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Spain's PM quarantines after France's Macron tests positive for COVID-19
Date: 2020-12-17 13:19:38 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:29 - ID:8716013
CAIRO, Dec 17 (MENA) - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has suspended all public activities and will quarantine until Dec.24 after being in contact with French President Emmanuel Macron, who has tested positive for COVID-19. A statement ....
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French president Emmanuel Macron tests positive for coronavirus
Date: 2020-12-17 10:53:11 GMT - France - World - SN:20 - ID:8715709
PARIS, Dec 17 (MENA) - French President Emmanuel Macron has tested positive for coronavirus, his office has said. The Elysee Palace said he was tested after showing early symptoms. He will now isolate for seven days but will continue to work ....
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Covid-19 vaccines 'not a silver bullet', stay vigilant: WHO
Date: 2020-12-17 09:27:24 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:16 - ID:8715557
GENEVA, Dec 17 (MENA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) regional office for the Western Pacific on Thursday called for greater vigilance amid the roll-out of coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine, saying the vaccine is not a "silver bullet" that will ....
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US Interior Secretary David Bernhardt tests positive for Covid-19
Date: 2020-12-17 08:10:23 GMT - USA - World - SN:11 - ID:8715399
WASHINGTON, Dec 17 (MENA) - Interior Secretary David Bernhardt tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday, becoming the latest prominent member of President Donald Trump's administration to contract the coronavirus, CNN reported. "Secretary ....
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Italy reports 680 coronavirus deaths, 17,572 cases
Date: 2020-12-17 07:25:10 GMT - Italy - World - SN:6 - ID:8715425
ROME, Dec 16 (MENA) - Italy reported 680 coronavirus-related deaths on Wednesday against 846 the day before, the health ministry said, while the daily tally of new infections rose to 17,572 from 14,844. There were 199,489 swabs carried out in the ....
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Number of coronavirus cases in Brazil exceeds 7 mln
Date: 2020-12-16 22:54:34 GMT - Brazil - World - SN:79 - ID:8715301
BRASILIA, Dec 17 (MENA) - The number of coronavirus cases in Brazil totaled 7,040,608 after 70,574 were registered over the past day, the Brazilian Ministry of Health reported. The number of fatalities increased by 936 over past 24 hours and ....
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US Secretary of State Pompeo quarantines
Date: 2020-12-16 18:57:25 GMT - USA - World - SN:64 - ID:8715174
WASHINGTON, Dec 16 (MENA) - The US State Department said Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has come into contact with a person who tested positive for COVID-19 and is quarantining. The department said Pompeo had tested negative for the virus but was ....
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Biden intends to get Covid-19 vaccine
Date: 2020-12-16 16:51:28 GMT - USA - World - SN:55 - ID:8715022
WASHINGTON, Dec 16 (MENA) - US President-elect Joe Biden is making preparations to get the COVID-19 vaccine, hoping to instill trust and confidence in the vaccine ahead of its widespread distribution as the death toll climbs to new heights, USA ....
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Russian Biocad intendeds to complete transfer of Covid-19 vaccine Sputnik V by Dec.
Date: 2020-12-16 10:07:36 GMT - Russia - World - SN:19 - ID:8714025
MOSCOW, Dec 16 (MENA) - Russian biotechnology company Biocad said it intended to complete the transfer of technologies of the Gamaleya research institute for manufacturing its COVID-19 vaccine, Sputnik V, by December, Sputnik reported ....
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US sets new 24-hour record with nearly 250,000 infections
Date: 2020-12-16 07:28:14 GMT - USA - World - SN:8 - ID:8713897
WASHINGTON, Dec 16 (MENA) - The US set a new daily record of Covid-19 cases, with more than 248,000 infections registered in the past 24 hours, media reports quoted the Johns Hopkins University virus monitor as saying. In the same period, 2,706 ....
