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Switzerland to mobilize 2,500 soldiers to combat COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Bern [Switzerland], November 4 (ANI/Sputnik): With a spike in daily registered COVID-19 cases, Switzerland is set to mobilise 2,500 military personnel to help the country in the fight against the coronavirus, according to the Federal Council's statement, published on Wednesday.
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UK lawmakers vote in favour of month-long nationwide COVID-19 lockdown
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], November 4 (ANI/Sputnik): Lawmakers in the United Kingdom's House of Commons have voted overwhelmingly to approve the government's plan to introduce a four-week nationwide lockdown in England in order to curb the coronavirus disease.
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Italian Prime minister signs new decree introducing stricter anti-COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Genoa [Italy], November 4 (ANI/Sputnik): Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has signed a new decree tightening anti-COVID-19 measures that foresee, among other restrictions, closure of shopping malls on non-working days, a government press release stated.
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Switzerland sees record 10,000 new COVID-19 cases in single day
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Bern [Switzerland], November 4 (ANI/Sputnik): Switzerland has registered over 10,000 COVID-19 cases in one day, which is the highest rise since the onset of the pandemic, the Federal Office of Public Health said on Wednesday.
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Xi's control slips as discontent among Chinese people rises amid CCP's dra
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], November 4 (ANI): People in China are "discontent" with President Xi Jinping's draconian coronavirus measures that have pushed the country further into a surveillance state, said a human rights watcher.
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Philippines reports 987 new COVID-19 infections, lowest since July 14
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], November 4 (ANI/Xinhua): The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) on Wednesday reported 987 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 infection, bringing the total number in the country to 388,137.
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Russia records 19,768 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], November 4 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia has recorded 19,768 COVID-19 cases in 24 hours, which brings the cumulative total to 1,693,454, the federal response center said on Wednesday.
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US Presidential elections being held during one of worst COVID-19 phases
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 4 (ANI): In a first, scores of mask-clad voters flock to the polling stations as the US Presidential elections commenced on Tuesday amid the rapidly escalating COVID-19 pandemic, which might just be the most significant challenges to be faced by the winner of the pr
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US entering 'most dangerous' COVID-19 phase, warns Trump adviser
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 4 (ANI/Sputnik): Dr. Deborah Birx, one of President Donald Trump's top medical advisers on the novel coronavirus pandemic, has warned in an internal memorandum that the United States has not turned the corner as the US president claims and is entering the most da
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Ayushmann Khurrana stays in hotel despite shooting in hometown Chandigarh
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 3 (ANI): Actor Ayushmann Khurrana who is shooting for his next 'Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui' in his hometown Chandigarh on Tuesday said he is not living with his family despite being in his hometown due to the threat of the coronavirus.
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Mexico reports 3,763 more COVID-19 cases, 205 deaths
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Mexico City [Mexico], November 03 (ANI/Xinhua): Mexico reported 3,763 new cases of COVID-19 with 205 additional fatalities over the past 24 hours, the health ministry reported on Monday.
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Scientists find evidence that coronavirus superspreading is fat-tailed
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 3 (ANI): Superspreaders, infected individuals who result in an outsized number of secondary cases, are believed to underlie a significant fraction of total SARS-CoV-2 transmission.
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