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Germany didn't act fast enough amid signs of second COVID-19 wave: Merkel
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], February 11 (ANI/Xinhua): In an address to the German Bundestag (parliament) on Thursday, Chancellor Angela Merkel admitted that her government was "too hesitant" in its handling of the second COVID-19 wave.
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UK's COVID-19 quarantine hotel booking website goes down minutes after lau
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], February 11 (ANI/Sputnik): The new online system for booking a room in the COVID-19 quarantine hotels that will accommodate travellers arriving in the United Kingdom from 33 red-listed countries was taken down only minutes after it was launched on Thursday, the Department of Hea
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116-year-old French nun, who survived two World Wars and Spanish Flu, surv
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Paris [France], February 11 (ANI): Europe's oldest person aged 117-year-old has survived the coronavirus after living through two world wars as well as the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic.
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Iraq reports 2,369 new COVID-19 cases, 636,908 in total
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], February 11 (ANI/Xinhua): The Iraqi Health Ministry reported on Thursday 2,369 new COVID-19 cases, the highest daily record in 2021, bringing the tally to 636,908.
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Over 74 lakhs healthcare, frontline workers vaccinated against COVID-19 ac
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 11 (ANI): The number of healthcare and frontline workers vaccinated against COVID-19 has reached 74.30 lakh on day 27 of the countrywide COVID-19 vaccination program.
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Canada has supply-side constraints on vaccines, PM Modi, Trudeau had subst
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 11 (ANI): Former High Commissioner to Canada Vishnu Prakash has said Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau had a very constructive and substantive discussion during their phone conversation on Wednesday and Ottawa had sought I
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Lockdown in Germany will last "not one day longer" than necessary: Merkel
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], February 11 (ANI): German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday defended her strategy to tackle the coronavirus in the country after Wednesday's announcement that the country's lockdown will be extended until March 7.
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Former Indian envoy slams WHO for investigating origins of COVID-19 after
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 11 (ANI): Former High Commissioner to Canada Vishnu Prakash on Thursday slammed the World Health Organisation (WHO) for investigating the origins of coronavirus in China after 14-15 months of the incident.
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Bangladesh's COVID-19 cases rise to 539,571, death toll reaches 8,248
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], February 11 (ANI/Xinhua): Bangladesh reported 418 new COVID-19 cases and nine new deaths on Thursday, making the tally at 539,571 and death toll at 8,248, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said.
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Malaysia reports 3,384 new COVID-19 cases, 13 new deaths
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], February 11 (ANI/Xinhua): Malaysia reported 3,384 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, the health ministry said on Thursday, bringing the country's total tally to 254,988.
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Sports Ministry requests Health Ministry to put Olympic-bound athletes on
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 11 (ANI): Union Ministry for Youth Affairs and Sports has requested the Health Ministry to put Tokyo Olympic-bound athletes on priority for the coronavirus vaccine.
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Thailand reports 201 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Bangkok [Thailand], February 11 (ANI/Xinhua): Thailand confirmed 201 cases of coronavirus infection on Thursday while the number of cases via daily active testing has gradually reduced, according to the Center for the COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA).
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