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B Sriramulu, K Sudhakar express contentment with Karnataka Cabinet rejig
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], October 13 (ANI): Karnataka Minister B Sriramulu on Tuesday expressed contentment with the minor rejig in state Cabinet in which the portfolio of Health was shifted from him and allocated to Dr K Sudhakar.
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Safety Paramount: WHO on Johnson & Johnson halting COVID-19 vaccine tr
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 13 (ANI/Sputnik): The World Health Organisation (WHO) believes that safety in research is crucial and is pleased to see developers acting by the rules, the WHO spokesperson told Sputnik regarding Johnson & Johnson suspending its vaccine trials.
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Russia's COVID-19 daily growth hits new record with 13,868 new cases
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], October 13 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia has registered 13,868 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, up from 13,592 on Monday, breaking the daily growth record and taking the cumulative case total to 1,326,178, the country's coronavirus response center said on Tuesday.
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Argentina's coronavirus case tally tops 900,000
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Buenos Aires [Argentina], October 13 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Argentina has risen by 9,524 over the past 24 hours to 903,730, the country's Health Ministry has said in a statement.
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Czech govt to ban groups of over six persons to prevent COVID-19 spread fr
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Prague [Czech Republic], October 13 (ANI/Sputnik): The Czech government is tightening measures to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus from October 14 and will ban gathering in groups of more than six people, Prime Minister Andrej Babis told reporters after a cabinet meeting.
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Alarming spike in daily COVID-19 infections reported in South Korea
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], October 13 (ANI/Sputnik): South Korea registered 102 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, marking the first time since the start of this month that over 100 daily cases were reported, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC).
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Bangladesh rejects Chinese COVID vaccine trials
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], October 13 (ANI): The clinical trial of an experimental Chinese COVID-19 vaccine developed by Sinovac Biotech in Bangladesh is now uncertain as the health ministry refused to co-financing the initiative as requested by the Chinese drugmaker.
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COVID-19 fallout: Surat's textile industry continues to incur losses
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Surat (Gujarat) [India], October 13 (ANI): The textile industry in Gujarat's Surat continues to incur losses due to COVID-19, said an official from the Federation of Surat Textile Traders Association (FOSTA) on Monday.
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With spike of 55,342 cases, India's COVID-19 tally reaches 71,75,881
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 13 (ANI): With a spike of 55,342 new cases and 706 deaths in the last 24 hours, India's COVID-19 count reached 71,75,881 on Tuesday, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW).
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I feel so powerful: Trump back on campaign trail without a mask
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Florida [US], October 13 (ANI): Less than two weeks after the US President Donald Trump was tested positive for the novel coronavirus, he made a comeback to the Presidential campaign trail without a mask on Monday (local time).
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Jacqueline Fernandez resumes work, posts happy mirror selfie from sets
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 13 (ANI): As the production work for entertainment projects have resumed in the country after months-long-hiatus, actor Jacqueline Fernandez resumed work on Monday.
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Trump slams 'China-dominated' WHO, says 'was right' on not imposing Covid-
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Florida [US], October 13 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Monday (local time) said that the recent remarks by a World Health Organization envoy proved that he "was right" about not imposing Covid-19 lockdowns and said that the global health body, which was dominated by China was "wrong ab
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