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Moscow's death toll from COVID-19 rises by 71
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], December 22 (ANI/Sputnik): Moscow has registered 71 deaths of patients infected with COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, bringing the Russian capital's death toll to 10,540, the city's coronavirus response center said in a statement on Monday.
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Explosion at gunpowder factory in Italy kills 3
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Rome [Italy], December 22 (ANI/Sputnik): A blast at a gunpowder recycling factory in the town of Casalbordino in central Italy's Abruzzo region has resulted in the death of three people, Casalbordino Mayor Filippo Marinucci said on Monday.
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Ban on freight, travel will not impact COVID-19 vaccination: UK transport
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London [UK], December 21 (ANI/Sputnik): UK Transport Minister Grant Shapps said on Monday that the ban on travel and freight from the country imposed by France and other European countries out of fear of a new strain of coronavirus identified in southeast England, would not affect its COVID-
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Belarusian prosecution opens extremist cases against Opposition in Minsk
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Minsk [Belarus], December 21 (ANI/Sputnik): The Belarusian Prosecutor General's Office said it had launched criminal cases against members of the coordination council of the opposition on the creation of an extremist group and financing its activities in order to seize state power in an unco
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EU urges Bosnian authorities to take action to address alarming migrant si
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Moscow [Russia], December 21 (ANI/Sputnik): EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson and Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Oliver Varhelyi on Monday called on the authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina to set aside their political differ
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Greek Prime Minister pledges to receive COVID-19 vaccine on first day of m
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Athens [Greece], December 21 (ANI/Sputnik): Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Monday that he will receive a COVID-19 vaccine shot on Sunday, the day the mass vaccination campaign rolls out in the country.
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Greece concerned over emergence of rapidly-spreading COVID-19 strain, draw
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Athens [Greece], December 21 (ANI/Sputnik): The fast-spreading variant of the coronavirus, which was recently discovered in parts of the United Kingdom and some other countries, has raised serious concerns in Europe, Greek government spokesman Stelios Petsas said on Monday, adding that Greec
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Second COVID-19 wave in France not curbed yet, decline in cases halts: Hea
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Paris [France], December 21 (ANI/Sputnik): The second coronavirus wave is still present in France, as the continuous trend of drop in COVID-19 cases has halted, French Health Minister Olivier Veran said on Monday.
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London Mayor urges UK govt to seek extension to Brexit transition period
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London [UK], December 21 (ANI/Sputnik): Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, has urged the UK government to seek an extension to the Brexit transition period, which is due to expire on December 31, following the French government's decision to temporarily ban all travel from the UK as a new stra
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Russia working with India to jointly produce Sputnik V vaccine: Russian en
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New Delhi [India], December 21 (ANI): Russia is working with India to jointly produce Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine at Dr Reddy's Laboratories for use in India, Russia and other countries, said Nikolay Kudashev, Russian Ambassador to India, on Monday.
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Oman expects to receive first batch of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesda
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Muscat [Oman], December 21 (ANI/Sputnik): The first shipment of Covid-19 vaccine produced by Pfizer and BioNTech will be delivered to Oman on Wednesday, the director of the infectious diseases control department of the country's health ministry, Badr bin Saif Al Rawahi, announced on Monday.
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Sputnik V can be highly effective against new COVID-19 strain: Vaccine cod
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Moscow [Russia], December 21 (ANI): Sputnik V, the world's first COVID-19 vaccine, will be "highly effective" against the new strain of coronavirus found in Europe, said Kirill Dmitriev, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Russian Direct Investment Fund, the company which codeveloped the vaccin
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