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  • Russia's health min: Sputnik V vaccine 83% effective

    Date: 2021-08-11 08:57:26 GMT - Russia - World - SN:17 - ID:9105796

    MOSCOW, Aug 11 (MENA) - Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said on Wednesday that Russia's Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19 is around 83% effective against the Delta variant of coronavirus, lower than previously thought. In press statements ....

  • US officials warn collapse of Kabul could come sooner than expected

    Date: 2021-08-11 08:22:01 GMT - USA - World - SN:15 - ID:9105751

    WASHINGTON, Aug 11 (MENA) - The Biden administration is preparing for Afghanistan’s capital to fall far sooner than feared only weeks ago, as a rapid disintegration of security has prompted the revision of an already stark intelligence assessment ....

  • Germany reports 4,996 new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2021-08-11 07:28:53 GMT - Germany - World - SN:11 - ID:9105653

    BERLIN, Aug 11 (MENA) - Germany registered 4,996 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, taking the total number of infections with the virus in the country to 3,799,425, Bild newspaper said Wednesday quoting Robert Koch Institute's ....

  • JHU: Global coronavirus cases hit 204,027,000

    Date: 2021-08-11 06:39:28 GMT - USA - World - SN:10 - ID:9105604

    WASHINGTON, Aug 11 (MENA) - As many as 204,027,000 people have been reported to be infected with the novel coronavirus at the global level so far, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU). The death cases due to the virus hit now 4,314,598 ....

  • Biden says he does not regret Afghanistan withdrawal

    Date: 2021-08-10 22:54:27 GMT - USA - World - SN:96 - ID:9105526

    WASHINGTON, Aug 10 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden on Tuesday said he does not regret his decision to pull US forces out of Afghanistan amid reports of rising civilian casualties as the Taliban makes gains in the country, The Hill reported. "We ....

  • 4 contacts of Marburg virus victim in Guinea asymptomatic: WHO

    Date: 2021-08-10 21:25:41 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:87 - ID:9105468

    LONDON, Aug 10 (MENA) - The deadly Marburg virus has been found for the first time in West Africa where a man has died from the disease, the Evening Standard reported. Four people were identified as high-risk contacts of the man who died in ....

  • Number of Covid-19 infections on rise in Italy

    Date: 2021-08-10 15:29:05 GMT - Italy - World - SN:61 - ID:9104890

    ROME, Aug 10 (MENA) - The incidence of COVID-19 cases and the number of coronavirus patients in intensive care in Italy is on the rise, Ansa news agency quoted the latest weekly monitoring report of the National Agency for Regional Health Services ....

  • Russia to build dialogue with US on basis of Washington's practical steps — Zakharova

    Date: 2021-08-10 14:05:31 GMT - Russia - World - SN:56 - ID:9104823

    MOSCOW, Aug 10 (MENA) - Russia does not stop the dialogue with the United States and will be building relations on the basis of Washington's practical steps, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on the Solovyov Live YouTube ....

  • Olympic minister says Games didn't cause Japan's COVID infection surge

    Date: 2021-08-10 11:58:05 GMT - Japan - World - SN:40 - ID:9104583

    TOKYO, Aug 10 (MENA) - Despite a surge in coronavirus infections during Japan's hosting of the Olympic Games, the country's Olympic minister rejected the idea that the international sporting event exacerbated Japan's situation by pointing to ....

  • Tokyo reports 2,612 new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2021-08-10 11:01:16 GMT - Japan - World - SN:34 - ID:9104288

    TOKYO, Aug 10 (MENA) - The Tokyo Metropolitan Government says it confirmed 2,612 new cases of the coronavirus on Tuesday, NHK reported. That's down 1,097 from a week ago. Tokyo's daily count of seriously ill COVID-19 patients is 176, up 19 ....

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