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  • Japan mulls extending COVID-19 quasi-emergency in Tokyo area

    Date: 2021-07-01 07:37:53 GMT - Japan - World - SN:19 - ID:9038486

    TOKYO, July 1 (MENA) - Japan is considering extending its coronavirus quasi-state of emergency in Tokyo and three adjacent prefectures, government sources said Wednesday as a rebound in COVID-19 cases has raised the possibility of the capital ....

  • Brazil reports 43,836 new Covid-19 cases, 2,081 deaths

    Date: 2021-07-01 07:33:18 GMT - Brazil - World - SN:18 - ID:9038431

    BRASILIA, July 1 (MENA) - Brazil reported 43,836 new Covid-19 infections over the past 24 hours, taking the caseload to 18,557,141, according to latest data. The health ministry in Brazil said on Thursday that 2,081 victims died of the virus, ....

  • Ukraine reports 705 new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2021-07-01 07:14:58 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:17 - ID:9038477

    KYIV, July 1 (MENA) - Ukraine has recorded 705 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to 2,235,801, Ukrinform reported, quoting the Ukrainian Health Ministry as having said on ....

  • Bangladesh goes into full 'lockdown'

    Date: 2021-07-01 07:07:32 GMT - Bangladesh - World - SN:15 - ID:9038454

    DAKHA, July 1 (MENA) - The country goes into seven-day strict 'lockdown' or restrictions on Thursday morning as the Covid-19 situation has deteriorated with the rise in fatalities and infections, Bangla News 24 reported. Law enforcing agencies ....

  • India reports 48,786 new Covid-19 cases

    Date: 2021-07-01 06:14:16 GMT - India - World - SN:5 - ID:9038406

    NEW DELHI, July 1 (MENA) - India on Thursday reported 48,786 new Covid-19 cases and 1,005 deaths in the last 24 hours, Times of India reported, quoting the Union health and family welfare ministry. The country has 523,257 active cases presently ....

  • Pakistan's daily coronavirus caseload goes over 1,000 for first time in a week

    Date: 2021-07-01 05:41:30 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:3 - ID:9038393

    ISLAMABAD, July 1 (MENA) - Pakistan's daily coronavirus case load went back over the 1,000 cases in a day mark after the country reported 1,037 new cases Thursday morning, Geo News reported. The daily case count has been under 1,000 since a week ....

  • Zimbabwe reports 1,331 new cases, 28 deaths

    Date: 2021-06-30 21:29:26 GMT - Zimbabwe - World - SN:96 - ID:9038315

    HARARE, June 30 (MENA) - Zimbabwe reported 48,533 confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) cases and 1,761 till now, The Insider newspaper reported. Over the past 24 hours, the country recorded 1,331 new infections and 28 deaths. Some 798 patients ....

  • US ex-defense secretary, Iraq war architect dies at 88

    Date: 2021-06-30 21:16:50 GMT - USA - World - SN:94 - ID:9038283

    WASHINGTON, June 30 (MENA) - Donald Rumsfeld, the former defense secretary who led the Pentagon when the US launched wars against Iraq and Afghanistan, has died at the age of 88, his family announced Wednesday. Rumsfeld, who ran the Pentagon for ....

  • Cuba reports 2,970 new daily COVID-19 cases

    Date: 2021-06-30 20:10:15 GMT - Cuba - World - SN:91 - ID:9038266

    HAVANA, June 30 (MENA) - Cuba reported on Wednesday 2,970 new COVID-19 infections in the last day and 14 deaths, including a two-year-old child, bringing the total caseload to 190,993 and the death toll to 1,284, Euronews reported. Director of ....

  • South Africa registers more than 19,000 new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2021-06-30 20:02:37 GMT - South Africa - World - SN:88 - ID:9038230

    JOHANNESBURG, June 30 (MENA) - South Africa recorded 19,506 new Covid-19 cases within the past 24 hours, Business Day reported Wednesday quoting the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD). The total number of Coronavirus cases in the ....

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