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Trump says will pressure state officials to reopen schools in fall despite
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], July 8 (Sputnik/ANI): US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that his administration will put pressure on state officials to reopen schools in the fall despite the novel coronavirus pandemic.
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COVID-19 death toll in Brazil surpasses 65,000
Updated : 5 years, 12 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], July 7 (Sputnik/ANI): The death toll from the novel coronavirus in Brazil increased by 620 over the past 24 hours to 65,487, the country's Health Ministry said in a statement.
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Over 20 police stations shut in Bengaluru as COVID-19 cases among personne
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], July 6 (ANI): As COVID-19 cases continue to surge in Karnataka, more than 20 police stations were sealed in Bengaluru after many policemen tested positive for novel coronavirus.
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Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, 4 secretaries tested for coronavirus
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], July 4 (ANI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his four secretaries got themselves tested for coronavirus on Saturday after they attended an event in which a BJP leader, who was later found COVID-19 positive, also took part.
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No Bol Bam festival celebration in Odisha this year due to Covid-19
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], July 4 (ANI): The Odisha government on Saturday said it will not allow Kaudia/Bol Bam devotees to collect water from any religious places or their consecration at Shiva Temples, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and a surge of novel coronavirus cases.
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WHO team to visit China next week to investigate origins of coronavirus
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): Amid global concerns that China delayed giving information regarding the novel coronavirus outbreak, a team of WHO (World Health Organisation) will visit the country next week to investigate the origins of the virus and its spread to human beings.
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London Film Festival to go virtual for 2020 edition
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], July 2 (ANI): The BFI London Film Festival has decided to go online for its 2020 edition of the festival in the light of the novel coronavirus crisis.
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Dominican Republic's authorities declare coronavirus epidemic in country
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Santo Domingo [Dominican Republic], July 1 (Sputnik/ANI): Dominican Public Health Minister Rafael Sanchez Cardenas declared an epidemic in the country to fight the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
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Spain's top researchers discover coronavirus in waste water collected on M
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Barcelona [Spain], June 27 (Xinhua/ANI): Researchers at the University of Barcelona, one of Spain's most prestigious universities, had detected the presence of the novel coronavirus in waste water samples collected here on March 12, 2019, the university said in a statement on Friday.
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13,500 beds for COVID-19 patients in Delhi now, says Arvind Kejriwal
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 27 (ANI): Nearly 20,000 tests are being conducted daily and the number of beds for COVID-19 patients has increased to 13,500 in the national capital, which is following an aggressive five-pronged strategy to fight the rising number of novel coronavirus cases, chief
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US COVID-19 death toll crosses 1.25 lakh
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington [US], June 27 (Sputnik/ANI): The number of the novel coronavirus deaths in the United States has exceeded 125,000, the Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center revealed.
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IIT-Bombay decides to hold online classes from next semester
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 25 (ANI): As the cases of novel coronavirus are increasing across the country with each passing day, including Mumbai, the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-B) on Wednesday became the first major institute to scrap all face-to-face lectures for
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