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  • New fears of next coronavirus wave as case declines slow and variants grow:Paper

    Date: 2021-02-28 10:46:22 GMT - USA - World - SN:32 - ID:8822350

    LOS ANGELES, Feb 28 (MENA) - Federal officials are expressing worry that the decline in daily new coronavirus cases nationwide is starting to flatten as one of the variants, from the U.K., is on the rise, the Los Angeles Times reported. They ....

  • US records 68,071 new coronavirus infections

    Date: 2021-02-28 10:16:01 GMT - USA - World - SN:27 - ID:8822142

    WASHINGTON, Feb 28 (MENA) - The US reported 68,071 new coronavirus infections and 1,538 virus-related fatalities over the past 24 hours, according to Johns Hopkins University data released Sunday. According to JHU's tally, the nationwide totals ....

  • Prince William urges Covid vaccine uptake

    Date: 2021-02-28 09:34:53 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:23 - ID:8822148

    LONDON, Feb 28 (MENA) - Prince William has urged people to get the Covid vaccine, Sky News reported Sunday. The Duke of Cambridge has warned of the dangers of "social media awash sometimes with lots of rumours and misinformation". He said it ....

  • Cold war-era defense system to get upgrade to counter Russia, China

    Date: 2021-02-28 09:21:48 GMT - USA - World - SN:21 - ID:8822145

    WASHINGTON, Feb 28 (MENA) - The U.S. and Canada plan to modernize a network of defense satellites and radar in the Arctic, in a bid to counter a growing military presence in the north from Russia and China. President Joe Biden asked Canadian ....

  • Ukraine registers 5,833 coronavirus cases within past 24 hrs

    Date: 2021-02-28 08:37:28 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:17 - ID:8821997

    KIEV, Feb 28 (MENA) - A total of 5,833 new coronavirus cases were recorded in Ukraine over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 1,347,849, Health Minister Maksym Stepanov said Sunday. "Some 5,833 new ....

  • Germany's confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 7,890 - RKI

    Date: 2021-02-28 08:08:33 GMT - Germany - World - SN:15 - ID:8821996

    BERLIN, Feb 28 (MENA) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 7,890 to 2,442,336, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Sunday. The reported death toll rose by 157 to 70,045, the ....

  • Kazakhstan registers 791 new Covid-19 cases in past 24 hrs

    Date: 2021-02-28 07:12:37 GMT - Kazakhstan - World - SN:11 - ID:8821890

    NUR SULTAN, Feb 28 (MENA) - Kazakhstan reported 791 new cases of coronavirus infection within the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Covid-19 cases in the country to 212,809, Kazinform News Agency said Sunday quoting the Health ....

  • China's mainland reports six new imported cases of coronavirus over past 24 hours

    Date: 2021-02-28 06:50:13 GMT - China - World - SN:10 - ID:8821870

    BEIJING, Feb 28 (MENA) - The Chinese mainland reported no new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases on Saturday, the National Health Commission said Sunday. The commission received reports of six new imported COVID-19 cases on Saturday, Xinhua ....

  • Pakistan sees another 1,176 cases, 23 fatalities in a day

    Date: 2021-02-28 06:14:18 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:7 - ID:8821825

    ISLAMABAD, Feb 28 (MENA) - Pakistan saw another 1,176 cases of coronavirus on Saturday, taking the tally for confirmed cases so far recorded in the country to 579,973. About 23 more deaths were reported. At least 12,860 people have succumbed to ....

  • India records 16,752 new infections

    Date: 2021-02-28 05:47:52 GMT - India - World - SN:5 - ID:8821815

    NEW DELHI, Feb 28 (MENA) - India recorded 16,752 new infections over the past 24 hours, taking the the tally to 11,096,440, Times of India newspaper reported Sunday. Some 113 new deaths were registered, bringing deaths to 157,087, according to ....

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