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Morocco receives COVID-19 vaccine through COVAX

Rabat [Morocco], April 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Morocco on Thursday received the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines through the global vaccine-sharing facility COVAX, the Ministry of Health said.

2021-04-09T02:10:13.741055+00:00 IST

Royal conflict resolved, says Jordan's King

Amman [Jordan], April 9 (ANI): Jordan's King Abdullah II has said that a sedition attempt has been quashed and that he has mended his relationship with his half-brother, who the government had accused of spearheading a plot against the country's leaders.

2021-04-09T00:22:11.159974+00:00 IST

Brazil reports highest daily death toll of 4,249 People

Brasilia [Brazil], April 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Brazil has registered 4,249 new fatalities caused by the coronavirus within the past 24 hours, marking the largest daily increase since the start of the outbreak, the national Ministry of Health said.

2021-04-08T23:39:53.958030+00:00 IST

Argentina registers record 23,683 new COVID-19 cases

Buenos Aires [Argentina], April 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Argentina has registered 23,683 new COVID-19 cases within the past 24 hours, marking the largest daily increase since the start of the outbreak for the third day in a row, the national Ministry of Health said.

2021-04-08T22:33:53.723920+00:00 IST

Seychelles central to India's vision of security, growth for Indian Ocean region: PM Modi

New Delhi [India], April 8 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said that India and Seychelles share a vital partnership in the Indian Ocean neighbourhood and the country is central to India's vision of Security And Growth for All in the Region (SAGAR).

2021-04-08T12:54:07.728515+00:00 IST

Australia: Indian-origin girl with ultra-rare fatal disease waiting for treatment

Melbourne [Australia], April 8 (ANI): Twelve-year-ago, life was going well for Indian-origin Neeraj Sawhney and his wife Vandana in Australia, they were blessed with their first kid, a baby girl. They named her Trisha.

2021-04-08T08:24:16.592844+00:00 IST

COVID-19: Brazil sees record-high ICU occupancy

Rio de Janeiro [Brazil], April 8 (ANI/Xinhua): Occupancy levels at Brazil's intensive care units (ICU) have surpassed 90 per cent in 21 of the country's 26 regional capitals, the highest rates since the country's first COVID-19 case was announced.

2021-04-08T05:51:24.929750+00:00 IST

Situation in Tigray remains dire despite improved humanitarian access: UN

New York [US], April 8 (ANI/Xinhua): There has been substantial improvement in humanitarian access in the Tigray region in northern Ethiopia, but continued fighting is driving massive displacement, creating a dire situation, the United Nations said on Wednesday.

2021-04-08T04:30:37.048279+00:00 IST

New Zealand suspends entry for travellers from India amid COVID-19 spike

Wellington [New Zealand], April 8 (ANI): New Zealand on Thursday temporarily suspended entry for all travellers from India following a surge in COVID-19 cases arriving from there, local media reported.

2021-04-08T03:40:28.453062+00:00 IST

PM Modi, Seychelles President to jointly inaugurate projects at virtual event today

New Delhi [India], April 8 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Thursday participate in a high-level virtual meeting with the President of Seychelles Wavel Ramkalawan and inaugurate a range of projects supported by India in Seychelles as part of New Delhi's Indo-Pacific vision.

2021-04-08T01:13:07.147535+00:00 IST

Canada's Ontario to begin 4-week COVID-19 state of emergency today

Ontario [Canada], April 8 (ANI/Sputnik): Ontario is declaring a state of emergency and introducing a stay-at-home order effective Thursday amid an increase in coronavirus variant cases, Premier Doug Ford announced on Wednesday.

2021-04-07T23:13:08.306877+00:00 IST

Calls grow for alternative to China's BRI as Beijing suffers severe reputational crisis

Beijing [China], April 7 (ANI): Despite Chinese President Xi Jinping's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) touted as a 'win-win' step over 140 targeted countries across the globe, recipient countries have realised that Beijing's aid was not as much of a kind gesture as they had hoped, hitting Beijing with a serious reputational crisis and emboldening calls for an alternative plan.

2021-04-07T13:46:05.152220+00:00 IST

Turkish Foreign Ministry summons Chinese Ambassador over social media posts

Ankara [Turkey], April 7 (ANI): The Turkish Foreign Ministry has summoned Chinese Ambassador Liu Shaobin over the diplomatic mission's social media posts about the Xinjiang autonomous region featuring mentions of Turkey's opposition politicians, according to reports cited by Sputnik.

2021-04-07T13:19:05.562929+00:00 IST

Mexico grants authorisation for emergency use of India's COVID-19 vaccine, Covaxin

Mexico City [Mexico], April 7 (ANI): The Mexico Federal Commission for the Protection Against Sanitary Risk (Cofepris) on Wednesday has granted authorization for the emergency use of India's first domestically-produced COVID-19 vaccine, Covaxin.

2021-04-07T10:07:43.116755+00:00 IST

Congo's Constitutional Court confirms re-election of President Denis Sassou Nguesso

Brazzaville [Congo], April 7 (ANI/Xinhua): The Republic of the Congo's Constitutional Court on Tuesday confirmed the re-election of President Denis Sassou Nguesso after provisional results gave him victory in the central African country two weeks ago.

2021-04-07T07:10:23.959368+00:00 IST

Argentina records 20,870 new COVID-19 cases

Buenos Aires [Argentina], April 7 (ANI/Xinhua): Argentina on Tuesday registered a record number of new COVID-19 cases, after 20,870 people tested positive for the disease in the last 24 hours, bringing the national tally to 2,428,029, according to the Ministry of Health.

2021-04-07T04:42:27.351932+00:00 IST

WHO denies issuing warning of 50,000 COVID-19 deaths in India by April 15, says its 'fake news'

New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI): The World Health Organisation (WHO) has refuted reports claiming that it has issued a warning on 50,000 fatalities due to COVID-19 in India by April 15.

2021-04-06T07:09:15.735074+00:00 IST

Colombia reports 10,190 new COVID-19 cases

Bogota [Colombia], April 6 (ANI/Xinhua): Colombia registered 10,190 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, taking its nationwide tally to 2,456,409, the ministry of health and social protection said Monday.

2021-04-06T04:40:34.612435+00:00 IST

Brazil's COVID-19 cases exceed 13 mln

Brasilia [Brazil], April 6 (ANI/Xinhua): Brazil reported on Monday 28,645 new COVID-19 infections and 1,319 deaths in the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 13,013,601 and the national death toll to 332,752, the Health Ministry said on Monday.

2021-04-06T02:02:43.690775+00:00 IST

Over 80 cases of British Covid-19 strain confirmed in Russia

Moscow [Russia], April 6 (ANI/Sputnik): More than 80 cases of the British coronavirus variant have been registered in Russia, all of them are imported cases, Anna Popova, the head of the Russian public health watchdog, Rospotrebnadzor, said.

2021-04-05T23:37:09.195288+00:00 IST

UK Prime Minister says Covid-19 vaccine passports still being assessed

London [UK], April 6 (ANI): UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday that no decision has been made yet regarding the introduction of the so-called Covid-19 vaccine passports, arguing that the government is still assessing some "complicated ethical and practical issues."

2021-04-05T19:25:22.860299+00:00 IST