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  • Russia records 21,922 new infections of coronavirus

    Date: 2021-12-28 09:10:48 GMT - Russia - World - SN:24 - ID:9339974

    MOSCOW, Dec 28 (MENA) - Russia detected 21,922 new Covid infections in the past 24 hours, a 21% decrease on the 27,910 cases recorded on Tuesday two weeks ago, Tass news agency reported. Russia experienced spiking cases in early-November and has ....

  • 'Extremism in Afghanistan a threat to Pakistan': Information min.

    Date: 2021-12-28 08:28:37 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:20 - ID:9339773

    ISLAMABAD, Dec 28 (MENA) - Pakistani Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry said that the extremist elements in Afghanistan pose a threat to Pakistan, GEO news channel reported. "Women are not allowed to travel alone in ....

  • Super Typhoon 'Rai' kill 397 people in the Philippines

    Date: 2021-12-28 08:22:38 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:18 - ID:9339791

    MANILA, Dec 28 (MENA) - Super Typhoon Rai has killed 397 people in the Philippines, injured 1,147 others and left 83 missing, ABC17 News channel quoted official figures as saying. More than half a million people were still in evacuation centers ....

  • WFP to deliver aid to 100,000 families in Afghanistan

    Date: 2021-12-28 08:06:59 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:17 - ID:9339805

    KABUL, Dec 28 (MENA) - The World Food Program (WFP) is assisting with food more than 100,000 Afghan families in western Farah province, Pajhwok reported Tuesday. The aid is being provided through an organization called Fradata, said the WFP ....

  • Czech Republic reports 6,850 new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2021-12-28 08:03:33 GMT - Czech - World - SN:16 - ID:9339770

    PRAGUE, Dec 28 (MENA) - The Czech Republic registered 6,850 new cases of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, Radio Prague International reported Tuesday. The new coronavirus infection tally is 2,000 cases less than the number that has been reported ....

  • Belgium reports 14,760 new Covid cases

    Date: 2021-12-28 07:49:23 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:8 - ID:9339785

    BRUSSELS, Dec 28 (MENA) - Belgium recorded 14,760 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 2,000,005. The Belgian Health Ministry said on Tuesday said that the nationwide death toll ....

  • New COVID-19 cases drop below 4,000 in S. Korea

    Date: 2021-12-28 07:37:34 GMT - south korea - World - SN:7 - ID:9339775

    SEOUL, Dec 28 (MENA) - South Korea's new coronavirus cases fell below 4,000 for the first time in 28 days on Tuesday due partly to antivirus restrictions and fewer tests over the weekend, but the number of critical cases remained high, Yonhap news ....

  • India reports 6,358 new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2021-12-28 06:45:49 GMT - India - World - SN:3 - ID:9339706

    NEW DELHI, Dec 28 (MENA) - India on Tuesday registered 6,358 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, the health ministry announced, adding that the figure pushed the active caseload to 75,456. The new cases take the total infections in the ....

  • JHU: Global coronavirus cases top 281m

    Date: 2021-12-28 06:37:43 GMT - USA - World - SN:2 - ID:9339699

    WASHINGTON, Dec 28 (MENA) - The overall global Covid-19 caseload topped 281 million and the deaths surged to more than five million cases, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU). In its latest update, JHU revealed on Tuesday that the current ....

  • AstraZeneca may explain Britain’s lower death rate, says expert

    Date: 2021-12-27 22:33:31 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:90 - ID:9339583

    LONDON, Dec 27 (MENA) - Britain’s use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine may be one of the reasons that the nation is not seeing as many deaths as other European countries, according to a former head of the Vaccine Taskforce. Dr Clive Dix said he ....

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