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Italy reports 13,442 new Covid-19 cases, 385 fatalities in 24 hours
Date: 2021-02-06 20:22:10 GMT - Italy - World - SN:67 - ID:8787014
ROME, Feb 6 (MENA) - The Italian Health Ministry announced that 385 coronavirus-related deaths were registered in Italy on Saturday, up from 377 the day before. The daily tally of new infections fell to 13,442 from 14,218 on Friday, the ministry ....
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Poorest countries suffering ‘staggering’ hardship during Covid-19
Date: 2021-02-06 20:06:42 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:66 - ID:8787004
LONDON, Feb 6 (MENA) - Tens of millions of already-vulnerable households face poverty and hunger, a recent study by multiple international universities warns. The scale of the economic damage the coronavirus pandemic has wreaked across low and ....
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Cyprus reports 132 new coronavirus cases, one death
Date: 2021-02-06 20:02:06 GMT - Cyprus - World - SN:64 - ID:8787006
NICOSIA, Feb 6 (MENA) - Cyprus announced on Saturday that a one coronavirus-related case died, bringing the number of deaths to 211, Cyprus news agency reported. A press release by the Health Ministry said 132 new cases of coronavirus have been ....
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Report: Mutated virus may reinfect people already stricken once with covid-19
Date: 2021-02-06 19:58:01 GMT - USA - World - SN:62 - ID:8787005
WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (MENA) - A trial of an experimental coronavirus vaccine detected the most sobering signal yet that people who have recovered from infections are not completely protected against a variant that originated in South Africa and is ....
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Pakistani PM urges Kashmir UN-sponsored referendum
Date: 2021-02-06 18:07:59 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:57 - ID:8786728
ISLAM ABAD, Feb 6 (MENA) - Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said Saturday his country is committed to settling the Kashmir dispute with India by giving the self-determination right to the Kashmiri people, the country's official news agency ....
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Coronavirus cases surpass 105 mln worldwide
Date: 2021-02-06 17:51:53 GMT - USA - World - SN:54 - ID:8786735
WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (MENA) - The total number of global coronavirus cases on Saturday surpassed 105 million. According to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University, the current number of known cases around the world is now at least 105,489,650. ....
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Internet shutdown in Myanmar as thousands protest
Date: 2021-02-06 17:02:37 GMT - Myanmar (Burma) - World - SN:48 - ID:8786809
YANGON, Feb 6 (MENA) - Myanmar government shut down the internet in the country on Saturday as thousands of people protested in Myanmar's largest city, Yangon, Voice of America reported. As the protests swelled, witnesses reported a shutdown of ....
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Southeastern Iran hit by 4.7 magnitude earthquake
Date: 2021-02-06 11:40:21 GMT - Iran - World - SN:26 - ID:8786055
TEHRAN, Feb 6 (MENA) - A 4.7-magnitude earthquake struck Kerman province in the southeast of Iran on Saturday, according to the Geophysics Institute of the University of Tehran. The tremor occurred at a shallow depth of 12 km beneath the surface ....
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Ukraine records 4,310 new cases
Date: 2021-02-06 09:57:06 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:21 - ID:8786014
KIEV, Feb 6 (MENA) - A total of 4,310 new coronavirus cases have been recorded in Ukraine in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to more than 1.2 million, health authorities announced Saturday. Authorities ....
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Bulgaria records 910 new virus infections, 30 deaths
Date: 2021-02-06 09:41:27 GMT - Bulgaria - World - SN:20 - ID:8785999
SOFIA, Feb 6 (MENA) - Some 910 new cases of COVID-19 have been registered in Bulgaria in the past 24 hours, raising the total caseload to 223,059 Sofia news agency reported Saturday. Data released by the Unified Information Portal indicated that ....