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S Korea reports 191 more COVID-19 cases, 28,133 in total
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], November 13 (ANI/Xinhua): South Korea reported 191 more cases of COVID-19 as of midnight Thursday local time compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 28,133.
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Brazil's COVID-19 death toll tops 164,000
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro [Brazil], November 13 (ANI/Xinhua): Brazil on Thursday reported 908 deaths from COVID-19, raising the nationwide death toll to 164,281.
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With spike of 44,878 cases, India's COVID-19 tally crosses 87-lakh mark
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 13 (ANI): With 44,878 new COVID-19 infections reported in the last 24 hours, India's total cases surged to 87,28,795, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) said on Friday.
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Windies players set to travel to Queenstown after all test negative for co
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Christchurch [New Zealand], November 13 (ANI): West Indies players are all set to travel to Queenstown after they tested negative for the coronavirus in their third and final test.
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Chicago issues stay-at-home advisory in wake of rising COVID-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Chicago [US], November 13 (ANI): As cases of COVID-19 continue to rise in the city, Chicago has issued a stay-at-home advisory, encouraging residents to stay home and only leave for school, work or other essential needs, according to a news release issued Thursday.
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US sets new record with over 150,000 new COVID-19 cases in single day
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 13 (ANI): Public health officials in the US announced over 152,000 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, the first day over 150,000 since the pandemic began, an alarming record that came just over a week after the country first experienced 100,000 cases in a single day
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COVID-19 pandemic cannot be used as excuse by developed countries to under
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], November 13 (ANI): Coronavirus pandemic cannot be used as an excuse to not fulfill the commitments of the developed countries or to undermine environmental conventions, said TS Tirumurti, India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations.
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Screening travellers at airports for Covid-19 symptoms ineffective: CDC
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 13 (ANI): Screening protocols such as checking temperatures and monitoring symptoms among passengers flying in from countries with high rates of Covid spread are ineffective for air travellers, cites a new report.
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Chile to reopen borders after 8 months of Covid-linked closure
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Santiago [Chile], November 13 (ANI/Sputnik): Chile will allow foreign citizens to enter the country starting from November 23 after eight months of the closure over the COVID-19 pandemic, the government said in a bulletin.
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Worldwide Measles surge to 23-year high in 2019, killing over 200,000: UNI
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Geneva [Switzerland], November 13 (ANI/Sputnik): Deaths from the childhood disease measles last year increased 50 pe rcent from 2016 levels, with this year's coronavirus pandemic threatening another spike in cases by curtailing global vaccination programs, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) war
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Moscow's COVID-19 death toll rises to 7,643
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], November 13 (ANI/Sputnik): Moscow has registered 70 deaths of patients infected with COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, bringing the Russian capital's death toll to 7,643, the city's coronavirus response center said in a statement on Thursday.
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Low, middle income countries' access to Covid-19 vaccine crucial for econo
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], November 13 (ANI/Sputnik): The access of low and middle-income countries to vaccines against the coronavirus is important to fight the consequences of the pandemic, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Thursday.
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