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Two COVID-19 cases registered at migrant camp on Polish-Belarusian border
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Minsk [Belarus], November 29 (ANI/Sputnik): Two coronavirus cases have been confirmed among migrants at the Polish-Belarusian border, Governor of the Belarusian Grodno Region, Vladimir Karanik, said.
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COVID: Canada confirms two cases of Omicron variant
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], November 29 (ANI/Sputnik): The first two cases of the new, Omicron, coronavirus strain have been confirmed in Canada, the Ontario government says.
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Peru earthquake results in injuries to at least 12 people
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Lima [Peru], November 29 (ANI/Sputnik): At least a dozen people were injured as a result of a 7.5-magnitude earthquake in northern Peru, the National Institute of Civil Defense (INDECI) said.
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COVID: South Africa's Health Minister unhappy with international reaction
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Johannesburg [South Africa], November 29 (ANI/Sputnik): South African Health Minister Joe Phaahla told Sputnik on Sunday that he is unhappy with the travel restrictions that many nations imposed on his country and its neighbours after the emergence of the new Omicron coronavirus strain.
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Belarus' security council says Kyiv stirs up migration issue to get money
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Minsk [Belarus], November 29 (ANI/Sputnik): Belarusian Security Council Secretary Aleksandr Volfovich said on Sunday that Kyiv accelerates the threat of illegal migration from Belarus to receive money from "western curators."
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Omicron strain found in 13 people arriving in Netherlands from South Afric
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands], November 28 (ANI/Sputnik): Thirteen people who arrived in the Netherlands from South Africa tested positive for the Omicron coronavirus variant, the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment said on Sunday.
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Czech president appoints Petr Fiala as new prime minister
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Prague [Czech Republic], November 28 (ANI/Sputnik): Czech President Milos Zeman appointed Petr Fiala, the leader of the Together coalition that won the general election in October, as the head of the new government on Sunday.
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Omicron COVID variant threat: South Korea to restrict visa issuance, arriv
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], November 28 (ANI/Sputnik): South Korea's government restricted on Sunday the issuance of visas and travel from Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe amid the spread of the new Omicron coronavirus variant, Yonhap news agency r
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Oman, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia suspend travel with African countries over Omic
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Al Masnaah [Oman], November 28 (ANI/Sputnik): Saudi Arabia, Oman and Kuwait have announced suspending air travel from several African countries amid the spread of the new Omicron coronavirus variant.
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Russia confirms 33,548 new COVID-19 cases over past 24 hours
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], November 28 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia has confirmed 33,548 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the cumulative total to 9,570,373, the federal response center said on Sunday.
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Death toll in gas explosion at apartment building in Ukraine rises to 2
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kiev [Ukraine], November 28 (ANI/Sputnik): The death toll from a gas explosion at a five-story building in the Ukrainian city of Nova Odesa rose to two people, while three were injured and one person could still be missing under the rubble, Ukraine's state emergency service said on Sunday.
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Japan may test-launch domestic reusable rocket by 2030
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], November 28 (ANI/Sputnik): Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is planning to begin the development of a reusable launch vehicle, with the first test launch expected by 2030, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Sunday.
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