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Cuba reports over 7,000 new Covid-19 cases, 85 deaths
Date: 2021-09-06 21:56:22 GMT - Cuba - World - SN:102 - ID:9151630
HAVANA, Sept 6 (MENA) – Cuba reported 7,230 new positive cases for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19 on Monday, Prensa Latina reported. These numbers show an increase after several days with an average of 6,000 cases per day. Cuba ....
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South Africa reports 4,118 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2021-09-06 21:23:18 GMT - South Africa - World - SN:100 - ID:9151633
JOHANNESBURG, Sept 6 (MENA) - The number of Covid-19 infections in South Africa rose by 4,118 to 2,824,063 cases over the past 24 hours, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases said Monday. Meanwhile, another 198 deaths were reported in ....
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Mu may be more vaccine resistant than other Covid strains, WHO says
Date: 2021-09-06 21:22:58 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:99 - ID:9151574
LONDON, Sept 6 (MENA) – Mu may be more vaccine resistant than other Covid strains in circulation although further testing is needed to confirm this, said the WHO. A novel variant of Covid-19 has found its way into the UK with 55 cases so far ....
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Johns Hopkins: Daily coronavirus infections in US up 316% from last Labor Day
Date: 2021-09-06 21:21:07 GMT - USA - World - SN:97 - ID:9151575
WASHINGTON, Sept 6 (MENA) - Daily coronavirus infections are more than four times what the US was seeing on Labor Day last year, or a 316% increase, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. And daily deaths are almost twice as ....
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UK not to recognize Taliban as government of Afghanistan: foreign secretary
Date: 2021-09-06 20:34:24 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:96 - ID:9151534
LONDON, Sept 6 (MENA) - UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab stressed the UK will not recognize the Taliban as the government of Afghanistan and noted his “scepticism is quite deep” about their assurances, the Evening Standard reported ....
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Death toll from Hurricane 'Ida' increases to 68
Date: 2021-09-06 20:32:16 GMT - USA - World - SN:94 - ID:9151547
WASHINGTON, Sept 6 (MENA) - The death total from Hurricane "Ida" continues to rise, with 68 confirmed deaths and several still missing, CBS news reported Monday. More than 600-thousand homes remain without power. This comes as US President Joe ....
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Vietnam reports 12,481 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2021-09-06 18:48:52 GMT - World Capitals - World - SN:86 - ID:9151374
WORLD CAPITALS, Sept 6 (MENA) - Vietnam reported 12,481 new coronavirus cases on Monday, according to the country's Ministry of Health. The new infections brought the country's total tally to 536,788, with 13,385 deaths, Vietnam News Agency ....
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5.9-magnitude earthquake rocks eastern Taiwan
Date: 2021-09-06 17:35:32 GMT - Taiwan - World - SN:82 - ID:9151372
TAIPEI, Sept 6 (MENA) - A 5.9-magnitude earthquake jolted Hualien County in eastern Taiwan on Monday, Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau (CWB) reported. The temblor was centered in waters off Hualien County, 49.4 kilometers east southeast of the ....
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UK records over 7 million Covid cases since beginning of pandemic
Date: 2021-09-06 16:59:01 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:78 - ID:9151273
LONDON, Sept 6 (MENA) - The UK reached a grim milestone as there have been more than seven million Covid infections since the start of the pandemic, government data was quoted by the Standard Newspaper as saying. It was revealed as Covid cases ....
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Education in quarter of countries at risk of collapse - report
Date: 2021-09-06 16:00:00 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:70 - ID:9151078
LONDON, Sept 6 (MENA) - The education of hundreds of millions of children is hanging by a thread as a result of an unprecedented intensity of threats including Covid-19 and the climate crisis, The Guardian said Monday quoting a report. As ....