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No fatalities from new Covid-19 variant Omicron recorded - WHO official to MENA
Date: 2021-12-01 14:50:34 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:69 - ID:9297678
CAIRO, Dec 1 (MENA) – Regional Director of the World Health Organization for the Eastern Mediterranean Ahmed Al-Mandhari said Wednesday that no fatalities were recorded from the new Covid-19 variant Omicron. In statements to MENA during a press ....
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Japan asks airlines not to accept inbound flight reservations over Omicron
Date: 2021-12-01 12:39:33 GMT - Japan - World - SN:55 - ID:9297532
TOKYO, Dec 1 (MENA) – The Japanese government said Wednesday it had asked airlines to stop accepting reservations for inbound international flights, while announcing it will deny entry to all foreigners from 10 African countries feared to have ....
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COVID is teaching hard lessons on trade policy - The Hill
Date: 2021-12-01 12:29:43 GMT - USA - World - SN:53 - ID:9297401
WASHINGTON, Dec 1 (MENA) - A long-delayed meeting of World Trade Organization (WTO) ministers scheduled for today was postponed yet again due to the omicron variant of COVID-19. However, the need for a trade policy reckoning only grows stronger with ....
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WHO's official stresses vaccines' effectiveness with omacron
Date: 2021-12-01 11:49:17 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:49 - ID:9297292
GENEVA, Dec 1 (MENA) - The World Health Organization (WHO)'s Epidemiological consultant, Dr. Amjad Al-Khouli, stressed the effectiveness of vaccines in the face of the new variant of coronavirus omicron. He noted that the virus is continually ....
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Nigeria confirms 3 Omicron cases
Date: 2021-12-01 08:54:10 GMT - Nigeria - World - SN:25 - ID:9296782
ABUJA, Dec 1 (MENA) - Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, on Wednesday confirmed its first cases of the new Covid-19 variant, among three passengers who had arrived from South Africa, NDTV reported. "Genomic surveillance has now identified ....
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Germany reports more than 76,000 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours
Date: 2021-12-01 08:24:11 GMT - Germany - World - SN:23 - ID:9296807
BERLIN, Dec 1 (MENA) - Coronavirus cases in Germany hit a record since the outbreak of the pandemic registering 76,186 cases over the past 24 hours, Robert Koch Institute for disease control and prevention said Wednesday. The new cases bring the ....
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UK has 22 cases of Omicron, says health secretary
Date: 2021-12-01 08:04:13 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:21 - ID:9296775
LONDON, Dec 1 (MENA) - British Health Secretary Sajid Javid said there were 22 confirmed cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus in the United Kingdom, and that that figure was set to rise, Sky News reported Wednesday. Javid added that he ....
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S.Korea daily virus cases top 5,000, critical cases hit record high amid new variant woes
Date: 2021-12-01 07:19:40 GMT - south korea - World - SN:15 - ID:9296709
SEOUL, Dec 1 (MENA) - South Korea's new coronavirus cases topped 5,000 for the first time Wednesday and the number of critically ill patients hit a fresh high amid concerns over the global spread of the new virus variant, Yonhap reported quoting the ....
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Japan begins administering COVID-19 booster shots
Date: 2021-12-01 06:55:52 GMT - Japan - World - SN:10 - ID:9296697
TOKYO, Dec 1 (MENA) - Japan on Wednesday started administering COVID-19 booster shots to individuals who received their second shot at least eight months ago amid growing concerns about the spread of a new coronavirus variant, Kyodo news agency ....
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JHU: World coronavirus cases hit 262,797,494
Date: 2021-12-01 06:46:28 GMT - USA - World - SN:9 - ID:9296634
WASHINGTON, Dec 1 (MENA) - As many as 262,797,494 people are reported to be infected with the novel coronavirus globally, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) said on Wednesday. It added that 5,214,928 people have died from the virus worldwide. The ....
