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Brazil's Bahia state to study Russian coronavirus vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], September 10 (ANI/Sputnik): The Brazilian state of Bahia has signed an agreement with Russia for access to data on the Russian COVID-19 vaccine, Sputnik V, and intends to conduct its clinical trials, the Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper reported.
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UN Secretary-General expresses hope of visiting Hiroshima next year
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], September 10 (ANI/Sputnik): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed hope that he will be able to visit the city of Hiroshima in Japan next year, which was destroyed by US nuclear bombing 75 years ago.
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Mexico's COVID-19 death toll rises to 69,095
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Mexico City [Mexico] September 10 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of people, who have died of COVID-19 in Mexico, has risen by 611 to 69,095 within the past 24 hours, Jose Luis Alomia, the director of epidemiology at the Health Ministry, said.
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US revoked over 1,000 visas of Chinese nationals by Sept 8: State dept
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 10 (ANI/Sputnik): More than 1,000 visas of Chinese nationals have been revoked to date by the US government as part of the Trump administration's effort to prevent Beijing from using students and researchers to steal intellectual property, technology, and other sen
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Global COVID-19 deaths surpass 900,000
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 10 (ANI/Sputnik): The global death toll from the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has surpassed 900,000, according to Johns Hopkins University.
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COVID-19 cases in Brazil rises to over 4.19m
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], September 10 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Brazil has increased by 35,816 to 4,197,889 within the past 24 hours, the national Ministry of Health said on late Wednesday.
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US COVID-19 death toll rises above 190,000
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 10 (ANI/Sputnik): The COVID-19 death toll in the United States has surpassed 190,000, while the number of recorded infections has climbed above 6.3 million, the latest data from Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center showed on Wednesday.
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No certainty US will have COVID-19 vaccine before election day: NIH Chief
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 10 (ANI/Sputnik): US National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins told Congress on Wednesday that it is impossible to say if the United States will have a COVID-19 vaccine by the November presidential election, although he is cautiously optimistic one wil
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At least 21 people injured as trains collide in Czech Republic's southwest
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Prague [Czech Republic], September 9 (ANI/Sputnik): A passenger train collided on Wednesday with a maintenance train at the railway station in the Czech southwestern city of Kdyne, leaving at least 21 people injured, ambulance spokeswoman Maria Svobodova said.
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Lebanese FM tests positive for COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], September 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Lebanese Foreign Minister Charbel Wehbe has tested positive for the novel coronavirus and been placed under a two-week quarantine regime, the Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
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Brazil's COVID-19 case count up 14,279
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], September 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Brazil's number of recorded COVID-19 cases increased by 14,279 in the past 24 hours to surpass 4,162,000, the country's Health Ministry said in a statement.
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Maduro says Russian coronavirus vaccine to arrive in Venezuela in Septembe
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Caracas [Venezuela], September 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Russia's Sputnik-V vaccine against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) would be delivered to Venezuela in September 2020 for clinical trials.
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