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  • Greece reports 2,293 new covid-19 cases, 53 deaths in 24 hours

    Date: 2021-05-19 17:56:43 GMT - Greece - World - SN:79 - ID:8964910

    ATHENS, May 19 (MENA) – Covid-19 total fatalities in Greece jumped to 11,587 on Wednesday after recording 53 deaths over the past 48 hours, Kathimerini reported. There were 2,293 new cases of SARS-CoV- 2 reported in the country over the same ....

  • Romania reports 707 new COVID-19 cases

    Date: 2021-05-19 17:52:03 GMT - Romania - World - SN:78 - ID:8964948

    BUCHAREST, May 19 (MENA) – Romania reported more than 707 new COVID-19 cases and 54 deaths in the past 24 hours, Romania Radio International reported on Wednesday. The daily confirmed caseload confirms the downward trend for the pandemic in the ....

  • UK reports 3 more coronavirus deaths, 2,696 new cases

    Date: 2021-05-19 16:40:52 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:65 - ID:8964880

    LONDON, May 19 (MENA) - The UK reported new three coronavirus deaths and 2,696 new cases in the latest 24-hour period, Sky News reported Wednesday. Meanwhile, some 36.99 million people had their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine, while 20.8 ....

  • JHU: Total coronavirus cases worldwide hit 164,244,659

    Date: 2021-05-19 09:23:26 GMT - USA - World - SN:20 - ID:8963870

    WASHINGTON, May 19 (MENA) - Johns Hopkins University on Wednesday said that the total coronavirus cases worldwide hit 164,244,659. It added in a report on its website that the total death cases at the world level hit 3,404,925. (MENA) M H K/D ....

  • UK minister says overseas travel “dangerous” and “not for this year”

    Date: 2021-05-18 21:49:53 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:94 - ID:8963487

    LONDON, May 18 (MENA) - Traveling is “dangerous” and “not for this year”, a health minister said on Tuesday amid deepening confusion over the British government’s the line on overseas travel. The comments by Tory frontbencher Lord Bethell follow ....

  • Local lockdowns an ‘option’, as Indian variant could be ‘dominant UK strain in days’

    Date: 2021-05-18 10:30:16 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:33 - ID:8962219

    LONDON, May 18 (MENA) - A UK cabinet minister has admitted local lockdowns are an “option” amid reports the government is considering multiple contingency plans to tackle the spread of the new coronavirus variant first detected in India, the ....

  • US to share at least 20m more Covid vaccines with other countries

    Date: 2021-05-18 08:37:39 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:20 - ID:8961920

    LONDON, May 18 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden said his administration will send at least 20m doses of US-authorized Covid vaccines to other countries in the coming weeks, vowing to provide an “arsenal of vaccines for the rest of the world,” The ....

  • Taliban attacks Herat district, clashes underway: Governor

    Date: 2021-05-18 08:18:48 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:17 - ID:8961902

    KABUL, May 18 (MENA) - Taliban on Tuesday morning launched an attack on the Obe district in the western province of Herat, Tolo news agency reported quoting provincial governor Waheed Qatali. He said the attack started with the “destruction” of a ....

  • JHU: Total coronavirus cases worldwide hit 163,642,990

    Date: 2021-05-18 08:05:25 GMT - USA - World - SN:16 - ID:8961882

    WASHINGTON, May 18 (MENA) - Johns Hopkins University on Tuesday said that the total coronavirus cases worldwide hit 163,642,990. It added in a report on its website that the total death cases at the world level hit 3,390,316. (MENA) A S E/D A E ....

  • 96% of Britons develop antibodies after one Covid jab, study finds

    Date: 2021-05-18 08:03:03 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:15 - ID:8961851

    LONDON, May 18 (MENA) - More than 90% of Britons develop antibodies to coronavirus after having one dose of the AstraZeneca or Pfizer vaccines, and almost 100% do so after their second jab, The Guardian quoted a research study as showing. The ....

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