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S Korea reports 824 more COVID-19 cases, 62,593 in total
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], January 2 (ANI/Xinhua): South Korea reported 824 more cases of COVID-19 as of midnight Friday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 62,593.
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Chinese mainland reports 14 new imported COVID-19 cases
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], January 2 (ANI/Xinhua): The Chinese mainland reported 14 new imported COVID-19 cases Friday, bringing the total number of imported cases to 4,287.
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Brazil registers 462 more COVID-19 deaths in 24 hours
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Sao Paulo [Brazil], January 2 (ANI/Xinhua): Brazil's COVID-19 death toll totalled 195,411 after 462 more patients died in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said Friday.
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Sudan's PM announces formation of national mechanism for protecting civili
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Khartoum [Sudan], January 2 (ANI/Xinhua): Sudan's Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok on Friday announced formation of the National Mechanism for Protection of Civilians.
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Chile reports 3,588 new daily cases of COVID-19, setting five-month high
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Santiago [Chile], January 2 (ANI/Xinhua): Chile's Ministry of Health on Friday reported 3,588 new daily cases of the novel coronavirus disease, the highest daily figure since July 5 (3,685), raising the total caseload to 612,564.
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Portugal to prioritize vaccination, economic and social recovery during EU
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Lisbon [Portugal], January 2 (ANI/Xinhua): Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa said on Friday that priorities during his country's presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU) would be the "success of the vaccination" against COVID-19 and the "economic and social recovery of Eur
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Ireland takes up seat on UN Security Council
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Dublin [Ireland], January 2 (ANI/Xinhua): Ireland took up its seat as an elected member of the United Nations (UN) Security Council for a two-year term starting from Jan. 1, 2021, said the country's Department of Foreign Affairs on Friday.
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US COVID-19 cases top 20 million
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Baltimore [US], January 2 (ANI/Xinhua): The total number of COVID-19 cases in the United States topped 20 million on Friday, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University.
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Israel vaccinates over 10 per cent of population against COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], January 1 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of people vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus in Israel has reached more than 950,000, the state's Ministry of Health said on Friday.
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Nigerian army kills scores of Boko Haram terrorists in airstrikes, says sp
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], January 1 (ANI/Xinhua): Scores of Boko Haram terrorists were killed in a series of airstrikes by the Nigerian military in the country's restive northeastern state of Borno, an official said on Friday.
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DPRK celebrates New Year with performance in central Pyongyang
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Pyongyang [North Korea], January 1 (ANI/Xinhua): A New Year performance was given at Kim Il Sung Square in central Pyongyang, the capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), on Thursday night with tens of thousands of people standing in the cold to embrace the New Year.
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Africa CDC envisages most African countries will receive COVID-19 vaccines
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Addis Ababa [Ethiopia], January 1 (ANI/Xinhua): The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) Director John Nkengasong on Thursday said he envisages most African countries will start receiving COVID-19 vaccines by the second half of 2021.
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