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J&J Covid-19 vaccine lasts at least 8 months, protects against Delta variant, studies find
Date: 2021-07-02 18:03:01 GMT - USA - World - SN:68 - ID:9040922
WASHINGTON, July 2 (MENA) - The Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine provides immunity that lasts at least eight months, and it appears to provide adequate protection against the worrying Delta variant, CNN quoted the company as saying in a ....
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China provided over 480 mln doses of COVID-19 vaccines to world
Date: 2021-07-02 17:37:48 GMT - China - World - SN:65 - ID:9040902
BEIJING, July 2 (MENA) – China has provided more than 480 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to the world, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said here Friday. Wang Wenbin said China is a firm believer in making COVID-19 vaccines a public ....
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US withdrawal from Afghanistan should not result in deployment of troops to Asia, Moscow says
Date: 2021-07-02 16:19:47 GMT - Russia - World - SN:57 - ID:9040799
MOSCOW, July 2 (MENA) - The withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan should not lead to a redeployment of US and NATO military infrastructure to Central Asia, Russia's special presidential envoy for Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov told Sputnik ....
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Afghan troops foils terrorist attack on Herat-Kabul flight
Date: 2021-07-02 16:18:55 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:56 - ID:9040811
KABUL, July 2 (MENA) - Afghan security forces have foiled a terrorist attack plan on Herat-Kabul flight, the local Khaama Press reported Friday. A statement issued by the Afghan National Directorate for Security (NDS) said the body and National ....
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Talks with Taliban are making 'very little progress' as militant group gains momentum, says Afghan official
Date: 2021-07-02 14:11:05 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:42 - ID:9040573
KABUL, July 2 (MENA) - As US President Joe Biden prepares for the formal withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan, the man responsible for peace talks between the rampant Taliban and the official Afghan government is not entirely optimistic ....
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WFP resumes operations to reach 2 million people with emergency food assistance in Tigray
Date: 2021-07-02 13:44:42 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:41 - ID:9040560
GENEVA, July 2 (MENA) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has resumed its operations in the Tigray region of Ethiopia after fighting halted the emergency response last week. However serious challenges are threatening the entire ....
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Last US, NATO troops leave Afghanistan’s Bagram air base after almost 20 years
Date: 2021-07-02 13:33:42 GMT - USA - World - SN:39 - ID:9040263
WASHINGTON, July 2 (MENA) - After nearly 20 years, the US military left Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan, the epicenter of its war to oust the Taliban and hunt down the al Qaeda perpetrators of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on America, two ....
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Iran records 13,836 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2021-07-02 12:04:55 GMT - Iran - World - SN:30 - ID:9040376
TEHRAN, July 2 (MENA) - The number of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic in Iran increased to 84,516 with 127 more Iranians killed by the deadly disease over the past 24 hours, IRNA news agency reported quoting Iran's Health Ministry announced as ....
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Chinese mainland reports 18 new COVID-19 cases, all imported
Date: 2021-07-02 10:51:48 GMT - China - World - SN:26 - ID:9040270
BEIJING, July 2 (MENA) - The Chinese mainland on Thursday reported 18 imported COVID-19 cases but no new locally transmitted cases, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Friday. Among the imported cases, eight were reported ....
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Poland confirms 96 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2021-07-02 09:48:50 GMT - Poland - World - SN:23 - ID:9040164
WARSAW, July 2 (MENA) - Poland on Friday registered 96 new coronavirus infections, bringing the country's total number of cases to 2,880,107, Radio Poland reported, quoting the health ministry as saying. Some 21 more deaths related to COVID-19 ....