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  • South Australia goes on high alert after first Covid 19 outbreak in months

    Date: 2020-11-16 07:26:25 GMT - Australia - World - SN:12 - ID:8673794

    SYDNEY, Nov 16 (MENA) - South Australian authorities say they are facing a "dangerous situation" after reporting 17 coronavirus cases in the state's first outbreak since April, the BBC reported Monday. The cluster is thought to have spread from a ....

  • China reports 8 new COVID-19 cases

    Date: 2020-11-16 07:09:06 GMT - China - World - SN:10 - ID:8673713

    BEIJING, Nov 16 (MENA) - China reported eight new COVID-19 cases on November 15, down from 13 a day earlier, the country's health authority said on Monday. The National Health Commission said in a statement that all new cases were imported ....

  • S.Korea reports 223 more COVID-19 cases, 28,769 in total

    Date: 2020-11-16 06:01:29 GMT - south korea - World - SN:6 - ID:8673698

    SEOUL, Nov 16 (MENA) - South Korea reported 223 more cases of the COVID-19 as of 0:00 a.m. Monday local time compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 28,769. The daily caseload hovered above 200 for three straight days, ....

  • Vaccine impact to be felt by summer with ‘normal’ life back by winter: Pfizer jab creator

    Date: 2020-11-15 21:51:06 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:75 - ID:8673629

    LONDON, Nov 15 (MENA) - A global mass-vaccination roll-out could help return the world to normality by next winter, one of the scientists behind Pfizer-BioNTech’s promising COVID-19 vaccine said on Sunday. Companies were aiming to distribute 300 ....

  • Azerbaijan vows to protect churches in Nagorno-Karabakh

    Date: 2020-11-15 18:28:53 GMT - Azerbaijan - World - SN:64 - ID:8673471

    BAKU, Nov 15 (MENA) - The president of Azerbaijan is promising that Christian churches will be protected when the strongly Muslim country takes possession of areas formerly controlled by Armenians, as residents burned down their homes and fled in ....

  • Ukraine says Iran dragging its feet in plane crash investigations

    Date: 2020-11-15 12:20:35 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:30 - ID:8672918

    KIEV, Nov 15 (MENA) - Ukraine has said Iran is dragging its feet on investigating the downing of a Ukrainian airliner near Tehran in January by not sharing information and not responding to requests for cooperation. Iran has also rejected Kyiv’s ....

  • Russia registers 22,572 new covid-19 infections

    Date: 2020-11-15 10:55:20 GMT - Russia - World - SN:22 - ID:8672685

    MOSCOW, Nov 15 (MENA) - Russia registered 22,572 new coronavirus infections cases over the past 24 hours, Sputnik reported Sunday quoting the coronavirus response headquarters as having said in a statement. Daily recoveries, reached 14,456 in ....

  • Thailand reports eight new Covid-19 cases

    Date: 2020-11-15 07:11:07 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:10 - ID:8672412

    BANGKOK, Nov 15 (MENA) - Thailand recorded eight new imported cases of coronavirus Sunday, bringing the total number of cases since the pandemic began to 3,874 and no new deaths were reported, Bangkok News said. 3,866 cases have recovered from ....

  • Mainland China reports 13 new COVID-19 cases

    Date: 2020-11-15 06:33:33 GMT - China - World - SN:8 - ID:8672397

    BEIJING, Nov 15 (MENA) - China reported 13 new coronavirus cases in the mainland for Oct. 17, the same as a day earlier, the health commission said on Sunday. All of the new infections were imported, according to a statement by the National ....

  • Israel registers 286 new cases, 2.3% of tests positive

    Date: 2020-11-15 06:10:46 GMT - Israel - World - SN:5 - ID:8672377

    GAZA CITY, Nov 15 (MENA) - Some 286 new cases of the novel coronavirus were reported in Israel on Saturday, with 2.3% of tests returning positive, according to a Sunday morning update by the Health Ministry. Out of those infected, 288 were in ....

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