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New Zealand set to play World Test Championship final at Lord's
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
London [UK], February 2 (ANI): New Zealand is set to play the finals of the inaugural World Test Championship (WTC) at the Lord's Cricket Ground as Australia's three-match Test tour of South Africa was postponed due to an 'unacceptable' coronavirus risk on Tuesday.
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Australia's tour of South Africa postponed due to 'unacceptable' COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Melbourne [Australia], February 2 (ANI): Australia's three-match Test tour of South Africa has been postponed due to an 'unacceptable' coronavirus risk, Cricket Australia confirmed on Tuesday.
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Thailand reports 836 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Bangkok [Thailand], February 2 (ANI/Xinhua): Thailand on Tuesday confirmed 836 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the country's total tally to 20,454, and two more fatalities, according to the Center for the COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA).
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Philippines logs 1,583 new COVID-19 cases, total nears 529,000
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], Feburary 2 (ANI/Xinhua): The Department of Health (DOH) of the Philippines on Tuesday reported 1,583 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 528,853.
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BioNTech to produce 2 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine in 2021 amid surge
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Mainz [Germany], February 2 (ANI): German biotechnology company BioNTech is planning to produce two billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine in 2021 because of the increase in global demand, the company has said in a statement.
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India's daily COVID-19 cases drop below 9,000 after 8 months
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 2 (ANI): India's daily COVID-19 cases continue to follow a consistent downward slope and it has significantly dropped to 8,635 on Tuesday after eight months, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW).
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MQM founder Altaf Hussain in ICU after testing positive for Covid-19
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
London [UK], February 2 (ANI): Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) founder Altaf Hussain has been moved to the intensive care unit (ICU) in a hospital in London after he tested positive for coronavirus a few weeks ago, according to The News International.
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Brazil's COVID-19 death toll tops 225,000
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], February 2 (ANI/Sputnik): The coronavirus death toll in Brazil increased by 595 in the past day to top 225,000, the country's Ministry of Health said in a statement.
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Top US diplomat calls for China to step up and being transparent about COV
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Washington [US], February 2 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday reiterated his predecessor Mike Pompeo's call to hold China accountable for the spread of COVID-19 across the world saying, Beijing has to step up and make sure it is being transparent about the deadly virus
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Coronavirus can be controlled, WHO Chief says, pointing to decrease in num
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], February 2 (ANI/Sputnik): The global decrease in the number of new emerging cases of COVID-19 suggests that the virus can be controlled regardless of its mutations, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.
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UK COVID-19 variant present in 82 countries, South African strain in 39: W
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], February 2 (ANI/Sputnik): The UK COVID-19 variant has now spread to 82 countries and the South African strain to nearly 40, Maria Van Kerkhove, COVID-19 Technical Lead of the World Health Organization (WHO) Health Emergencies Programme, said on Monday.
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1,948 new COVID-19 cases, 27 deaths reported in Maharashtra
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], February 2 (ANI): As many as 1,948 new COVID-19 cases were reported from Maharashtra on Monday, taking the total number of positive cases in the state so far to 20,28,347, the health department informed.
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