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  • Germany registers 12,834 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours

    Date: 2021-03-12 06:10:01 GMT - Germany - World - SN:5 - ID:8845529

    BERLIN, March 12 (MENA) - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Germany increased by 12,834 to 2,545,781, information from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Friday. Fatalities rose by 252 over the past 24 ....

  • Pakistan reports 2,701 new coronavirus cases in past 24 hours

    Date: 2021-03-12 06:05:34 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:4 - ID:8845526

    ISLAMABAD, March 12 (MENA) - Pakistan reported 2,701 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, taking the country's Covid-19 tally to 600,198, The Express Tribune newspaper reported Friday. The country's death toll climbed to 13,430 after 54 ....

  • India registers 23,285 new coronavirus cases in past 24 hours

    Date: 2021-03-12 06:00:54 GMT - India - World - SN:3 - ID:8845521

    NEW DELHI, March 12 (MENA) - India registered 23,285 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, taking the overall count to 11,308,846, Times of India newspaper reported on Friday. The Union Health Ministry data showed that 117 new ....

  • UN launches new campaign to support global vaccine equity call

    Date: 2021-03-11 22:34:49 GMT - USA - World - SN:125 - ID:8845460

    WASHINGTON, March 11 (MENA) - The United Nations on Thursday launched a new global campaign, Only Together, to support its call for fair and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines around the world, Xinhua reported. The campaign stresses the need ....

  • Greece reports 2,570 new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2021-03-11 21:17:24 GMT - Greece - World - SN:121 - ID:8845437

    ATEHNS, March 11 (MENA) – The number of new reported cases of Covid-19 in Greece remained above the 1,000 mark on Thursday despite many parts of the country, including the capital, being in a hard lockdown for several weeks. In its daily bulletin ....

  • UN chief warns of risk of famine for millions all over world

    Date: 2021-03-11 20:52:54 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:118 - ID:8845423

    NEW YORK, March 11 (MENA) - Conflict drives hunger, and when that turns to famine, that then drives conflict, the UN chief told the Security Council on Thursday, adding that “if you don’t feed people, you feed conflict”, the UN News Centre reported ....

  • New coronavirus variant discovered in UK

    Date: 2021-03-11 20:49:18 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:117 - ID:8845397

    LONDON, March 11 (MENA) - Public Health England has confirmed that a new Covid-19 variant from Antigua has been found, Evening Standard reported Thursday. It comes as four more cases of the Brazil variant were also identified. Three of the ....

  • Biden signs $1.9 trillion stimulus bill into law on U.S. lockdown anniversary

    Date: 2021-03-11 20:06:55 GMT - USA - World - SN:112 - ID:8845413

    WASHINGTON, March 11 (MENA) - President Joe Biden signed his $1.9 trillion stimulus bill into law on Thursday, commemorating the one-year anniversary of a U.S. lockdown over the coronavirus pandemic with a measure designed to bring relief to ....

  • Japan economy at risk from COVID-19 variant and delayed shots, say experts

    Date: 2021-03-11 19:00:15 GMT - Japan - World - SN:107 - ID:8845238

    TOKYO, March 11 (MENA) - Economists are warning that the potential explosive spread of infections with variant strains of the novel coronavirus and a delay in vaccinations may put further downward pressure on the Japanese economy, The Japan Times ....

  • EU medicines watchdog approves J&J's one-shot coronavirus jab

    Date: 2021-03-11 18:32:53 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:102 - ID:8845142

    BRUSSELS, March 11 (MENA) - The European Medicines Agency has given the green light to Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose coronavirus vaccine, making it the fourth jab authorized for use in the European Union, Radio France Internationale (rfi) ....

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