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Spain closes 4 more regions amid worsening COVID-19 situation
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Madrid [Spain], October 29 (ANI/Sputnik): The Spanish authorities have restricted movement in the regions of Andalusia, Castile-La-Mancha, Castile and Leon and Murcia due to the worsening epidemiological situation amid the pandemic, according to the regional governments.
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Increase in new COVID-19 cases in Russia may end within 3 weeks: Health Mi
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], October 29 (ANI/Sputnik): The increase in the number of new coronavirus cases in Russia may come to an end within three weeks, Vladimir Chulanov, the chief infectiology official in the Russian Health Ministry, told Sputnik.
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Death toll from COVID-19 in Mexico surpasses 90,000
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Mexico City [Mexico], October 29 (ANI/Sputnik): The death toll from the coronavirus disease in Mexico has increased by 495 people within the past 24 hours and has thus surpassed 90,000, Jose Luis Alomia, the director of epidemiology at the Health Ministry, said.
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Moscow's toll from COVID-19 rises by 66 to 6,644
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], October 29 (ANI/Sputnik): Moscow has registered 66 deaths of patients infected with COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, bringing the Russian capital's death toll to 6,644, the city's coronavirus response center said in a statement on Wednesday.
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Turkey registers biggest number of COVID-19 cases since April 29
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], October 29 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Turkey has risen by 2,305 to 368,513 within the past 24 hours marking the largest daily increase since April 29, the Turkish Health Ministry said.
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Coronavirus spreading fast in Germany, healthcare system about to collapse
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], October 28 (ANI/Sputnik): The coronavirus incidence in Germany is very high, and if this continues, the healthcare system will reach its limits in a few weeks, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday.
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Israel, US sign deal that envisions applying scientific cooperation agreem
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], October 28 (ANI/Sputnik): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US Ambassador in Jerusalem David Friedman on Wednesday signed an extension to the Israel-US scientific cooperation deal that envisions applying the agreement to the West Bank and Golan Heights.
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Five Taliban militants killed in clashes with Afghan Army in Zabul
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 28 (ANI/Sputnik): At least five Taliban insurgents, including a commander who was among the prisoners released by officials in Kabul under the US-brokered deal, were killed in the course of clashes in the southern Zabul province, local police chief Hekmatullah Ko
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Russia records 16,202 COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], October 28 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia has registered 16,202 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, down from 16,550 yesterday, taking the cumulative total to 1,563,976, the country's coronavirus response centre said on Wednesday.
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Twelve protesters detained during clashes with police in Rome
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], October 28 (ANI/Sputnik): Police used water cannons in downtown Rome to disperse a demonstration against new measures by the Italian government to combat coronavirus, twelve people were detained after clashes with law enforcement officers.
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Number of COVID-19 cases in Mexico tops 900,000
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Mexico City [Mexico], October 28 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Mexico has topped 900,000, with more than 89,000 deaths, a senior health official reported.
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Over 500 riot-related cases initiated in Belarus
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Minsk [Belarus], October 28 (ANI/Sputnik): Over 500 criminal cases have been opened in Belarus over riots and participation of Belarusian citizens in them, Andrey Serbun, deputy head of the Belarusian Prosecutor General's Office's department for overseeing the implementation of legislatio
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