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US reports new daily record of over 4,300 COVID-19 deaths
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 13 (ANI): The United States on Tuesday reported a record-high number, 4,327, new COVID-19 deaths, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
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Brazil's COVID-19 tally tops 8 million
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], January 9 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of registered coronavirus cases in Brazil has topped 8 million, the country's Health Ministry said in a statement.
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Pfizer-funded research claims vaccine might be effective against new coron
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 8 (ANI/Sputnik): The efficacy of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine (official name BNT162b2) might sustain against the newly-detected mutant strains from the United Kingdom and South Africa, a group of US scientists said in a research paper.
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India delivered 9 consignments of COVID-19 relief supplies to Bhutan since
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Thimphu [Bhutan], January 7 (ANI): As many as nine consignments containing medical supplies and Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) were handed over during March-December 2020 to Bhutan by India as assistance for the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, said the Indian Embassy in Thimphu on Thursday.
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Argentina to step up COVID-19 restrictions amid summer break
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Buenos Aires [Argentina], January 6 (ANI/Xinhua): Argentina will step up measures to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus during the austral summer vacation season, the Minister of Tourism and Sports, Matias Lammens, said Tuesday.
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Wall Street slumps at start of 2021, worries of higher taxes, COVID-19
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New York [US], January 5 (ANI/Sputnik): Wall Street began 2021 with its worst loss since November as US stocks sold off on worries about the protracted coronavirus crisis and fears the incoming president Joe Biden might raise corporate taxes if the Democrat party wins control of the Senate a
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Canada's COVID-19 cases surpass 600,000
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Ottawa [Canada], January 4 (ANI/Xinhua): Canada's COVID-19 cases surpassed 600,000 as of Sunday afternoon, with the total hitting 601,653, including 15,865 deaths, according to CTV.
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Trump says US COVID cases, deaths exaggerated
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 4 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Sunday said that the record-breaking numbers of new COVID-19 cases, nearly 300,000 in the past 24 hours, are exaggerated due to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) method of counting.
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Physician in Mexico admitted to ICU after receiving Pfizer vaccine
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Mexico City [Mexico], January 3 (ANI/Sputnik): A physician in Mexico, who received the Pfizer vaccine against the coronavirus, was admitted to an intensive care unit with seizures, breathing difficulties and possible encephalomyelitis, the country's Health Ministry said on Saturday.
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Turkey registers 15 cases of new strain of Coronavirus
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Ankara [Turkey], January 2 (ANI/Sputnik): Turkey has recorded 15 cases of the new strain of the coronavirus, which was firstly detected in the United Kingdom, national Minister of Health Fahrettin Koca said.
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EU demands release of whistleblower of Wuhan virus
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], December 29 (ANI): The European Union External Action Service (EEAS) on Tuesday demanded that Beijing free citizen journalist Zhang Zhan, who was detained in May for her live stream reporting from Wuhan over Covid-19 and sentenced to four years of imprisonment.
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UK COVID-19 strain may be present in US: White House
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Washington [US], December 28 (ANI): Assistant Health and Human Services Secretary Admiral Brett Giroir on Monday said that a new, faster-spreading strain of coronavirus first found in the United Kingdom is "likely" already present in the U.S., though he cautioned that officials have no evide
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