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Sofia's Mayor infected with COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Sofia [Bulgaria], October 17 (ANI/Novinite): The mayor of Sofia Yordanka Fandakova has COVID-19. She announced this on her Facebook account. Fandakova clarified that first, her husband gave her a positive test, after which she underwent a PCR test, which confirmed that she had coronavirus.
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Turkey reports 28,537 daily COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], October 16 (ANI/Xinhua): Turkey on Saturday confirmed 28,537 new COVID-19 cases, raising its tally of infections to 7,630,163, according to its Health Ministry.
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Myanmar reports 1,205 new COVID-19 cases, 32 more deaths
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Yangon [Myanmar], October 16 (ANI/Xinhua): Myanmar reported 1,205 new COVID-19 cases with a daily test positivity rate of 6.8 per cent in the past 24 hours, according to a release from the Ministry of Health on Saturday.
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Singapore reports 3,348 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Singapore, October 16 (ANI/Xinhua): Singapore reported 3,348 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, bringing the total tally in the country to 1,45,120.
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Over 10 million people receive both doses of Sinopharm in Sri Lanka
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], October 16 (ANI/Xinhua): The Sri Lankan government, on Saturday said the number of Sri Lankans who had been administered both doses of the Sinopharm vaccine had surpassed the 10 million mark.
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Vietnam reports 3,221 new COVID-19 cases, 860,860 in total
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Hanoi [Vietnam], October 16 (ANI/Xinhua): Vietnam reported 3,221 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, including 3,211 locally transmitted and 10 imported, according to the country's Ministry of Health.
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Russia sees record number of daily COVID-19 cases, deaths: Response Centre
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia}, October 16 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia has registered a record number of daily COVID-19 cases in the past day, with a further 33,208 people falling ill since Friday, the coronavirus response centre said on Saturday.
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India's COVID-19 vaccination coverage exceeds 97.23 crores
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 16 (ANI): With the administration of 8,36,118 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India's COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 97.23 crores, informed the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Saturday.
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Family of black woman suing biotech firm for taking cancer cells without c
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 16 (ANI): The family of an African-American woman, Henrietta Lacks whose cervical cancer cells were taken without consent for research in 1951 is suing a biotech firm for compensation.
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38 'Corona Warriors' doctors complete combat training at ITBP academy
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Mussoorie (Uttarakhand) [India], October 16 (ANI) A group of 38 young doctors of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), including 14 women, completed their combat training under the Gazetted Officers Combatisation Course for a batch of Assistant Commandants and Medical Officers at ITBP Acade
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Over 58.98 crore samples tested for COVID-19 in India so far
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 16 (ANI): With COVID-19 testing capacity ramped up extensively India has so far conducted 58,98,35,258 tests, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said on Saturday.
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Durga Puja pandal in Patna honours 'Corona warriors' in a special way
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], October 16 (ANI): During the nine-day long Durga Puja, idols of Goddesses were shown as felicitating 'Corona warriors' including doctors, police personnel and sanitation workers at a pandal in the Anandpuri area of Patna as an honour for their selfless service during t
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