all nonresident foreign nationals due ....
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First Italian case of rare new Covid variant detected in Naples
Date: 2021-02-17 14:23:28 GMT - Italy - World - SN:30 - ID:8804382
ROME, Feb 17 (MENA) – Another new variant of the coronavirus has been found in Naples, the first known case in Italy of a strain so far spotted in the UK, Denmark, Nigeria and the US, the Local reported on Wednesday. The B.1.525 variant was ....
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US warns of Ebola threat after Africa outbreaks
Date: 2021-02-17 09:05:27 GMT - USA - World - SN:17 - ID:8803723
WASHINGTON, Feb 17 (MENA) - The United States warned that, despite the Covid-19 pandemic, the world "cannot afford to turn the other way" after cases of Ebola were confirmed in Guinea and the Democratic Republic of Congo, The Straits Times ....
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US records 59,598 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2021-02-17 08:54:32 GMT - USA - World - SN:15 - ID:8803725
WASHINGTON, Feb 17 (MENA) - At least 59,598 new Covid-19 cases and 1,602 virus related deaths were reported in the United States on Wednesday, CNN quoted Johns Hopkins University's tally of cases. To date, there have been at least 27,753,824 ....
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Japan Jan. exports post sharpest growth in 27 months on China demand
Date: 2021-02-17 08:53:20 GMT - Japan - World - SN:16 - ID:8803555
TOKYO, Feb 17 (MENA) - Japan's exports posted their sharpest growth in 27 months in January as they continued to recover from a coronavirus-triggered global slump, driven by brisk demand in China and other Asian countries, Kyodo reported Wednesday ....
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Biden vows to make 600m vaccine doses available by end of July
Date: 2021-02-17 08:52:15 GMT - USA - World - SN:14 - ID:8803559
WASHINGTON, Feb 17 (MENA) - President Joe Biden said the US will have enough supply of the COVID-19 vaccine by the end of the summer to inoculate 300 million Americans. Alhurra TV Channel said Wednesday Biden announced that the US had secured ....
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Blinken: 'Path to diplomacy is open right now' between US, Iran
Date: 2021-02-17 08:34:11 GMT - USA - World - SN:10 - ID:8803557
WASHINGTON, Feb 17 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken again expressed US readiness to negotiate over the Iran nuclear deal on Tuesday, telling National Public Radio “the path to diplomacy is open right now,” i24 News reported. “Iran is ....
