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Gunmen kill 6 national park rangers in DR Congo

Kinshasa [Congo], January 11 (ANI/Sputnik): Gunmen have killed six national park rangers and seriously injured another one in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Virunga National Park has said.

2021-01-11T07:18:46.164784+00:00 IST

India delivers relief materials to Fiji for cyclone-affected people

Suva [Fiji], January 11 (ANI): India on Monday delivered relief supplies, including dignity kits containing hygiene and sanitary items and sleeping mats to Fiji for the cyclone-affected families.

2021-01-11T06:22:51.392342+00:00 IST

Mexico detects first case of UK strain of coronavirus

Mexico City [Mexico], January 11 (ANI/Sputnik): Mexico has confirmed its first case of the UK strain of the coronavirus, Gloria Molina Gamboa, the secretary of health of the Tamaulipas state, said.

2021-01-11T02:58:13.386997+00:00 IST

Production of Sputnik V to begin in Brazil on January 15

Moscow [Russia], January 11 (ANI/Sputnik): Brazil will begin manufacturing the Russian-developed Sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus disease on January 15, according to the vaccine's Twitter account.

2021-01-11T00:22:17.915138+00:00 IST

Cuba reports record number of daily cases of Covid-19 with 388 new infections

Havana [Cuba], January 11 (ANI/Xinhua): Cuba reported three more deaths and a record 388 new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the Ministry of Public Health (Minsap) reported on Sunday.

2021-01-10T21:56:18.696660+00:00 IST

Africa's COVID-19 tally tops 3 million, deaths exceed 72,000

Cape Town [South Africa], January 10 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa has topped 3 million on Sunday, according to the African Union's health agency.

2021-01-10T14:21:36.122056+00:00 IST

Georgia reports 1,143 new COVID-19 cases

Tbilisi [Georgia], January 10 (ANI/Xinhua): Georgia on Sunday reported 1,143 new COVID-19 cases, taking its total to 239,229, according to the country's National Center for Disease Control and Public Health (NCDC).

2021-01-10T10:51:49.955882+00:00 IST

6.1 magnitude earthquake in northwestern Argentina

Buenos Aires [Argentina], January 10 (ANI/Sputnik): A 6.1 magnitude earthquake has occurred in Argentina's northwestern province of Jujuy, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said Sunday.

2021-01-10T06:56:12.182060+00:00 IST

Argentina reports 11,057 new COVID-19 cases

Buenos Aires [Argentina], January 10 (ANI/Xinhua): Argentina registered 11,057 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, bringing the national tally to 1,714,409, the health ministry said.

2021-01-10T02:55:37.746008+00:00 IST

5.3-magnitude quake hits Solomon Islands's Kirakira

Honiara [Solomon Islands], January 10 (ANI/Xinhua): An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 jolted 77 km SE of Kirakira, Solomon Islands at 23:01:12 GMT on Saturday, the US Geological Survey said.

2021-01-10T01:59:26.744707+00:00 IST

7 dead, 4 injured in Colombian fire

Bogota [Colombia], January 10 (ANI/Xinhua): At least seven people died and four were injured on Saturday after several houses caught fire in the Colombian city of Cucuta, capital of the northeastern department of Norte de Santander.

2021-01-10T01:29:29.063065+00:00 IST

Chile reports record number of daily Covid-19 cases since June with 4,361 new infections

Santiago [Chile], January 10 (ANI/Xinhua): The Chilean Ministry of Health reported on Saturday that 4,361 new cases of COVID-19 were registered in the last 24 hours, the highest daily number since the peak of infection in late June.

2021-01-09T23:46:04.866783+00:00 IST

Russia reports 23,309 new COVID-19 cases

Moscow [Russia], January 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia has registered 23,309 COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, down from 23,652 the day before, taking the tally to 3,379,103, the coronavirus response center said on Saturday.

2021-01-09T08:37:18.277558+00:00 IST

'Bad Sign': Mexican President on suspension of Trump's social media accounts

Mexico City [Mexico], January 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has called social media blocks on incumbent US leader Donald Trump a "bad sign" for freedom, expressing "serious" concerns about the private tech companies' might to "silence and censor".

2021-01-09T06:51:13.397415+00:00 IST

Brazil's COVID-19 tally tops 8 million

Brasilia [Brazil], January 9 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of registered coronavirus cases in Brazil has topped 8 million, the country's Health Ministry said in a statement.

2021-01-09T05:44:56.833445+00:00 IST

Brazil detects the first case of re-infection with coronavirus variant

Rio de Janeiro [Brazil], January 9 (ANI/Xinhua): A Brazilian woman has become the first person in the world to be re-infected with a variant of the novel coronavirus known as E484K, state-run news agency Agencia Brasil reported on Friday.

2021-01-09T04:36:09.812490+00:00 IST

Brazil's Vice President discharged from hospital after recovering from COVID-19

Brasilia [Brazil], January 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Brazil's Vice President Hamilton Mourao was discharged from hospital on Friday after recovering from Covid-19 and will return to work on Monday, his press office said.

2021-01-09T03:46:01.739220+00:00 IST

Ecuador envoy takes part in Covaxin trials, says Indian vaccines safe, convenient

New Delhi [India], January 8 (ANI): After taking the first shot of Covaxin, Ecuador's Envoy to India Hector Cueva Jacome on Friday said that Bharat Biotech and Serum Institute are good companies, adding that he talked to researchers in US and Ecuador and then took part in the trials.

2021-01-08T16:48:52.466766+00:00 IST

Morocco's COVID-19 tally rises to 448,678 with 1,597 new cases

Rabat [Morocco], January 8 (ANI/Xinhua): Morocco's COVID-19 tally rose to 448,678 on Thursday as 1,597 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours.

2021-01-08T02:41:22.103814+00:00 IST

Chile's COVID-19 cases climb to 629,176, deaths reach 16,913

Santiago [Chile], January 8 (ANI/Xinhua): Chile registered 3,685 cases of the novel coronavirus infection and 97 deaths from the disease in 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said Thursday.

2021-01-07T23:56:05.516679+00:00 IST

Brazil's Covid-19 death toll surpasses 200,000

Moscow [Russia], January 8 (ANI/Sputnik): Brazil's COVID-19 case tally is nearing 8 million, while the related death toll has topped 200,000, the Health Ministry said on Thursday.

2021-01-07T23:35:07.189413+00:00 IST