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South Korea confirms 167 new coronavirus cases, 1 new death
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], September 6 (ANI/Sputnik): South Korea confirmed 167 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, marking the fourth consecutive day of less than 200 new cases registered per day, and the overall tally reached 21,177, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (K
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South Korea reports 441 new Covid cases, highest daily increase since Marc
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], August 27 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in South Korea has risen by 441 to 18,706 over the past day, marking the biggest daily increase since March 7, the Health Ministry's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said on Thursday.
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South Korea registers record number of COVID-19 cases since March
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], Aug 16 (ANI/Sputnik): South Korea has registered a record number of 279 COVID-19 cases since March, bringing the overall number to 15,318, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said on Sunday.
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Coronavirus likely to claim 2,00,000 lives in US by Sept 5
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 15 (ANI): The coronavirus pandemic is expected to claim 2,00,000 lives in the US by September 5, according to a new projection by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday.
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Germany confirms 509 new COVID-19 cases, total count stands at 2,10,402
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], Aug 3 (Sputnik/ANI): Germany confirmed 509 new COVID-19 cases and seven new coronavirus-related deaths over the past 24-hour period, the Robert Koch Institute, which is responsible for disease control and prevention in Germany, said on Monday.
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S. Korea records over 100 new COVID-19 cases, count reaches 14,092
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], July 25 (Sputnik/ANI): The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in South Korea has risen by 113 to 14,092 over the past day, marking the biggest daily increase since April, the Health Ministry's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said on Saturday.
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Trump administration blocks top US health official from testifying at Hous
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [USA], July 18 (ANI): The Trump administration has blocked the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Robert Redfield from testifying at a hearing before a US House Education and Labour Committee to discuss steps to reopen schools amid the novel coronavirus dise
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Obesity and metabolic syndrome are risk factors for severe influenza, COVI
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 16 (ANI): Metabolic syndrome increases the risk of severe disease from a viral infection, according to a review of the literature performed by a team of researchers from St. Jude Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and the University of Tennessee Health Science
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Highly-contagious GH strain of coronavirus spreading in South Korea
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], July 6 (Sputnik/ANI): All recent coronavirus clusters in South Korea are seeded mostly by the highly-infectious GH strain of the virus, which is believed to spread six times faster than other types of COVID-19, the Health Ministry's Centres for Disease Control and Preven
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COVID-19 cases surge above 60 on 2nd day of new outbreak in South Korea
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], July 4 (ANI): South Korea on Saturday reported over 60 new coronavirus cases for the second straight day as infections outside the Seoul metropolitan area hardly show signs of slowing down, raising concerns that second round of pandemic outbreak may return to an upward t
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No fist bumps or handshakes, face masks mandatory: CDC guidelines to creat
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 31 (ANI): Americans who are looking forward to resuming office jobs in upcoming weeks will not be allowed to enjoy fist bumps or handshakes, no carpooling or share coffee pots in cafeterias and various other new measures mandated by the Centers for Disease Control
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US CDC rolls out new guidelines for reopening offices
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New York (USA), May 29 (ANI): In a bid to halt the spread of coronavirus at the workplaces, the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday recommended few measures for the employers to combat the menace.
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