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Number of COVID-19 cases in Mexico surpasses 230,000: Health Ministry
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Mexico City [Mexico], July 2 (Sputnik/ANI): The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Mexico has increased by 5,681 within the past 24 hours and has thus surpassed 230,000, Jose Luis Alomia, the director of epidemiology at the Health Ministry, said.
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World Health Organisation says global coronavirus tally topped 10.3 millio
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], July 2 (Sputnik/ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) has estimated the overall number of coronavirus cases globally at 10,357,662, with 508,055 people having died from the disease.
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Death toll from COVID-19 in Brazil surpasses 60,000 people: Health Ministr
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], July 2 (Sputnik/ANI): The number of people, who have died of COVID-19 in Brazil, has increased by 1,038 to 60,632 within the past 24 hours, the national Health Ministry said on late Wednesday.
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UNSC meets in-person on Wednesday for first time since COVID-19 lockdown:
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], July 2 (Sputnik/ANI): The members of the UN Security Council on Wednesday held an in-person meeting for the first time since mid-March, the council's president for the month of July, German Ambassador to the United Nations Christoph Heusgen said in a press briefing.
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Two explosions in northern Afghanistan injure 10 people - Police
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 2 (Sputnik/ANI): Twin explosions in northern Afghanistan left 10 people, including police and civilians, injured, a police official said.
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Brazil records over 33,000 COVID-19 cases in last 24 hours, total over 1.4
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], July 1 (Sputnik/ANI): The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Brazil has increased by 33,846 to 1,402,041 within the past 24 hours, a significant spike in new infections compared to the previous day, according to the Health Ministry data.
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Venezuelan Parliamentary elections to be held in December - Head of Electo
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Caracas [Venezuela], July 1 (Sputnik/ANI): Parliamentary elections in Venezuela will be held in December, Indira Alfonzo Izaguirre, president of the country's National Electoral Council, said.
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Dominican Republic's authorities declare coronavirus epidemic in country
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Santo Domingo [Dominican Republic], July 1 (Sputnik/ANI): Dominican Public Health Minister Rafael Sanchez Cardenas declared an epidemic in the country to fight the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
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US approved 4 COVID-19 vaccine candidates for clinical trials - FDA Head
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 1 (Sputnik/ANI): The United States has approved four coronavirus vaccine candidates for clinical trials, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) head Stephen Hahn told reporters.
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Explosion in medical facility in Tehran Kills 13
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], July 1 (Sputnik/ANI): An explosion and a fire in a medical facility in the north of the Iranian capital killed 13 people, the head of Tehran's ambulance service, Peyman Saberian, told Fars news agency Tuesday.
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2 people killed in roadside bomb blast in Afghanistan's Helmand
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 30 (Sputnik/ANI): At least two people were killed and one more person was injured in a roadside bomb blast in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province, provincial governor's spokesperson Omar Zwaj told Sputnik on Tuesday.
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Canadians overwhelmingly support boycott of Chinese goods amid disputes -
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Toronto [Canada], June 30 (Sputnik/ANI): Canadians overwhelmingly support a boycott of Chinese goods amid a number of disputes with China, most notably the detention of two Canadian nationals by Beijing, an Angus Reid Institute poll revealed.
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