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JHU: Global coronavirus cases hit 273,668,314
Date: 2021-12-18 06:34:55 GMT - USA - World - SN:2 - ID:9324256
WASHINGTON, Dec 18 (MENA) - The overall global Covid-19 caseload topped 273 million and the deaths surged to more than five million cases, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU). In its latest update, JHU revealed on Saturday that the ....
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UK reports 93,045 daily cases of coronavirus
Date: 2021-12-17 22:26:31 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:60 - ID:9324127
LONDON, Dec 17 (MENA) - The UK has reported 93,045 cases of coronavirus in the latest 24-hour period - a record high for daily infections as the Omicron variant surges across the country, Sky News reported. Another 3,201 new cases of Omicron have ....
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Pfizer executives say Covid could become endemic by 2024
Date: 2021-12-17 21:20:27 GMT - USA - World - SN:56 - ID:9324131
WASHINGON, Dec 17 (MENA) - Covid will become an endemic disease as early as 2024, CNBC quoted Pfizer executives as saying Friday. Becoming an endemic means that the virus would transition from a global emergency to a constant presence causing ....
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Canada lifts travel ban on Egypt, 9 African countries
Date: 2021-12-17 20:07:03 GMT - Canada - World - SN:54 - ID:9324118
OTTAWA, Dec 17 (MENA) - The federal government is lifting its widely criticized travel ban on 10 African countries, including Egypt, and reimposing its requirement for Canadians taking short trips abroad to get a COVID-19 test before returning to ....
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NATO ready for dialogue with Russia if Moscow takes de-escalation measures
Date: 2021-12-17 16:41:13 GMT - Russia - World - SN:44 - ID:9323917
MOSCOW, Dec 17 (MENA) - The North Atlantic Council confirmed it had received Russia’s proposals on European security and said it was ready to engage in confidence-building dialogue if Moscow takes measures to reduce tensions, the NATO Council said ....
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EU Commission head says booster shots should come within six months
Date: 2021-12-17 16:27:44 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:43 - ID:9323884
BRUSSELS, Dec 17 (MENA) - The European Commission is recommending vaccinated people receive booster doses no more than six months after their initial shots, with a further three month grace period for their Covid travel passes to be ....
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G7 countries warn Omicron ‘biggest threat to global public health’
Date: 2021-12-17 15:40:49 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:41 - ID:9323837
LONDON, Dec 17 (MENA) - Health ministers from the G7 countries agreed that the Omicron coronavirus variant that is surging across Europe and other parts of the world is the "biggest threat to global public health", Politico reported ....
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Denmark closes theatres, museums as Omicron cases surge
Date: 2021-12-17 15:36:03 GMT - Denmark - World - SN:40 - ID:9323865
COPENHAGEN, Dec 17 (MENA) - Denmark announced on Friday that it would close cinemas, theatres, museums and other public venues in an attempt to curb record-high COVID-19 cases driven by the highly transmissible new Omicron variant, euronews ....
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Talks proposals from Russia 'seen', in contact with European allies - WH
Date: 2021-12-17 15:08:07 GMT - USA - World - SN:37 - ID:9323710
WASHINGTON, Dec 17 (MENA) - White House press secretary Jen Psaki said the United States has seen proposals from Russia to start talks that could help defuse the crisis over Ukraine and is speaking with its European allies and partners, The Hill ....
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German health minister warns of fifth omicron wave
Date: 2021-12-17 14:28:40 GMT - Germany - World - SN:33 - ID:9323715
BERLIN, Dec 17 (MENA) - German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach warned Friday of a "massive fifth wave" of the coronavirus the country is facing with the arrival of the omicron variant, Deutche Welle reported. At a press conference in Hanover, ....
