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Brazil reports 164 more deaths, 4,164 new cases of COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], December 25 (ANI/Xinhua): Brazil on Friday said it registered 164 more deaths and 4,164 new cases of COVID-19 infection in the previous 24 hours.
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Toll from shipwreck in Ionian Sea rises to 11
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Athens [Greece], December 25 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of migrants, who died in a shipwreck near the Greek island of Antikythera in the Ionian Sea, has increased to 11, the Greek Reporter newspaper reported, citing the coast guard.
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Canada's COVID-19 cases surpass 1.95 million
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Ottawa [Canada], December 25 (ANI/Xinhua): Canada reported 11,304 new COVID-19 cases Friday afternoon, raising the cumulative total to 1,957,058 cases with 30,139 deaths, according to CTV.
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UK reports more than 120,000 daily coronavirus cases for first time
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
London [UK], December 25 (ANI/Xinhua): Britain has reported another 122,186 coronavirus cases in the latest 24-hour period, exceeding 120,000 daily cases for the first time since of the start of the pandemic, according to official figures released Friday.
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Iran reports 1,967 daily COVID-19 cases, 6,181,784 in total
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], December 25 (ANI/Xinhua): Iran's health ministry on Friday reported 1,967 new COVID-19 cases, taking the country's total infections to 6,181,784.
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Africa's COVID-19 cases surpass 9.33 million
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], December 25 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa has reached 9,335,901 as of Friday afternoon, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said.
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Nigeria's Omicron variant cases surge to 51
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Lagos [Nigeria], December 24 (ANI/Xinhua): Nigerian health authorities said Friday the country has identified more cases of the B.1.1.529 SARS-CoV-2 lineage, the Omicron variant of COVID-19, bringing the total number of confirmed infections of the variant to 51.
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107 refugees resettled from Libya to Canada
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], December 24 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Friday said it has resettled 107 refugees from Libya to Canada, the last resettlement departure of refugees from Libya this year.
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Turkey freezes assets of 770 individuals, US-based foundation for alleged
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], December 24 (ANI/Xinhua): Turkey has frozen the assets of 770 individuals and a US-based foundation over their alleged links to terrorist groups, according to a decision published in the country's official gazette on Friday.
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UN calls for ceasefire amid fighting in northern Somalia
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Mogadishu [Somalia], December 24 (ANI/Xinhua): The United Nations' top relief envoy in Somalia on Friday called for a ceasefire in Bossaso, a commercial port city in northeast Somalia, following three days of intense fighting between rival security forces.
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China punishes more than two dozen officials over surge in COVID cases
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], December 24 (ANI): More than two dozen officials in China's Shaanxi provinces have been punished by the authorities over their ineffective preventive measures on tackling the COVID-19 spread in the city of Xi'an, reported Xinhua.
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Indonesia reports 204 new COVID-19 cases, 5 more deaths
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], December 24 (ANI/Xinhua): Indonesia confirmed 204 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the total tally to 4,261,412, the country's COVID-19 Task Force said on Friday.
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