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France bans travel from UK, as new virus strain 'out of control'
Date: 2020-12-20 23:00:15 GMT - France - World - SN:70 - ID:8720201
PARIS, Dec 20 (MENA) - France announced on Sunday evening that it would suspend all travel from the United Kingdom, including the transport of goods, for 48 hours from 11pm Sunday, France24 reported. The decision came after French President ....
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Italy bans UK flights as Europe reacts to mutant Covid
Date: 2020-12-20 17:24:05 GMT - Italy - World - SN:49 - ID:8719961
ROME, Dec 20 (MENA) – Italy has become the third country to suspend all flights from the UK amid fears over a new strain of coronavirus which is highly contagious, Metro reported on Sunday. Italian foreign minister Luigi di Maio confirmed that ....
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Russia reports 28,948 new coronavirus cases, 511 deaths
Date: 2020-12-20 09:00:41 GMT - Russia - World - SN:13 - ID:8719137
MOSCOW, Dec 20 (MENA) - Russia reported 28,948 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, including 7,263 in Moscow, taking the national toll to 2,848,377, Sputnik news agency reported. Authorities also reported 511 deaths in the past 24 hours, pushing ....
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Dutch gov't bans air travel from UK after discovering virus variant
Date: 2020-12-20 08:07:45 GMT - Netherlands - World - SN:11 - ID:8719059
AMSTERDAM, Dec 20 (MENA) - The Dutch government has banned air travel from the UK due to fears over a new strain of the coronavirus, Sky News reported Sunday. The move comes after health authorities in the Netherlands confirmed at least one case ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
