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  • JHU: Global coronavirus cases hit 272,197,443

    Date: 2021-12-16 05:53:56 GMT - USA - World - SN:2 - ID:9321329

    WASHINGTON, Dec 16 (MENA) - As many as 272,197,443 people are reported to have been infected with the novel coronavirus globally, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) said on Thursday. It added that 5,329,536 people have died from the virus ....

  • Johnson urges caution on Christmas plans

    Date: 2021-12-15 20:48:45 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:94 - ID:9321187

    LONDON, Dec 15 (MENA) - UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has advised people to cut back on Christmas partying and “think carefully” before heading out this festive season, shortly after the UK recorded a record 78,610 daily Covid-19 cases, Euronews ....

  • WHO: Vaccines may be less effective against omicron

    Date: 2021-12-15 19:33:08 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:89 - ID:9321077

    GENEVA, Dec 15 (MENA) - New research suggests that existing COVID-19 vaccines may be less effective in fighting the omicron variant than previous strains of the virus, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Wednesday. The WHO said further ....

  • Russia not to leave expelling 2 diplomats from Germany with no response

    Date: 2021-12-15 18:37:23 GMT - Russia - World - SN:85 - ID:9321076

    MOSCOW, Dec 15 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova announced on Wednesday that Russia will not leave the issue of expelling two Russian diplomats from Berlin without suitable response. Zakharova wrote on social networking ....

  • Kenya detects three Omicron cases

    Date: 2021-12-15 16:12:41 GMT - Kenya - World - SN:66 - ID:9320948

    NAIROBI, Dec 15 (MENA) - Kenya has detected the first three cases of the Covid-19 Omicron variant among travelers arriving from South Africa, Health Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has said as quoted by euronews. "We have detected the Omicron variant ....

  • Pakistan not interested in joining camps: FM Qureshi

    Date: 2021-12-15 10:53:51 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:30 - ID:9320115

    ISLAMABAD, Dec 15 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said that Pakistan does not want to become part of any camp and wants to concentrate on its economic and social issues, the Express Tribune reported. In a conversation with ....

  • Omicron cases in 77 countries, spreading at unprecedented rate: WHO

    Date: 2021-12-15 10:27:18 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:28 - ID:9319888

    GENEVA, Dec 15 (MENA) - World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said 77 countries have now reported cases of Omicron. During a media briefing on Covid-19 Wednesday, the WHO chief said Omicron is most ....

  • Germany reports 51,301 new Covid-19 cases

    Date: 2021-12-15 08:47:42 GMT - Germany - World - SN:18 - ID:9319838

    BERLIN, Dec 15 (MENA) - Health authorities in Germany reported 51,301 new coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours, Bild Newspaper reported Wednesday quoting the Robert Koch Institute (RKI). According to the new information released by RKI, ....

  • Borrell: EU stands united in support of Ukrainian sovereignty

    Date: 2021-12-15 08:47:09 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:17 - ID:9319762

    BRUSSELS, Dec 15 (MENA) - Josep Borrell, the EU's foreign policy chief, said Monday that the EU "stands united in support of Ukrainian sovereignty and territorial integrity", DW reported on its website. Borrell said that EU foreign ministers ....

  • Biden urges Americans to take Covid vaccines as US fatalities top 800,000

    Date: 2021-12-15 08:28:20 GMT - USA - World - SN:15 - ID:9319691

    WASHINGTON, Dec 15 (MENA) - President Joe Biden urged Americans to get Covid jabs as US coronavirus related fatalities trespassed 800,000. In a statement issued by the White House on its website Wednesday the US president said “The vaccines are ....

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