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  • Russia records 17,611 new coronavirus cases over past 24 hours

    Date: 2021-06-20 09:34:04 GMT - Russia - World - SN:24 - ID:9019513

    MOSCOW, June 20 (MENA) - Russia reported 17,611 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, including 8,305 in Moscow, taking the official national tally since the pandemic began to 5,316,826. The government coronavirus task force said 450 people had died of ....

  • Taiwan president thanks U.S. for Moderna COVID-19 vaccine donation

    Date: 2021-06-20 08:40:01 GMT - Taiwan - World - SN:22 - ID:9019504

    TAIPEI, June 20 (MENA) - Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen has thanked the United States for donating 2.5 million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to Taiwan, saying that the U.S. is a "true friend" who supports the Taiwanese people. The 2.5 ....

  • India reports 58,419 new Covid infections

    Date: 2021-06-20 08:23:38 GMT - India - World - SN:18 - ID:9019478

    NEW DELHI, June 20 (MENA) - India’s single-day tally of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) dropped below the 60,000-mark on Sunday after 58,419 cases were reported in the previous 24 hours, taking the caseload to 29,881,965, according to the Union ....

  • Thailand reports 20 Covid deaths, 3,682 infections over past 24 hours

    Date: 2021-06-20 07:00:25 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:13 - ID:9019373

    BANGKOK, June 20 (MENA) - There were 20 more Covid-19 fatalities and 3,682 new cases in the country over the past 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry reported on Sunday morning. Of the 3,682, 3,104 cases were in the general population and 578 ....

  • Germany reports 842 new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2021-06-20 06:35:53 GMT - Germany - World - SN:9 - ID:9019339

    BERLIN, June 20 (MENA) - Germany registered 842 new coronavirus cases, upping the total number to to 3,721,981, according to data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases. The death toll rose by 16 to 90,385, the tally ....

  • Brazil surpasses half a million deaths from COVID-19

    Date: 2021-06-20 05:57:52 GMT - Brazil - World - SN:6 - ID:9019311

    BRASILIA, June 20 (MENA) - Brazil surpassed 500,000 deaths from COVID-19 on Saturday, the Health Ministry said, registering 2,301 new deaths in the past 24 hours. The country recorded an additional 82,288 cases of coronavirus on Saturday, with ....

  • Uganda Olympic athlete arriving in Tokyo tests positive for coronavirus

    Date: 2021-06-20 05:53:01 GMT - Japan - World - SN:5 - ID:9019314

    TOKYO, June 20 (MENA) - A member of Uganda’s Olympic team has tested positive for coronavirus and was barred entry into Japan, in the first detected infection among athletes arriving for the Tokyo Games, due to open in five weeks, Kyodo news agency ....

  • South Korea reports 429 new infections

    Date: 2021-06-20 05:33:01 GMT - south korea - World - SN:3 - ID:9019295

    SEOUL, June 20 (MENA) - South Korea reported 429 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, with the coronavirus death toll surpassing 2,000. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said Sunday that the new infections raised the country's ....

  • The American West is drying out, things will get ugly – Reports say

    Date: 2021-06-19 22:27:45 GMT - USA - World - SN:80 - ID:9019233

    WASHINGTON, June 19 (MENA) – The incredible pictures of a depleted Lake Mead, on the California-Nevada border, illustrate the effects of drought brought on by climate change, CNN warned. Later this year, the US government will almost certainly ....

  • Delta variant will likely become dominant Covid-19 strain in US, CDC chief says

    Date: 2021-06-19 20:16:38 GMT - USA - World - SN:72 - ID:9019116

    WASHINGTON, June 19 (MENA) - The Delta variant of Covid-19 is expected to become the dominant strain in the United States, and it's further reason why people need to ramp up the vaccination pace, said the director of the US Centers for Disease ....

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