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COVID-19: Spain will not reach herd immunity soon despite vaccination, say
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Madrid [Spain], December 29 (ANI/Sputnik): Spain will not reach herd immunity for a while even as mass vaccination is rolled out across the country, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Tuesday.
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Croatian PM says quake made centre of hardest-hit town unlivable
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Petrinja [Croatia], December 29 (ANI/Sputnik): The center of Petrinja, a Croatian town southeast of the capital, was rendered uninhabitable by a magnitude 6.3 quake that rocked the country on Tuesday, its prime minister said.
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Cairo mosque closed due to breach of COVID-19 measures
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Cairo [Egypt], December 29 (ANI/Sputnik): Egypt's Minister of Religious Endowments Mohamed Gomaa ordered the closure of a Cairo mosque for two weeks for violating precautionary measures put in place to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, the press service of the ministry reported on Tuesday.
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Australia registers first case of new COVID-19 strain that emerged in Sout
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Queensland [Australia], December 29 (Sputnik/ANI): Australia has registered its first case of a new coronavirus strain, known as 501.V2 variant and linked to South Africa, in the northwestern state of Queensland, regional Health Minister Yvette D'Ath said on Tuesday.
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Earthquake of magnitude 6.3 hits Croatia
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Zagreb [Croatia], December 29 (ANI/Sputnik): A magnitude 6.3 earthquake rocked Croatia on Tuesday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre said.
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Russia registers 27,002 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 29 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia has registered 27,002 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, down from 27,787 the day before, bringing the total to 3,105,037, the federal response centre said on Tuesday.
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Coronavirus: Belarus first country after Russia to start Sputnik-V vaccina
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 29 (ANI): Belarus has become the first country after Russia to begin vaccination of people with Sputnik-V against Covid-19, Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) said on Tuesday.
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Roadside bomb detonates in Kabul, no casualties reported
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 29 (ANI/Sputnik): An explosion hit a market in the centre-western part of the Afghan capital of Kabul on Tuesday, resulting in no casualties, local police said.
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Argentina to begin rollout of Russian COVID-19 vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Buenos Aires [Argentina], December 29 (ANI/Sputnik): Argentina will begin vaccinating its population against coronavirus on Tuesday, using Russia's Sputnik V vaccine.
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Suicide bomber blows himself up in Afghanistan's Herat
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 29 (ANI/Sputnik): A suicide bomber blew himself up before reaching his target in the town of Torghundi in Afghanistan's Herat Province, local police said.
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Japan reports first case of new coronavirus strain that emerged in South
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], December 29 (ANI/Sputnik): The first case of the new coronavirus variant found in South Africa has been confirmed in Japan, the Japan Times reports.
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US House passes bill to provide Americans USD 2,000 stimulus checks, sends
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], December 29 (ANI/Sputnik): The US House of Representatives has passed legislation to provide Americans with USD 2,000 stimulus checks in an effort to offer financial relief during the novel coronavirus pandemic.
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