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  • S.Korea reports 520 new coronavirus infection

    Date: 2021-01-17 06:39:35 GMT - south korea - World - SN:8 - ID:8755315

    SEOUL, Jan 17 (MENA) - South Korea's daily new coronavirus cases remained in the 500s for the sixth consecutive day Sunday, as the country partially eased restrictions on cafes and gyms to strike a balance between maintaining social distancing and ....

  • Germany reaches 1 million vaccine doses

    Date: 2021-01-17 06:14:01 GMT - Germany - World - SN:6 - ID:8755317

    BERLIN, Jan 17 (MENA) - Germany has delivered more than 1 million first-round doses of COVID-19 vaccines, as new infections and deaths continues to increase. Despite the new figure, critics have said that the country's rollout of the vaccine has ....

  • China reports 109 new coronavirus infections

    Date: 2021-01-17 06:10:48 GMT - China - World - SN:4 - ID:8755314

    BEIJING, Jan 17 (MENA) - China on Sunday reported 109 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, two-thirds of them in a northern province that abuts Beijing, and no deaths. There were 72 new cases in Hebei province, where the government is building isolation ....

  • India reports 15,144 new Covid cases, 181 deaths in 24 hours

    Date: 2021-01-17 05:54:03 GMT - India - World - SN:2 - ID:8755300

    NEW DELHI, Jan 17 (MENA) - India has reported 15,144 fresh coronavirus cases and 181 fatalities in the past 24 hours, according to the Union Health Ministry on Sunday morning. The total number of novel coronavirus infections in the country now ....

  • Canada coronavirus cases surpass 700,000

    Date: 2021-01-17 05:41:32 GMT - Canada - World - SN:1 - ID:8755297

    OTTAWA, Jan 17 (MENA) - Cases of COVID-19 in Canada have now surpassed 700,000, Russia Today reported quoting health officials. The milestone came after Ontario reported another 3,056 cases Saturday. To date, a total of 702,183 infections have ....

  • Italy confirms 16,310 new coronavirus cases, 475 deaths

    Date: 2021-01-16 22:28:01 GMT - Italy - World - SN:47 - ID:8755251

    ROME, Jan 16 (MENA) - Italy reported on Saturday 16,310 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total infections to 2.368 million cases, according to the Italian health ministry. The European country registered 475 new coronavirus-related deaths, ....

  • France's coronavirus deaths surpass 70,000

    Date: 2021-01-16 21:29:18 GMT - France - World - SN:46 - ID:8755228

    PARIS, Jan 16 (MENA) - France reported on Saturday 21,406 new, confirmed coronavirus cases and 196 more deaths from the virus in the last 24 hours amid fears of increase in the spread of the pandemic, according to Le Figaro newspaper. The total ....

  • Thousands of anti-maskers rally in Vienna

    Date: 2021-01-16 20:03:33 GMT - Austria - World - SN:43 - ID:8755172

    VIENNA, Jan 16 (MENA) – Around 10,000 people rallied in the Austrian capital on Saturday to protest coronavirus restrictions, calling on the government to resign, France 24 reported. With the Alpine country currently in its third lockdown since ....

  • More Brits vaccinated against Covid than who tested positive for bug since pandemic outbreak

    Date: 2021-01-16 19:55:00 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:42 - ID:8755168

    LONDON, Jan 16 (MENA) - More Brits have now had at least one coronavirus vaccination than have tested positive for the bug since the start of the pandemic. A total of 3,559,179 people have received their first jab as of Friday - 201,818 more than ....

  • US health secretary resigns following Capitol assaults

    Date: 2021-01-16 09:35:47 GMT - USA - World - SN:18 - ID:8754308

    WASHINGTON, Jan 16 (MENA) - US Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar has submitted the standard resignation letter for a Cabinet secretary at the backdrop of Capitol attacks, dated January 12 and obtained by CNN. Azar said outgoing US ....

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