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  • New Zealand reports first case of coronavirus in community in 2 months

    Date: 2021-01-24 10:48:01 GMT - New Zealand - World - SN:36 - ID:8766578

    WELLINGTON, Jan 24 (MENA) - New Zealand reported its first coronavirus case outside of a quarantine facility in more than two months, although there is no immediate evidence the virus is spreading in the community, ABC news said ....

  • Negative PCR test now needed for EU-France travel

    Date: 2021-01-24 10:40:44 GMT - France - World - SN:34 - ID:8766615

    PARIS, Jan 24 (MENA) - France implemented border controls to make sure that all travelers from Europe arriving by plane or ferry have a negative PCR test taken within 72 hours prior to travel, in order to enter France, France 24 Channel ....

  • Russia reports 21,127 new COVID-19 cases

    Date: 2021-01-24 10:12:28 GMT - Russia - World - SN:31 - ID:8766556

    MOSCOW, Jan 24 (MENA) - Russia reported 21,127 new coronavirus cases in the preceding 24 hours on Sunday, including 3,069 in Moscow, taking the national tally to 3,719,400. Over the past day, 21,127 coronavirus cases were confirmed across 85 ....

  • Afghan FM urges Taliban to agree to ceasefire

    Date: 2021-01-24 10:01:35 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:30 - ID:8766557

    KABUL, Jan 24 (MENA) - Mohammad Haneef Atmar, Afghan Foreign Minister, said Taliban must agree to a ceasefire if they want to exonerate itself for escalated violence in Afghanistan. According to Khaama news agency, Atmar called on the Taliban to ....

  • French health minister raises possibility of third national lockdown

    Date: 2021-01-24 09:56:55 GMT - France - World - SN:29 - ID:8766493

    PARIS, Jan 24 (MENA) - French Health Minister Olivier Veran raised the prospect of a third national lockdown in case the circulation of the English coronavirus variant increases, France Info reported Sunday. A further lockdown in France "would ....

  • First case of pet with COVID-19 confirmed in S. Korea

    Date: 2021-01-24 09:52:06 GMT - south korea - World - SN:27 - ID:8766496

    SEOUL, Jan 24 (MENA) - A kitten has tested positive for the new coronavirus in the first virus case involving a pet reported in South Korea, Yonhap news agency reported. “During a recent tracking process involving a mass outbreak, health ....

  • Portugal votes in presidential election amid coronavirus surge

    Date: 2021-01-24 09:50:16 GMT - Portugal - World - SN:25 - ID:8766510

    LISBON, Jan 24 (MENA) - Portugal's presidential election began on Sunday despite surging coronavirus cases and record fatalities, France 24 channel reported. Polls indicate center-right incumbent Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa will win another term, ....

  • UK expert warns that vaccination does not mean people can return to life as normal

    Date: 2021-01-24 09:49:06 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:24 - ID:8766501

    LONDON, Jan 24 (MENA) - UK deputy chief medical officer, Jonathan Van-Tam, also warned that vaccination on its own does not mean people can return to life as normal, The Guardian reported. “Regardless of whether someone has had their vaccination ....

  • German hospital under quarantine over more infections coronavirus variant

    Date: 2021-01-24 09:10:19 GMT - Germany - World - SN:19 - ID:8766455

    BERLIN, Jan 24 (MENA) - German health authorities put a Berlin hospital under quarantine after 20 patients and staff members tested positive for a more infectious variant of the coronavirus discovered in Britain and spreading fast around the world, ....

  • Belgium reports 2,583 new coronavirus infections

    Date: 2021-01-24 08:11:07 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:17 - ID:8766356

    BRUSSELS, Jan 24 (MENA) - Total infections of coronavirus in Belgium on Sunday increased to 691,854 with 2,583 new reported by Belgian health authorities. They reported 51 more deaths from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours raising the total death ....

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