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UN Chief calls 1 million COVID-19 global death toll 'agonizing milestone'
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], September 29 (ANI/Sputnik): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called the 1 million global death toll from the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) "an agonizing milestone."
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Trump calls FDA plan to tighten guidelines for COVID-19 vaccine approval '
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 24 (ANI/Sputnik): US President Donald Trump ON Wednesday (local time) said that his administration may or may not approve a proposal from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that would tighten guidelines for approving a novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vacci
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US states to get USD 200 million to prepare for COVID-19 vaccine distribut
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 24 (ANI/Sputnik): US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said his administration is providing USD 200 million to all US states to prepare for the distribution of a novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine to high-risk people as soon as it is available.
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Global COVID-19 deaths surpass 900,000
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 10 (ANI/Sputnik): The global death toll from the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has surpassed 900,000, according to Johns Hopkins University.
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Maduro says Russian coronavirus vaccine to arrive in Venezuela in Septembe
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Caracas [Venezuela], September 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Russia's Sputnik-V vaccine against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) would be delivered to Venezuela in September 2020 for clinical trials.
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Egypt's COVID-19 case count surpasses 100,000
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Cairo [Egypt], September 8 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of recorded cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Egypt has topped 100,000, the country's Health Ministry said in a statement.
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Dem VP candidate Kamala Harris slams President Trump over response to COVI
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], August 28 (ANI/Sputnik): Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris in a speech on Thursday defended the ongoing nationwide protests against racial injustice and slammed President Donald Trump on his response to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic
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Congress functionary infected with COVID-19 allegedly dies of suicide in A
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Kadapa (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Aug 26 (ANI): Congress Kadapa district vice president Sirigireddy Gangireddy, who was admitted to a private hospital with novel coronavirus disease, was found to have allegedly died by suicide with his body recovered from the railway tracks in Sunnapuralla Pa
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Brazil's coronavirus case tally up 52,160, reaches 3,109,630
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], August 12 (ANI/Sputnik): Brazil's number of cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has increased by more than 52,000 over the past 24 hours - up from some 22,000 the day before, with over 1,200 deaths, the country's health ministry said in a statement.
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Brazil's coronavirus case tally up 22,000 in past day to top 3,050,000
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], Aug 11 (ANI/Sputnik): Brazil's number of cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has increased by more than 22,000 over the past 24 hours, with over 700 deaths, the country's Health Ministry said in a statement.
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Global COVID-19 count surpasses 20 million mark
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Aug 11 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) worldwide has surpassed 20 million, according to Johns Hopkins University.
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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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