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Japan intends to limit number of arrivals to 2,000 per day amid COVID-19
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Tokyo [Japan] March 12 (ANI/Sputnik) The Japanese government intends to introduce a daily limit on the number of people arriving in the country, including Japanese nationals and foreigners, to 2,000 to control the possible spread of new coronavirus strains and ensure the effectiveness of
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Mexican authorities urged to probe death of elderly woman after vaccinatio
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Mexico City [Mexico], March 12 (ANI/Sputnik) Omar Fayad, the governor of the Mexican state of Hidalgo, called on the health authorities to launch an inquiry into the death of a 75-year-old woman shortly after she was administered a shot of the coronavirus vaccine made by the Chinese Sinovac
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WHO encourages all nations to closely monitor adverse effects of any vacci
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Genoa [Italy], March 12 (ANI/Sputnik): All countries should closely monitor adverse health effects related to the use of any vaccine, a spokesperson for the World Health Organization (WHO) told Sputnik following the suspension of the AstraZeneca drug in several EU countries.
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Earthquake of magnitude 5.0 strikes Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula
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Vladivostok [Russia], March 12 (ANI/Sputnik): A 5.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the eastern coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Russian Far East on Friday, the regional branch of the Geophysical Survey of the Russian Academy of Sciences (GS RAS) told Sputnik.
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WHO assessing reports on risks related to AstraZeneca vaccine against COVI
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Geneva [Switzerland], March 12 (ANI): A spokesperson for the World Health Organization (WHO) told Sputnik that its Global Advisory Committee on Vaccine Safety (GACVS) was carefully assessing the reports on risks related to the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19.
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20 killed, 23 injured in fire at sewing factory in Northern Egypt
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Cairo [Egypt], March 11 (ANI/Sputnik): Twenty people were killed and at least 23 others were injured as a result of a fire that emerged at a garment facility in the Al Qalyubia province in northern Egypt, the province's administration said on Thursday.
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Brazil reports record 2,286 new Covid-19 deaths
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Brasilia [Brazil], March 11 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of people, who have died of the coronavirus in Brazil, has increased by a record 2,286 to 270,656 over the past 24 hours, the national Ministry of Health said.
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Ivory Coast PM dies of cancer in Germany
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Berlin [Germany], March 11 (ANI/Sputnik): Hamed Bakayoko, the prime minister of Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), died in Germany on Wednesday after a battle with cancer, the president of the western African nation said.
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WTO calls for ramping up vaccine production in developing nations
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Geneva [Switzerland], March 10 (ANI/Sputnik): World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has called on pharmaceutical companies to scale up the production of coronavirus vaccines in developing countries to overcome supply shortage.
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Panama President receives Covid-19 vaccination
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Panama City [Panama], March 10 (ANI/Sputnik): Panamanian President Laurentino Cortizo said he had received the first dose of a coronavirus vaccine as part of the country's vaccination program.
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Russia records 9,079 COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
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Moscow [Russia], March 10 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia registered 9,079 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, down from 9,445 the day before, taking the overall tally to 4,351,553, the coronavirus response center said on Wednesday.
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Number of COVID-19 cases in Lebanon crosses 400,000 mark
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Beirut [Lebanon], March 10 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Lebanon since the beginning of the pandemic has exceeded 400,000 - an increase of 3,939 in the past day, the Lebanese Ministry of Health said in a daily report.
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