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  • Belgium records 1,578 new COVID-19 infections

    Date: 2021-03-16 08:35:28 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:23 - ID:8853172

    BRUSSELS, March 16 (MENA) - Belgium recorded 1,578 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours, RTBF channel reported Tuesday. The scientific institute for public health of the federal Belgian State (Sciensano) also reported 104 virus-related deaths. It ....

  • Germany reports 5,480 new COVID-19 cases

    Date: 2021-03-16 08:15:21 GMT - Germany - World - SN:22 - ID:8853155

    BERLIN, March 16 (MENA) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 5,480 to 2,581,084, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Tuesday. The reported death toll rose by 238 to reach ....

  • Kazakhstan reports 954 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours

    Date: 2021-03-16 08:14:05 GMT - Kazakhstan - World - SN:21 - ID:8853148

    NUR-SULTAN, March 16 (MENA) - The Kazakh Ministry of Health confirmed 954 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of infections to 225,685, Kazinform news agency reported on Tuesday. A statement issued by the ministry ....

  • Blinken in Tokyo vows continued action to denuclearize N. Korea

    Date: 2021-03-16 07:51:24 GMT - Japan - World - SN:16 - ID:8853123

    TOKYO, March 16 (MENA) - US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken, currently visiting here, held separate talks Tuesday with their Japanese counterparts ahead of “two plus two” security talks, Time ....

  • Brazil appoints new health minister

    Date: 2021-03-16 07:35:13 GMT - Brazil - World - SN:14 - ID:8853094

    BRASILIA, March 16 (MENA) - With COVID-19 infections and deaths soaring in Brazil, President Jair Bolsonaro confirmed that he will appoint appoint Marcelo Queiroga as the replacement to health minister Eduardo Pazuello, DW reported Tuesday. This ....

  • Thai PM, ministers get Covid-19 shots

    Date: 2021-03-16 07:20:02 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:12 - ID:8853054

    BANGKOK, March 16 (MENA) - Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and other cabinet ministers were inoculated against Covid-19 at Government House on Tuesday morning, Bangkok Post reported. Their vaccinations had been postponed last Friday after ....

  • 8 killed, wounded in attack on bus in Afghanistan's Baghlan

    Date: 2021-03-16 06:38:32 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:9 - ID:8852976

    KABUL, March 16 (MENA) - A student and a driver were killed and six more were wounded in gunmen attack on a bus carrying lecturers and students from Baghlan University in the city of Pul-e-Khumri on Tuesday morning, Tolo reported. Police said ....

  • China reports 13 new imported COVID-19 cases

    Date: 2021-03-16 06:20:01 GMT - China - World - SN:6 - ID:8852942

    BEIJING, March 16 (MENA) - Thirteen new imported COVID-19 cases were reported on the Chinese mainland, with six in Sichuan, five in Shanghai and one each in Tianjin and Jiangsu, Xinhua reported Tuesday. The total number of imported COVID-19 cases ....

  • S. Korea reports 363 new COVID-19 cases

    Date: 2021-03-16 05:52:46 GMT - south korea - World - SN:4 - ID:8852920

    SEOUL, March 16 (MENA) - South Korea reported 363 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, amid fears of a possible fourth wave of infections, KBS reported. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency(KDCA) said that the new cases brought the ....

  • India reports 24,492 Covid-19 cases

    Date: 2021-03-16 05:29:20 GMT - India - World - SN:2 - ID:8852901

    NEW DELHI, March 16 (MENA) -India on Tuesday recorded 24,492 cases of coronavirus disease (Covid-19), pushing the cumulative tally past 11,409,831, Hindustan Times reported quoting the Union ministry of health and family welfare. The fatalities ....

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