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Philippines logs 2,240 new COVID-19 cases, 239 more deaths
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Manila [Philippines], February 20 (ANI/Xinhua): The Department of Health (DOH) of the Philippines reported on Saturday 2,240 new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 559,288.
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ADB, Medanta sign debt financing to support Covid-19 response
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 17 (ANI): Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a Rs 100 crore debt financing agreement with Global Health Private Ltd (Medanta) to provide essential health care services and medical equipment to help combat the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic.
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UK PM backs Biden's call to pressurise China to release raw data on COVID-
Updated : 5 years ago IST
London [UK], February 16 (ANI): UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has backed the call by US President Joe Biden to put pressure on China to release raw data relating to the outbreak of the coronavirus disease.
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Bolivia close to overcoming second wave of COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
La Paz [Bolivia], February 14 (ANI/Xinhua): The Bolivian government announced on Saturday that the country is close to overcoming a second wave of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), with cases decreasing in several departments after restrictive measures were put in place, including a
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Ecuador logs 2,010 new cases of COVID-19, 265,527 in total
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Quito [Ecuador], February 14 (ANI/Xinhua): Ecuador registered 2,010 new cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), bringing the total number of cases to 265,527, the Ministry of Public Health reported on Saturday.
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Czech Republic to vaccinate 7 million people against COVID-19 by August
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Prague [Czech Republic], February 11 (ANI/Sputnik): The Czech Ministry of Health expects that by August 2021, about 7 million people will be vaccinated against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Minister Jan Blatny said.
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COVID-19 death toll in France surpasses 80,000
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Paris [France], February 10 (ANI/Sputnik): The death toll from the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in France has topped 80,000, the country's national public health agency, Sante Publique, said in a statement.
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Brazil sees 1,350 COVID-19 deaths, over 50,000 cases in a day
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Sao Paulo [Brazil], February 10 (ANI/Xinhua): Brazil on Tuesday said it registered 1,350 deaths due to the novel coronavirus disease in the past 24 hours, raising the country's death toll to 233,520.
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Leveraging digital technologies key to Asia's Covid-19 recovery: ADB
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], February 10 (ANI): Digital platforms and other technology-based tools are providing new growth opportunities for businesses of all sizes and across all industries in Asia and the Pacific -- a trend which can contribute significantly to the region's sustainable recov
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COVID-19 curfew in Netherlands extended until March 3
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Moscow [Russia], February 9 (ANI/Sputnik): The curfew in the Netherlands over the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak has been extended until March 3, the country's government said in a statement.
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Over 2 mn COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in Italy
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Rome [Italy], February 2 (ANI/Sputnik): Health professionals in Italy have now administered more than two million doses of vaccines against the coronavirus disease, Domenico Arcuri, the government's COVID-19 special commissioner, said on Tuesday, as reported by domestic media outlets.
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Dubai launches initiative to speed up distribution of COVID-19 vaccines
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Dubai [UAE], January 31 (ANI/Sputnik): The UAE emirate of Dubai on Sunday announced creating a "logistics alliance" to speed up supplies of two billion doses of the vaccine against the coronavirus disease via the COVAX initiative.
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