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Germany reports more than 118,000 new coronavirus infection
Date: 2022-02-20 07:51:32 GMT - Germany - World - SN:14 - ID:9426987
BERLIN, Feb 20 (MENA) - Germany's Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases said Sunday that 118,032 new coronavirus cases and 73 deaths were reported in the country in the past 24 hours. This takes the country's total number of cases ....
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South Korea: New infections over 100,000 for 3rd day on omicron spread
Date: 2022-02-20 07:29:21 GMT - south korea - World - SN:12 - ID:9426989
SEOUL, Feb 20 (MENA) - South Korea's daily coronavirus cases exceeded 100,000 for the third day in a row Sunday due to the spread of the highly transmissible omicron variant, Korean news agency Yonhap reported. The country reported 104,829 new ....
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India records 19,968 new Covid-19 cases, 673 deaths in a day
Date: 2022-02-20 07:27:36 GMT - India - World - SN:11 - ID:9426994
NEW DELHI, Feb 20 (MENA) - India on Sunday morning reported 19,968 new coronavirus cases, pushing the country’s infection tally since the pandemic broke out in January 2020 to 42,822,473. The number of new cases was 11.53% less than Saturday’s ....
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Japan's top COVID adviser says worth discussing new isolation period
Date: 2022-02-20 07:08:37 GMT - Japan - World - SN:9 - ID:9426983
TOKYO, Feb 20 (MENA) - Japan's top coronavirus adviser Shigeru Omi said Sunday it is time to start considering further shortening the quarantine period for people who have been in close contact with COVID-19 patients, Kyodo news reported. Omi ....
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JHU: global coronavirus cases exceed 423 million
Date: 2022-02-20 06:59:58 GMT - USA - World - SN:8 - ID:9426949
WASHINGTON, Feb 20 (MENA) - The overall global Covid-19 caseload topped 423 million and the deaths surged to more than five million cases, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU). In its latest update, JHU revealed on Sunday that the current ....
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Biden to hold meeting with National Security Council on situation in Ukraine
Date: 2022-02-20 06:30:57 GMT - USA - World - SN:6 - ID:9426924
WASHINGTON, Feb 20 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden will hold a meeting Sunday with the National Security Council as the White House warns Russia could attack Ukraine 'at any time'. According to a statement issued by the White House ....
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Egypt reports 2,025 new coronavirus cases, 62 fatalities
Date: 2022-02-19 23:09:17 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:72 - ID:9426876
CAIRO, Feb 19 (MENA) - The Health Ministry said Saturday night that 2,025 new coronavirus cases were detected, upping the total number of confirmed infections since the outbreak in the country began to 467,448. In a statement, Spokesman for the ....
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G7 foreign ministers concerned about Russia’s threatening military build-up around Ukraine
Date: 2022-02-19 22:05:07 GMT - Germany - World - SN:71 - ID:9426835
BERLIN, Feb 19 (MENA) - G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America and the High Representative of the European Union remain gravely concerned about Russia’s threatening military ....
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Washington confident of its information on Ukrainian crisis - State Secretary
Date: 2022-02-19 22:04:38 GMT - Russia - World - SN:70 - ID:9426833
MOSCOW, Feb 19 (MENA) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that the US is confident of the information it has concerning the Ukrainian crisis. In an interview with Dozhd TV on Saturday, he added “We’re very confident in the information ....
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Duma to discuss Donetsk, Lugansk at forthcoming session - speaker
Date: 2022-02-19 22:04:07 GMT - Russia - World - SN:69 - ID:9426837
MOSCOW, Feb 19 (MENA) - Russia’s State Duma at its forthcoming session on February 22 will discuss the situation in connection with the soaring tensions in Donbass and the western reaction, the speaker of the lower house of parliament Vyacheslav ....