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  • Tokyo Olympics see 17 more COVID-19 cases, bringing total to 276

    Date: 2021-08-02 07:02:54 GMT - Japan - World - SN:17 - ID:9089655

    TOKYO, Aug 2 (MENA) - Seventeen more people associated with the Tokyo Olympics have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total since the start of July to 276, Kyodo quoted games organizers as saying Monday. None of the newly confirmed cases ....

  • Pakistan continues battle against coronavirus, reports 4,858 fresh infections

    Date: 2021-08-02 06:48:07 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:16 - ID:9089672

    ISLAMABAD, Aug 2 (MENA) - Another 40 people have died in Pakistan due to the global coronavirus epidemic and 4,858 new cases have also been reported, according to Pakistan Tribune newspaper. According to the National Command and Operation ....

  • JHU: World coronavirus cases hit 198,291,544

    Date: 2021-08-02 06:43:38 GMT - USA - World - SN:15 - ID:9089641

    WASHINGTON, Aug 2 (MENA) - The US Johns Hopkins University (JHU) said on Monday the total number of coronavirus infections at the global level hit 198,291,544. The university added that the total number of deaths reached now 4,224,015, according ....

  • Chinese mainland reports 55 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases

    Date: 2021-08-02 06:41:59 GMT - China - World - SN:13 - ID:9089662

    BEIJING, Aug 2 (MENA) - The Chinese mainland on Sunday reported 55 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Monday. Of the locally transmitted cases, 40 were reported in Jiangsu, seven in ....

  • India reports 40,134 new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2021-08-02 06:35:55 GMT - India - World - SN:11 - ID:9089653

    NEW DELHI, Aug 2 (MENA) - India reported 40,134 new cases of the coronavirus in the last 24 hours, The Times of India reported quoting a government statement as saying on Monday. Deaths rose by 422 in the same period, according to the federal ....

  • Pakistan, US need to work ‘more closely’ amid worsening Afghan security: NSA

    Date: 2021-08-01 20:05:18 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:99 - ID:9089347

    ISLAMABAD, Aug 1 (MENA) – The Pakistani National Security Adviser (NSA) Moeed Yusuf has said that Pakistan and the United States needed to work “more closely” amid evolving situation in Afghanistan as security vacuum widened by the withdrawal of ....

  • Blinken says US ‘confident’ that Iran behind attack on Israeli-linked ship

    Date: 2021-08-01 19:23:41 GMT - USA - World - SN:95 - ID:9089346

    WASHINGTON, Aug 1 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday that the Biden administration is “confident” that Iran was behind a deadly attack on an Israeli-operated merchant ship near Oman, joining Israel and Britain in blaming ....

  • John Hopkins: Tally of coronavirus exceeds 198 million worldwide

    Date: 2021-08-01 18:48:53 GMT - USA - World - SN:91 - ID:9089330

    WASHINGTON, Aug 1 (MENA) - As many as 198,938,668 million people have been reported to be infected by the novel coronavirus globally, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU). It reported that about 4,220,551 have died from the virus ....

  • COVID-19: UK records 24,470 new coronavirus cases, 65 more deaths

    Date: 2021-08-01 15:51:21 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:74 - ID:9089159

    LONDON, Aug 1 (MENA) - The UK has reported 24,470 new COVID-19 cases and 65 more deaths in the latest 24-hour period, Sky News reported. Some 26,144 coronavirus infections and 71 fatalities were announced yesterday, while 29,173 cases and 20 ....

  • Malaysia sees fourth-highest daily COVID-19 infections with 17,150 cases

    Date: 2021-08-01 12:21:25 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:58 - ID:9088649

    KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 1 (MENA) - Malaysia on Sunday reported 17,150 new COVID-19 cases - the country's fourth-highest daily tally to date. The new cases has brought the national tally of coronavirus infections to 1,130,422, said health ....

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