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COVID-19: UK reports another 5,341 coronavirus cases
Date: 2021-06-06 18:33:36 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:81 - ID:8996282
LONDON, June 6 (MENA) - The UK has reported another 5,341 coronvirus cases, down on yesterday - but significantly up on the same day last week, Sky News reported on Sunday. A further four deaths have also been recorded within 28 days of a ....
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German health minister under fire for unfit mask plans
Date: 2021-06-06 18:19:02 GMT - Germany - World - SN:78 - ID:8996224
BERLIN, June 6 (MENA) - German Health Minister Jens Spahn is facing fierce cross-party criticism after a report emerged about his ministry's plans to dispose of unusable face masks by handing them out to vulnerable groups amid the coronavirus ....
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Indian variant 'around 40% more transmissible' than Kent strain, Matt Hancock says
Date: 2021-06-06 09:53:19 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:40 - ID:8995329
LONDON, June 6 (MENA) - The Indian (Delta) variant of COVID-19 is 40% more transmissible than the Kent (Alpha) strain, Matt Hancock told Sky News. The health secretary said the new variant had made decisions behind the June 21 unlocking of ....
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US special envoy Khalilzad travels to Afghanistan
Date: 2021-06-06 09:49:13 GMT - USA - World - SN:38 - ID:8995287
WASHINGTON, June 6 (MENA) - A US delegation led by Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad has left for to Kabul and the region for talks on the peace process in Afghanistan. The US delegation comprised ....
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37 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed in Armenia
Date: 2021-06-06 09:24:46 GMT - Armenia - World - SN:32 - ID:8995216
YEREVAN, June 6 (MENA) - Armenia confirmed 37 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the nationwide tally to 223,180, Report informs, citing the National Center for Disease Control and Prevention of the Ministry of Health. Also, four more deaths from ....
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Senior age government employees to stay home as COVID-19 cases rise in Afghanistan
Date: 2021-06-06 09:03:52 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:31 - ID:8995204
KABUL, June 6 (MENA) - As the increase of COVID-19 cases spread concerns in Afghanistan, the government has decided to send senior age government officials and employees home, Khaama Press reported. The government of Afghanistan issued a ....
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US donates coronavirus vaccines to Taiwan
Date: 2021-06-06 08:46:30 GMT - Taiwan - World - SN:29 - ID:8995161
TAIPEI, June 6 (MENA) - The US will give Taiwan 750,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines part of President Joe Biden's move to share millions of jabs globally, three senators said Sunday after the self-ruled island complained that China is hindering its ....
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New Delhi markets, malls to reopen from Monday; metro can run with 50% capacity
Date: 2021-06-06 08:44:02 GMT - India - World - SN:27 - ID:8995162
NEW DELHI, June 6 (MENA) - Markets and malls will open in Delhi from Monday onwards on the basis of an odd-even system between 8 am and 10 pm, and private offices will be allowed to function at 50 per cent strength, The Indian Express ....
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Germany's confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 2,440 - RKI
Date: 2021-06-06 07:32:13 GMT - Germany - World - SN:22 - ID:8995026
BERLIN, June 6 (MENA) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 2,440 to 3,700,367, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Sunday. The reported death toll rose by 74 to 89,222, the ....
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UN chief welcomes US vaccine donation to COVAX
Date: 2021-06-06 07:31:33 GMT - USA - World - SN:21 - ID:8995027
NEW YORK, June 6 (MENA) - The United Nations chief is welcoming the Biden administration’s announcement that it will be donating millions of doses of COVID-19 vaccine to the UN-backed COVAX facility as well as to individual countries and UN ....
