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COVID-19 cases in Xi'an cross 2,000 mark, largest on Chinese mainland
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Xi'an [China], January 10 (ANI): Xi'an in Northwest China's Shaanxi Province, registered 2,004 confirmed COVID-19 cases in a month as of Sunday. It is the largest number of confirmed cases on the Chinese mainland since the Wuhan epidemic.
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China starts 2022 with biggest tally of COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], January 2 (ANI): China welcomed the year 2022 with the worst tally of COVID-19 cases for any seven-day period since subduing the country's first epidemic nearly two years ago.
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Epidemic Disease Act extended for 3 more months in UP: Additional chief Se
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], December 30 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Additional Chief Secretary, Health, Amit Mohan Prasad on Thursday said that the implementation of the Epidemic Disease Act, 1897 has been extended for another three months in the state.
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Disinfection in China's Xi'an city causes controversy online
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Xi'an [China], December 27 (ANI): The city-wide disinfection campaign in epidemic-hit Xi'an city in China's Shaanxi Province has triggered controversy online.
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Beijing tightens control amid rising COVID cases
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], December 25 (ANI): Beijing on Friday tightened epidemic prevention and control amid concerns around raging Omicron variant overseas as well as rising cases in China.
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China steps up COVID-19 control in port cities
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], December 13 (ANI): China has required port cities to shore up COVID-19 prevention and control precisely and scientifically and coordinate epidemic control and socio-economic development.
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Biden unveils new national HIV/AIDS strategy on World AIDS Day
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 2 ( ANI): US President Joe Biden has initiated a new HIV/AIDS strategy aimed at ending the epidemic by 2030, local news reported on Wednesday (local time).
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South Africa to share Omicron strain samples with foreign biosecurity bodi
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Cape Town [South Africa], November 27 (ANI/Sputnik): South Africa will share the samples of the new Omicron coronavirus variant with biosecurity agencies of other nations, the director of the country's Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation, Tulio de Oliveira, said on Saturday.
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COVID-19 alert extended two more weeks in Taiwan
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], November 12 (ANI): Taiwan has extended nationwide COVID-19 alert for two more weeks until November 29, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said on Thursday.
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Taiwan to cut hotel quarantine for Lunar New Year
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], November 2 (ANI/Xinhua): Taiwan will reduce mandatory quarantine in epidemic prevention hotels to ten days from the current 14 days for the Lunar New Year holiday, said the island's disease monitoring agency.
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Bulgaria crossed the threshold of 600,000 cases of COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Sofia [Bulgaria], October 31 (ANI/Novinite): Since the beginning of the epidemic in Bulgaria, 601,035 cases of coronavirus have been registered, according to data in the Unified Information Portal.
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More than 2 million COVID certificates downloaded in Bulgaria
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Sofia [Bulgaria], October 31 (ANI/Novinite): The total number of COVID certificates downloaded through the National Health Information System exceeded 2 million. In the last 10 days alone, when the new anti-epidemic measures were introduced, consumers have downloaded a total of more than 1.0
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