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France registers first case of COVID-19 variant linked to South Africa
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Paris [France], January 1 (ANI/Sputnik): France has registered its first case of a new coronavirus strain, known as 501.V2 variant and linked to South Africa, the country's Health Ministry said on Thursday.
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UK hits new daily high with 55,892 coronavirus cases
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], January 1 (ANI/Sputnik): The United Kingdom saw 55,892 new coronavirus cases in the past day, breaking the record of 53,135 cases recorded Tuesday, according to data published Thursday by the Department of Health.
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US sees record 3,744 daily deaths from COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 31 (ANI/Sputnik): The United States saw a new daily high of 3,744 deaths from coronavirus in the past 24-hour period, according to data published Thursday by Johns Hopkins University.
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South Koreans working with US forces become first to receive COVID-19 vacc
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], December 31 (ANI/Sputnik): South Koreans working at US military bases in the country have become the first citizens to be inoculated against the coronavirus, media reported on Thursday.
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Iraq condemns Aden Airport attack, offers condolences to Yemen
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], December 31 (ANI/Sputnik): The Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs has expressed its strong condemnation over the Wednesday deadly attack on the airport in the southern Yemeni city of Aden and conveyed condolences to the Yemeni people, the ministry's spokesman, Ahmed al-Sahaf,
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Total of 800,000 Israelis vaccinated against COVID-19 since start of campa
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Tel Aviv [Israel], December 31 (ANI/Sputnik): Over 150,000 Israeli citizens received a vaccine against the coronavirus over the past day, taking the total count of those vaccinated to 800,000, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday.
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Russia records 27,747 COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 31 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia has registered 27,747 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, up from 26,513 the day before, bringing the total to 3,159,297, the federal response center said on Thursday.
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Russian fishery agency to continue search for bodies of sailors from sunke
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 31 (ANI/Sputnik): An operational team of the Russian Federal Agency for Fishery decided to continue searches for the bodies of sailors who went missing after the Onega trawler sunk in the Barents Sea, the country's agency of sea and river transport said on Thursd
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Lithuania allows flights from UK from January 1, says Foreign Ministry
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Vilnius [Lithuania], December 31 (ANI/Sputnik): The Lithuanian government decided to lift the ban on receiving flights from the UK from January 1, 2021, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
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Amid global criticism, China approves Sinopharm vaccine for general use
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], December 31 (ANI): Amid global criticism over the efficacy of the Sinopharm vaccine against COVID-19, China on Thursday approved the country's first coronavirus vaccine for general public use, reported New York Times (NYT).
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Five coronavirus strains circulating in Ukraine, says Health Ministry
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Kyiv [Ukraine], December 31 (ANI/Sputnik): Five strains of new coronavirus infection are circulating in Ukraine, the relevant data were obtained from the World Health Organization (WHO) after examining 50 test samples from nine regions of Ukraine, the Center for Public Health, which is part
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Argentina authorizes use of AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid-19
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Buenos Aires [Argentina], December 31 (ANI/Xinhua): Argentina's National Administration of Drugs, Foods and Medical Devices (ANMAT) on Wednesday approved the use of vaccine from AstraZeneca, a multinational pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical company, against Covid-19 in the country.
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