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US registers 229,042 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2020-12-31 07:42:51 GMT - USA - World - SN:9 - ID:8733542
WASHINGTON, Dec 31 (MENA) - The United States reported 229,042 new Covid-19 cases within the past 24 hours, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. The total number of confirmed infections in the US stands at 19,740,468, CNN reported, ....
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China OKs 1st homegrown vaccine said to be 79.3% effective
Date: 2020-12-31 06:58:12 GMT - China - World - SN:4 - ID:8733470
BEIJING, Dec 31 (MENA) - Chinese health regulators said Thursday that they have given conditional approval to a coronavirus vaccine developed by state-owned Sinopharm, CBC reported. The two-dose vaccine is the first approved for general use in ....
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Ireland returns to full national lockdown as PM warns of 'extremely serious' situation
Date: 2020-12-30 20:48:18 GMT - Ireland - World - SN:73 - ID:8733378
DUBLIN, Dec 30 (MENA) - Ireland is being placed back into a full lockdown for "at least" a month as the new strain of coronavirus accelerates throughout the country, with Prime Minister Micheal Martin warning of an "extremely serious" situation, ....
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Russia reports over 26,500 daily coronavirus cases
Date: 2020-12-30 08:42:58 GMT - Russia - World - SN:18 - ID:8732219
MOSCOW, Dec 30 (MENA) - Russia confirmed 26,513 new coronavirus cases in the past day and the total case tally hit 3,131,550, the anti-coronavirus crisis center told reporters on Wednesday. In the past two days, the growth rate did not exceed ....
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NY Times: Trump Administration weighs plan to place Cuba on U.S. terrorism sponsor list
Date: 2020-12-30 08:42:25 GMT - USA - World - SN:17 - ID:8732213
NEW YORK, Dec 30 (MENA) - State Department officials have drawn up a proposal to designate Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism, a final-hour foreign policy move that would complicate plans by the incoming Biden administration to relax increased ....
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Sinopharm says coronavirus vaccine is 79 percent effective
Date: 2020-12-30 08:04:49 GMT - China - World - SN:12 - ID:8732115
BEIJING, Dec 30 (MENA) - Phase 3 trials of a Sinopharm coronavirus vaccine found it was 79 percent effective, the Chinese pharma giant said on Wednesday. It added that it is lower than rival jabs developed by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna but a ....
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Oxford AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine approved in UK
Date: 2020-12-30 08:03:34 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:16 - ID:8732154
LONDON, Dec 30 (MENA) - The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency on Wednesday gave the green light to Oxford AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine for roll-out. The home-grown vaccine was given the OK, said the British government in a ....
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US registers 247,000 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2020-12-30 08:01:50 GMT - USA - World - SN:15 - ID:8732112
WASHINGTON, Dec 30 (MENA) - The United States reported 247,646 new Covid-19 cases within the past 24 hours, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. The total number of confirmed infections in the US stands at 19,557,147, CNN reported, ....
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US records 3,708 new deaths of coronavirus
Date: 2020-12-30 07:52:20 GMT - USA - World - SN:14 - ID:8732113
WASHINGTON, Dec 30 (MENA) - The US recorded 3,708 new deaths of coronavirus on Tuesday taking to 338,544 the total number of deaths, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. The average figure of daily deaths of the virus is 2210, the ....
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South Korea: New infections above 1,000 for 2nd day
Date: 2020-12-30 07:19:28 GMT - south korea - World - SN:11 - ID:8732066
SEOUL, Dec 30 (MENA) - South Korea's new coronavirus cases stayed above 1,000 for a second straight day Wednesday and variant cases rose to five amid tougher virus curbs across the country, Yonhap reported. Adding woes to the country's battle ....
