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Israel to inoculate 100,000 Palestinian workers
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], February 21 (ANI): Israel on Friday agreed to inoculate 100,000 Palestinians who regularly cross into Israel to work, reported The Washington Post citing Mai al-Kaila, Palestinian Health Minister.
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Australia begins coronavirus vaccinations
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], February 21 (ANI/Xinhua): Prime Minister Scott Morrison has become one of the first Australians to receive a coronavirus vaccine.
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India reports 14,264 new COVID-19 cases, 90 deaths
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 21 (ANI): As many as 14,264 new COVID-19 cases and 90 deaths were reported in the country in the last 24 hours, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) said on Sunday.
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Local body elections underway in Gujarat's Ahmedabad
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], February 21 (ANI): Voting for the local body elections in Gujarat's Ahmedabad underway on Sunday morning amid COVID-19 pandemic.
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Brazil exceeds 245,000 deaths from COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro [Brazil], February 21 (ANI/Xinhua): Brazil registered 1,212 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 245,977, the Ministry of Health said Saturday.
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Despite end of one-child policy, birth rates declined in China during COVI
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], February 21 (ANI): Contrary to what population experts had expected, birth rates declined in China during the COVID-19 lockdown even though the communist nation has ended the one-child policy and given incentives to couples to have two children.
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COVID-19: Delhi reports 152 new cases, 1 death in last 24 hrs
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 21 (ANI): Delhi reported 152 new COVID-19 cases, and one death due to the disease in the last 24 hours, according to the Delhi Health Department's data on Saturday.
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Cumulative COVID-19 cases in USA cross 28 million
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 21 (ANI): The United States continues to remain the worst affected due to COVID-19 as cumulative cases in the country surpassed 28 million on Sunday.
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Biden to hold virtual meeting with Canada's Trudeau
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], February 21 (ANI): President Biden will take part in a virtual meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday which would be his first bilateral meeting with a foreign leader after assuming office.
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India fought COVID-19 successfully due to collective efforts of people: Om
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 21 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Saturday said that India could successfully fight the social and economic challenges of COVID-19 because of the collective efforts of the 130 crore people.
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Ayodhya district admn receives Skoch Gold Award for COVID-19 management
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Ayodhya (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 20 (ANI): The Ayodhya district administration has been felicitated with Skoch Gold Award on Saturday for the measures taken to contain COVID-19.
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WHO warns unequal COVID-19 vaccine distribution can lead to global risk
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], February 20 (ANI): World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Friday urged countries and drugmakers to help speed up the manufacture and distribution of vaccines across the globe, warning that the world could be "back at square one" if some coun
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