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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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, ....
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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 ....
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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, ....
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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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Chinese mainland reports 65 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases
Date: 2021-01-24 08:02:16 GMT - China - World - SN:16 - ID:8766329
BEIJING, Jan 24 (MENA) - The Chinese mainland on Saturday reported 80 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases, including 65 locally transmitted ones and 15 arriving from outside the mainland, the National Health Commission said Sunday. Of the locally ....
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Coronavirus variant found in 22 US states
Date: 2021-01-24 07:45:10 GMT - USA - World - SN:15 - ID:8766349
WASHINGTON, Jan 24 (MENA) - Scientists at the US Centers for Disease Control and Protection are speaking with UK health officials to learn more about British data that suggests a new coronavirus variant could be more deadly, CNN reported ....
