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  • S. Korea: New virus cases hit 300 for 3rd day

    Date: 2020-11-20 06:59:00 GMT - south korea - World - SN:8 - ID:8679452

    SEOUL, Nov 20 (MENA) - South Korea's daily new coronavirus cases hovered above 300 for the third straight day and the greater Seoul area, home to half of the country's population, is in the third wave of the outbreak, according to South Korean ....

  • Coronavirus: US daily cases hit 200,000

    Date: 2020-11-20 06:46:46 GMT - USA - World - SN:7 - ID:8679406

    WAHINGTON, Nov 20 (MENA) - The US reported a record with nearly 200,000 new coronavirus cases confirmed over the past 24 hours and more than 2,000 deaths, according to data released by Johns Hopkins University (JHU). The JHU data showed that ....

  • Biden on the pandemic: "There's a dark winter still ahead"

    Date: 2020-11-19 22:44:23 GMT - USA - World - SN:80 - ID:8679365

    WASHINGTON, Nov 19 (MENA) – US President-elect Joe Biden kept the coronavirus pandemic front and center during a news conference this afternoon from Wilmington, Delaware. "The country is still in a crisis, and there's a dark winter still ahead," ....

  • China borrows at negative interest rates for first time

    Date: 2020-11-19 19:29:05 GMT - USA - World - SN:71 - ID:8679282

    WASHINGTON, Nov 19 (MENA) - China is cashing in on fears that the West's faltering economic recovery will keep interest rates near record lows for a long time, CNN reported. The Chinese government issued debt at a negative interest rate for the ....

  • Israel reports 780 new coronavirus cases over past 24 hours

    Date: 2020-11-19 14:16:19 GMT - Israel - World - SN:51 - ID:8678891

    GAZA CITY, Nov 19 (MENA) - Around 780 new coronavirus cases were detected in Israel over the past 24 hours, the Israeli Health Ministry announced on Thursday. The new number takes the total infections in Israel to 325,974, the ministry ....

  • Saudi Arabia reports 319 new coronavirus cases

    Date: 2020-11-19 13:34:17 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - World - SN:46 - ID:8678758

    RIYADH, Nov 19 (MENA) - The Ministry of Health said that 319 new coronavirus cases have been confirmed in the Kingdom on Thursday. A statement issued by the ministry added that 19 virus-related deaths have been registered in the Kingdom in ....

  • Austria reports 6,995 new coronavirus infections, 52 deaths in past 24 hours

    Date: 2020-11-19 13:20:58 GMT - Austria - World - SN:44 - ID:8678759

    VIENNA, Nov 19 (MENA) - The Health Ministry reported 6,995 new coronavirus cases and 52 fatalities during the past 24 hours. In a statement on Thursday, the ministry added that the total number of COVID-19 infections in the country reached ....

  • Georgia reports 3,697 new coronavirus cases, 38 deaths

    Date: 2020-11-19 12:58:54 GMT - Georgia - World - SN:40 - ID:8678662

    TBILISI, Nov 19 (MENA) - Georgia registered 3,697 new cases of COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, Deputy Head of the Task Force operating at the Inter-Agency Coordination Council Berdia Sichinava said at a press briefing on Thursday. Since the ....

  • WHO: It is too early to expect COVID-19 turning out to be seasonal disease

    Date: 2020-11-19 12:34:30 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:37 - ID:8678589

    CAIRO, Nov 19 (MENA) - World Health Orgaization (WHO) Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean Dr. Ahmed al-Mandhari said it is too early to determine the possibility of the coronavirus pandemic turning out to be a seasonal disease in spite ....

  • Palestine registers 1,251 new coronavirus cases, 9 deaths

    Date: 2020-11-19 11:51:44 GMT - palestine - World - SN:29 - ID:8678586

    RAMALLAH, Nov 19 (MENA) - The number of new coronavirus cases in Palestine sharply increased in the last 24 hours to 1,251, and nine deaths, Palestinian Health Minister Mai Alkaila said. In the daily coronavirus report carried by state news ....

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