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  • New infection cases hit fresh high in S.Korea, virus response faces biggest peril

    Date: 2020-12-20 07:39:59 GMT - south korea - World - SN:10 - ID:8719042

    SEOUL, Dec 20 (MENA) - South Korea's new coronavirus cases spiked by more than 1,000 for the fifth straight day to hit a fresh record high Sunday, putting the country's virus battle in the most trouble so far amid rising death tolls, Yonhap News ....

  • India reports more than 26,000 cases, 341 deaths in a day

    Date: 2020-12-20 06:39:21 GMT - India - World - SN:7 - ID:8718988

    NEW DELHI, Dec 20 (MENA) - India's Covid-19 caseload rose to 1,00,31,223 with 26,624 new infections being reported in a day, according to India TV on Sunday. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 95.80 lakh pushing ....

  • China reports 23 new COVID-19 cases

    Date: 2020-12-20 06:27:29 GMT - China - World - SN:5 - ID:8718970

    BEIJING, Dec 20 (MENA) - Mainland China recorded 23 new COVID-19 cases on Dec. 19, up from 17 a day earlier, the country’s health authority said on Sunday. The National Health Commission said in its daily bulletin that 22 of the new cases were ....

  • Minnesota state senator dies after being diagnosed with Covid-19

    Date: 2020-12-20 05:46:43 GMT - USA - World - SN:2 - ID:8718943

    WASHINGTON, Dec 20 (MENA) - Minnesota state Sen. Jerry Relph died Friday following his diagnosis and hospitalization from Covid-19, CNN reported. "I'm heartbroken to share that my husband, Jerry Relph, has passed away and entered his heavenly ....

  • Trump downplays Russian hack in first comments on massive breach, implicates China

    Date: 2020-12-19 22:24:35 GMT - USA - World - SN:71 - ID:8718923

    WASHINGTON, Dec 19 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump on Saturday downplayed the hacking campaign that has torn through US government agencies and businesses that experts believe is the work of Russian intelligence, deflecting blame away from Russia ....

  • Huge gas reserve found in NW China's Xinjiang

    Date: 2020-12-19 19:43:43 GMT - China - World - SN:61 - ID:8718696

    BEIJING, Dec 19 (MENA) - A massive gas reservoir with expected reserves of over 100 billion cubic meters was found in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, PetroChina's local branch said. According to Xinhua, a preliminary probe ....

  • UK Johnson: COVID-19 spreads more rapidly than expected

    Date: 2020-12-19 17:43:22 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:52 - ID:8718694

    LONDON, Dec 19 (MENA) - UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Saturday the coronavirus is spreading more rapidly in London and the south-east than would be expected given the restrictions in place. This is down to the new variant spreading ....

  • 4 killed in Pakistan after passenger van falls into ditch

    Date: 2020-12-19 15:09:35 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:46 - ID:8718517

    ISLAMABAD, Dec 19 (MENA) - Four women were killed and 10 injured after a passenger van fell into a ditch in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Orakzai Saturday afternoon, Samaa TV reported. According to rescue officials, the van was travelling from Lower ....

  • Iran reports 6,421 new COVID-19 cases

    Date: 2020-12-19 13:45:00 GMT - Iran - World - SN:38 - ID:8718263

    TEHRAN, Dec 19 (MENA) - Iran announced on Saturday 6,421 new COVID-19 infections confirmed in the past 24 hours, raising the overall count of cases in the country to 1,152,072, official news agency IRNA reported. Sima Sadat Lari, spokeswoman for ....

  • Cypriot President among first to get vaccinated against COVID-19 to encourage citizens

    Date: 2020-12-19 13:39:27 GMT - Cyprus - World - SN:37 - ID:8718391

    NICOSIA, Dec 19 (MENA) - Cypriot President Nikos Anastasiades will be among the first to get vaccinated against COVID-19 in Cyprus, in order to encourage the citizens to also take the vaccine, Government Spokesman Kyriakos Kousios told CNA. The ....

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