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Canada health official says 'no' to Russian COVID-19 vaccine due to lack o
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], August 12 (Sputnik/ANI): The Russian novel coronavirus vaccine will likely not be approved in Canada at this time, Deputy Chief Public Health Officer Howard Njoo told reporters on Tuesday, citing lack of data.
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Canada surpasses 120,000 COVID-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], August 12 (Sputnik/ANI): The number of COVID-19 cases in Canada has surpassed 120,000 with more than 8,980 deaths, government data revealed on Tuesday.
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Terrorists in Afghanistan's Nangarhar kill 6 policemen, leave 6 other inju
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 11 (ANI/Sputnik): Terrorists in the Afghan province of Nangarhar have led an attack on law enforcement officers, leaving six dead and six more with injuries, locals told Sputnik on Tuesday.
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EU may consider reinstating sanctions against Belarus: German Foreign Mini
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], August 11 (ANI/Sputnik): The European Union (EU) may review sanctions against Belarus in light of the recent presidential election, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Tuesday.
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'Secret behind high speed of Russia's COVID-19 vaccine creation was the co
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], August 11 (ANI): After the first coronavirus vaccine in the world was registered in Russia, Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) CEO Kirill Dmitriev said, in his opinion piece for Sputnik, that the secret behind the high speed of Russia's COVID-19 vaccine creation was the c
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Russia becomes first country to register COVID-19 vaccine
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], August 11 (ANI): The first COVID-19 vaccine in the world has been registered by Russia on Tuesday, reported Sputnik.
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Philippine President Duterte volunteers to be test subject for Russia-made
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], Aug 11 (ANI/Sputnik): Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has said that he would volunteer to take the Russia-made coronavirus vaccine to test it, and the country's government on Tuesday voiced a readiness to cooperate with Moscow on the vaccine's clinical trials a
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UK suffers biggest drop in employment since 2009 over COVID-19 lockdown
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], Aug 11 (ANi/Sputnik): Around 730,000 people have lost their jobs in the United Kingdom since the COVID-19 lockdown began in March, the largest quarterly employment decrease since the 2009 financial crisis, the Office of National Statistics (ONS) showed on Tuesday.
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Brazil's coronavirus case tally up 22,000 in past day to top 3,050,000
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], Aug 11 (ANI/Sputnik): Brazil's number of cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has increased by more than 22,000 over the past 24 hours, with over 700 deaths, the country's Health Ministry said in a statement.
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Police arrest 100 people during overnight looting, rioting in Chicago
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Chicago [USA], August 11 (ANI/Sputnik): Some 100 people were detained and more than a dozen police officers were injured during overnight looting and rioting in the US city of Chicago, Police Superintendent David Brown told reporters on Monday.
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Global COVID-19 count surpasses 20 million mark
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Aug 11 (ANI/Sputnik): The number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) worldwide has surpassed 20 million, according to Johns Hopkins University.
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Canada concerned over actions of Belarusian authorities following presiden
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], Aug 11 (ANI/Sputnik): The Canadian government is gravely concerned over the actions of the Belarusian authorities amid mass protests that erupted following the country's presidential election, Francois-Philippe Champagne, the Canadian Foreign Minister, said on Monday.
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