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Less than 10 pc of world's population have coronavirus antibodies: WHO Chi
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], March 1 (ANI/Sputnik): The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that less than 10 per cent of the global population have antibodies to the coronavirus, WHO Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan said.
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Explosion heard in skies above Damascus: Report
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Damascus [Syria], March 1 (ANI): An explosion was heard in the skies above the Syrian capital city of Damascus on Sunday, Sputnik reported Syrian state-run news agency SANA reported.
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Australia receives first batch of AstraZeneca vaccines
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Canberra [Australia], February 28 (ANI/Sputnik): The first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines developed by UK drugmaker AstraZeneca arrived in Australia on Sunday, Australian Health Minister Greg Hunt said.
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Russia confirms 11,359 new COVID-19 cases over past 24 hours
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Moscow [Russia], February 28 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia registered 11,359 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, down from 11,534 the day before, and the total count reached 4,246,079, the coronavirus response center said on Sunday.
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Vatican's envoy to Iraq contracts coronavirus, Pope's visit as planned
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Baghdad [Iraq], February 28 (ANI/Sputnik): Archbishop Mitja Leskovar, the Vatican's ambassador (Apostolic Nuncio) to Iraq, has tested positive for COVID-19, sources from the apostolic nunciature in Baghdad confirmed.
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Maduro orders 'thorough' review of relations with Spain
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Caracas [Venezuela], February 28 (ANI/Sputnik): Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says his country will review its relations with Spain after the visit of Spanish Foreign Minister Arancha Gonzalez to Colombia's border regions.
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Irish police detain 23 people during anti-lockdown protest in Dublin
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Dublin [Ireland], February 28 (ANI/Sputnik): The Irish police (Gardai) have detained 23 people in central Dublin as a protest against the coronavirus-related restrictions grew into clashes with the law enforcement, Ireland's RTE broadcaster reported on Saturday.
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'Germany's AfD party boycotted by media ahead of elections'
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Berlin [Germany], February 27 (ANI/Sputnik): The Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, the country's largest right-wing parliamentary opposition force, calls on the German media to guarantee an objective and fair representation of the party ahead of several local and federal elections, AfD me
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Police evacuate nearly 2,600 properties in UK's Exeter due to World War II
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London [UK], February 27 (ANI/Sputnik): The discovery of an undetonated WWII-era explosive device forced the evacuation of some 2,600 buildings in Exeter city in southwest England, the local police department said on Saturday.
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Blast in hospital in Ukraine's Chernivtsi kills one person
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Kiev [Ukraine], February 27 (ANI/Sputnik): A blast in a hospital in Ukraine's Chernivtsi killed one person and injured another one on Saturday, Ukraine's emergency service said, adding that over 20 people were evacuated after the incident.
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Russia registers 11,534 COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
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Moscow [Russia], February 27 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia registered 11,534 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, up from 11,086 the day before, and the total count reached 4,234,720, the coronavirus response center said on Saturday.
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Paris lockdown still under review despite worsened COVID-19 situation in F
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Paris [France], February 26 (ANI/Sputnik): The prospect of introducing a total lockdown in the French capital is still under consideration, despite the inclusion of Paris in the list of highly infected areas in the country amid the deteriorating coronavirus situation, the city's First Deputy
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