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  • UN chief isolating after COVID-19 exposure

    Date: 2021-12-08 06:47:53 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:11 - ID:9308215

    NEW YORK, Dec 8 (MENA) - United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres was exposed to the coronavirus on Tuesday by a UN official who already had COVID-19 and is isolating for the next few days, diplomatic sources said on Wednesday. Guterres, ....

  • India reports 8,439 new Covid-19 cases in past 24 hours

    Date: 2021-12-08 06:35:33 GMT - India - World - SN:10 - ID:9308204

    NEW DELHI, Dec 8 (MENA) - India on Wednesday registered 8,439 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, India Today newspaper reported. The new cases bring the total infections in the country to 34,656,822, according to the Indian Heath ....

  • JHU: Global Covid-19 cases hit 267,099,936

    Date: 2021-12-08 06:26:16 GMT - USA - World - SN:9 - ID:9308191

    WASHINGTON, Dec 8 (MENA) - The overall global Covid-19 caseload topped 267 million and the deaths surged to more than five million cases, according to Johns Hopkins University (JHU). In its latest update, JHU revealed Wednesday that the current ....

  • Boris Johnson: Early indications Omicron more transmissible than Delta variant

    Date: 2021-12-07 15:26:29 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:65 - ID:9307510

    LONDON, Dec 7 (MENA) - The early indications are that the Omicron variant of coronavirus is more transmissible than Delta, the UK prime minister has said, according to Sky News. Boris Johnson made the comment as he updated his team of ministers ....

  • US, Russia make progress on bilateral issues - embassy

    Date: 2021-12-07 13:43:49 GMT - Russia - World - SN:53 - ID:9307242

    MOSCOW, Dec 7 (MENA) - Washington and Moscow have made progress on bilateral issues in recent days, and the United States hopes to continue moving in this direction, the US Embassy in Moscow told RIA Novosti on Tuesday. "As we have said, ....

  • Russia records 31,096 new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2021-12-07 09:54:10 GMT - Russia - World - SN:33 - ID:9306639

    MOSCOW, Dec 7 (MENA) - Russia recorded 31,096 coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, the anti-coronavirus crisis center said on Tuesday. The number of new daily cases was below 32,000 for the first time since October 14, TASS news agency ....

  • UNGA defers decision on Afghanistan, Myanmar seats

    Date: 2021-12-07 08:57:04 GMT - USA - World - SN:25 - ID:9306459

    NEW YORK, Dec 7 (MENA) - The UN General Assembly has adopted a resolution to delay a decision on who will represent Afghanistan and Myanmar at the world body. The Assembly agreed to defer action, which means the current ambassadors for the two ....

  • Cambodia reports 14 new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2021-12-07 08:27:43 GMT - Cambodia - World - SN:23 - ID:9306433

    PHNOM PENH, Dec 7 (MENA) - Cambodia reported 14 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of infections to 120,286, the Health Ministry announced on Tuesday. The ministry added that four more COVID-19-linked ....

  • Seoul reports first Omicron cases

    Date: 2021-12-07 08:10:12 GMT - south korea - World - SN:21 - ID:9306383

    SEOUL, Dec 7 (MENA) - Three foreign students attending universities in Seoul have been confirmed to be infected with Omicron, officials said Tuesday, signaling the highly contagious COVID-19 variant's penetration into the capital. One foreign ....

  • Germany reports more than 36,000 new COVID-19 cases

    Date: 2021-12-07 07:31:51 GMT - Germany - World - SN:19 - ID:9306338

    BERLIN, Dec 7 (MENA) - Germany recorded a new daily record of coronavirus cases Tuesday with 36,059 new infections registered in the past 24 hours, said Robert Koch Institute (RKI), the country's disease control agency. The newly confirmed cases ....

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