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Brazil reports highest daily COVID-19 death toll since October
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], December 30 (ANI/Xinhua): Brazil registered 1,111 deaths from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, the highest daily count fatalities since Oct. 3, when 1,307 people died, the Health Ministry said Tuesday.
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Coronavirus case tally in Portugal tops 400,000
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Lisbon [Portugal], December 30 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Portugal has exceeded 400,000, the country's Health Ministry said in a statement.
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Dry run for COVID-19 vaccination successfully conducted in four states: Go
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 29 (ANI): Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare conducted a two-day dry run for activities entailed in COVID-19 vaccination in Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab and Gujarat from December 28 to December 29.
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Afghanistan logs 183 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 29 (ANI/Xinhua): A total of 183 new COVID-19 positive cases have been registered in Afghanistan over the past 24 hours, bringing the number of patients infected with the disease to 52,330 in the country, the Public Health Ministry said on Tuesday.
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Govt to increase number of genome sequencing for COVID-19: Health Ministry
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 29 (ANI): The government will increase the number of genome sequencing for COVID-19 in view of the new coronavirus strain that was first detected in the United Kingdom, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said on Tuesday.
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Symptomatic, Covid positive passengers who flew to India in last 14 days t
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 29 (ANI): Those international passengers who have arrived in India during the last 14 days, if symptomatic and tested positive, will be subjected to genome sequencing, in view of the new COVID strain in the United Kingdom, said the Union Health Ministry on Tuesday
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Union Aviation Minister says 'foresee short extension' of temporary suspen
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 29 (ANI): Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday said that he foresees a "short extension" of the suspension of flights from the United Kingdom to contain the spread of the new variant of coronavirus that was first detected in that country.
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Indonesia reports 7,903 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], December 29 (ANI/Xinhua): The COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 7,903 within one day to 727,122, with the death toll adding by 251 to 21,703, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday.
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India records lowest daily rise in COVID-19 cases over 6 months
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 29 (ANI): India on Tuesday has surpassed a crucial milestone in its fight against the global pandemic as the country recorded the lowest daily rise in over six months.
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India's COVID-19 tally reaches 1,02,24,303 with 16,432 new cases
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 29 (ANI): With 16,432 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, India has reported a total of 1,02,24,303 cases so far, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) informed on Tuesday.
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6 UK returnees found positive for new coronavirus variant in India
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 29 (ANI): Six UK returnees have been found positive for the new UK variant coronavirus genome in India. The Union Health Minister stated that samples of three UK returnees have been tested and found positive for new UK strain in NIMHANS, Bengaluru, two in Centr
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Brazil's COVID-19 cases top 7.5 mln
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], December 29 (ANI/Xinhua): Brazil registered 20,548 new COVID-19 cases in the past day, taking the national count to 7,504,833, the country's health ministry said Monday.
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