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Belgium registers over 10,400 new COVID-19 cases, highest daily rise
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], October 17 (ANI/Sputnik) Belgium has registered nearly 10,400 new infections on October 13 marking the largest daily increase since the start of the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, the Belgian public health research institute Sciensano said on Saturday.
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Poland reports 9,622 COVID-19 cases in another record daily spike
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Warsaw [Poland], October 17 (ANI/Sputnik): Poland has registered 9,622 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, setting another single-day record, the Health Ministry said on Saturday.
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Brazil's most populous state of Sao Paulo to make COVID-19 vaccination man
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Sao Paulo [Brazil], October 17 (ANI/Sputnik): The authorities of Brazil's most populous state of Sao Paulo would make COVID-19 vaccination mandatory, national media reported, citing governor Joao Doria.
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Russia records 38 ceasefire violations in Syria over past 24 hours - Defen
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Moscow [Russia], October 17 (ANI/Sputnik): The Russian side of the Russian-Turkish commission monitoring the implementation of the Syrian truce has registered 38 ceasefire violations in the country over the past 24 hours, while the Turkish side has recorded 23 truce breaches, the Russian Def
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Vaccines against COVID-19 may not need to be administered annually: WHO
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Moscow [Russia], October 17 (ANI/Sputnik): Ekaterina Ivanova - Any safe and effective vaccine against COVID-19 may not need to be administered annually, unlike vaccines for influenza, Dr. Richard Mihigo, the program area manager for immunization and vaccine development at the World Health Or
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Azerbaijan's Aliyev calls shelling of Ganja 'war crime,' vows 'response on
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Baku [Azerbaijan], October 17 (ANI/Sputnik): Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has qualified the shelling of the country's second-largest city of Ganja as a war crime, saying that those responsible will get a "response on the battlefield."
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Germany registers record 7,830 new COVID-19 cases over past day
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Berlin [Germany], October 17 (ANI/Sputnik): Germany has confirmed 7,830 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours marking the largest daily increase since the start of the outbreak, with the total count reaching 356,387, the Robert Koch Institute said on Saturday.
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Topics of next Trump-Biden debate to include COVID-19, national security
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Washington [US], October 17 (ANI/Sputnik): The next debate between US President Donald Trump and his Democratic contender Joseph Biden will focus on several topics including COVID-19 and national security, the Commission on Presidential debates said in a statement on Friday.
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Man beheaded near Paris, police kill suspect
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Paris [France], October 16 (ANI/Sputnik): A man was beheaded on Friday near Paris, and the French police shot dead a suspect shortly afterward, media reported.
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Expert panel recommends DCGI to permit Dr Reddy's Lab to conduct phase 2,3
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 17 (ANI): The expert committee of Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) on Friday recommended granting permission to Dr Reddy's Laboratories for conducting phase 2 clinical trials of Russian COVID-19 vaccine candidate, Sputnik V, in India, government officials s
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Armenian military says ready to observe ceasefire coordinated in Moscow -
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Moscow [Russia], October 16 (ANI/Sputnik): The Armenian Defense Ministry said on Friday that its armed forces were ready to observe the humanitarian ceasefire coordinated in Moscow earlier in October and urged the OSCE to persuade Azerbaijan's forces to follow the ceasefire.
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Sudan opens inquiry into murder of 8 people at violent protests in Kassala
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Moscow [Russia], October 16 (ANI/Sputnik): Sudan has launched an investigation into the killing of eight people as a result of recent violent clashes between the security forces and demonstrators following the dismissal of Saleh Ammar, the governor of the eastern province of Kassala, the Inf
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