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Millions in Britain to face Tier 4 curbs amid surge in coronavirus cases
Date: 2020-12-30 07:15:45 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:10 - ID:8732071
LONDON, Dec 30 (MENA) - Millions more people will be placed under stay-at-home orders today after a record high of more than 53,000 Covid cases were confirmed yesterday, reported The Times on Wednesday. Prime Minister Boris Johnson approved the ....
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Colorado confirms first known US case of new COVID-19 strain
Date: 2020-12-30 06:40:54 GMT - USA - World - SN:9 - ID:8732050
WASHINGTON, Dec 30 (MENA) - Colorado has confirmed the first known US case of a new coronavirus strain that was first identified in the United Kingdom, USA Today reported. "Today we discovered Colorado’s first case of the COVID-19 variant ....
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President Trump, Michelle Obama top 'most admired' list for 2020
Date: 2020-12-29 21:31:29 GMT - USA - World - SN:60 - ID:8731952
WASHINGTON, Dec 29 (MENA) – President Donald Trump was named the most admired man and Michelle Obama was named the most admired woman for 2020, ABC News reported. Trump tied with former President Barack Obama last year. This year, the president ....
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Russia imposes retaliatory travel sanctions on senior German officials
Date: 2020-12-29 20:14:04 GMT - Russia - World - SN:58 - ID:8731917
MOSCOW, Dec 29 (MENA) – Russia has banned senior German security and intelligence officials from entering the country in an expansion of the country's travel ban, Euronews reported. The move by the Russian Foreign Ministry affects "the top ....
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Kamala Harris receives first dose of Moderna Covid-19 vaccine on camera
Date: 2020-12-29 18:32:54 GMT - USA - World - SN:50 - ID:8731848
WASHINGTON, Dec 29 (MENA) - US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris received the first dose of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine live on television on Tuesday in Washington, DC, and urged Americans to get vaccinated for the virus, CNN reported. "That ....
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EU to buy another 100 million Pfizer vaccine doses
Date: 2020-12-29 18:30:49 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:49 - ID:8731839
BRUSSELS, Dec 29 (MENA) –The European Union has agreed to buy an additional 100 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccine, CNBC reported. The additional purchase will make for a total of 300 million doses for the 27-nation bloc. "We ....
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Canada's Quebec becomes fourth province to confirm more contagious COVID-19 variant
Date: 2020-12-29 18:14:29 GMT - Canada - World - SN:48 - ID:8731860
QUEBEC, Canada, Dec 29 (MENA) - Canada's Quebec has become the fourth province to confirm its first case of a more contagious COVID-19 variant, Lethbridge News Now reported. In a statement on Tuesday, Canadian Health Minister Christian Dube said ....
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UK registers record 53,135 new COVID-19 cases in 24 hours
Date: 2020-12-29 18:08:37 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:47 - ID:8731856
LONDON, Dec 29 (MENA) - Britain on Tuesday registered a new daily high of more than 53,000 Covid-19 cases, as concern mounted about spiralling numbers of positive tests and pressure on health services, NDTV reported. Government figures showed ....
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Japan reports nearly 2,400 new Covid-19 cases
Date: 2020-12-29 09:18:14 GMT - Japan - World - SN:16 - ID:8730859
TOKYO, Dec 29 (MENA) - Japan reported 2,395 new coronavirus cases and 54 additional deaths Monday, according to a statement from the country's Ministry of Health. Of those, 481 were in the capital, Tokyo, where the total number of people ....
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Russia registers 27,002 new COVID-19 cases
Date: 2020-12-29 08:41:35 GMT - Russia - World - SN:15 - ID:8730768
MOSCOW, Dec 29 (MENA) - Russia has registered 27,002 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 3,105,037, according to Sputnik. "Over the past 24 hours, 27,002 coronavirus cases were confirmed in 85 regions, including 3,915 ....
