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  • UK PM hails ‘significant milestone’ as 15 million Brits are vaccinated

    Date: 2021-02-14 20:06:19 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:86 - ID:8799726

    LONDON, Feb 14 (MENA) – UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has welcomed news that 15 million people have been vaccinated in the UK, calling it a “significant milestone”, Standard Evening reported. The prime minister shared a statement to Twitter ....

  • ‘No fixed date’ for return to schools: Irish health minister

    Date: 2021-02-14 19:06:39 GMT - Ireland - World - SN:84 - ID:8799604

    BELFAST, Feb 14 (MENA) - Irish Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly said there is “no fixed date” for the return of schools. In statements reported by the Belfast Telegraph on Sunday, Donnelly noted that discussions are under way between the ....

  • UK registers over 10,000 new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2021-02-14 18:48:32 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:82 - ID:8799640

    LONDON, Feb 14 (MENA) - Britain has recorded a further 10,972 Covid cases today - down 31 percent on last Sunday, according to the Daily Mail. In a positive boost for UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's 'roadmap' out of lockdown, today's daily case ....

  • Czech gov’t agrees last-minute covid-19 lockdown deal

    Date: 2021-02-14 18:26:07 GMT - Czech - World - SN:81 - ID:8799590

    PRAGUE, Feb 14 (MENA) – The Czech government reached a last-minute deal with regional governors on Sunday to call a new state of emergency for 14 days and avert a chaotic end to coronavirus lockdown measures, US News reported. Without ....

  • UK's Boris Johnson under pressure to lift lockdown by end of April

    Date: 2021-02-14 16:34:28 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:71 - ID:8799330

    LONDON, Feb 14 (MENA) - Lockdown-sceptic Tories have piled pressure on British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, calling on him to commit to a timetable for lifting coronavirus restrictions with a complete end to controls by the end of April, the ....

  • Alert in New Zealand to fight Covid-19

    Date: 2021-02-14 14:06:13 GMT - New Zealand - World - SN:59 - ID:8798946

    WELLINGTON, Feb 14 (MENA) - New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Sunday declared a state of alert and a three-day lockdown in the country’s biggest city Auckland, said The Guardian newspaper. The decision came after three COVID-19 ....

  • US reports 82,178 new coronavirus infections

    Date: 2021-02-14 12:08:56 GMT - USA - World - SN:44 - ID:8798775

    WASHINGTON, Feb 14 (MENA) - The United States reported 82,178 new Covid-19 cases and 3,313 related deaths on Saturday, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. That raises the national total to at least 27,574,201 cases and 484,200 ....

  • ICRC calls for Africa to get fair share of COVID-19 vaccines

    Date: 2021-02-14 10:21:51 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:29 - ID:8798558

    GENEVA, Feb 14 (MENA) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is calling on the world community to make sure Africa gets a fair share of COVID-19 vaccines, VOA reported. Ahead of a visit to the Central African Republic, one year ....

  • Belgium reports 1,895 new coronavirus cases, 35 deaths

    Date: 2021-02-14 09:46:23 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:24 - ID:8798510

    BRUSSELS, Feb 14 (MENA) - Total infections of coronavirus in Belgium on Sunday increased to 737,115 with 1,895 new cases reported by Belgian health authorities. They reported 35 more deaths from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours raising the total ....

  • Singapore records 14 new infections

    Date: 2021-02-14 09:01:05 GMT - Singapore - World - SN:21 - ID:8798476

    SINGAPORE, Feb 14 (MENA) - Fourteen new COVID-19 cases were reported in Singapore as of noon on Sunday (Feb 14), said the Ministry of Health (MOH) in its preliminary daily update. All the new cases were imported, of whom 13 had been placed on ....

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