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Biden vows to make 600m vaccine doses available by end of July
Date: 2021-02-17 08:52:15 GMT - USA - World - SN:14 - ID:8803559
WASHINGTON, Feb 17 (MENA) - President Joe Biden said the US will have enough supply of the COVID-19 vaccine by the end of the summer to inoculate 300 million Americans. Alhurra TV Channel said Wednesday Biden announced that the US had secured ....
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Blinken: 'Path to diplomacy is open right now' between US, Iran
Date: 2021-02-17 08:34:11 GMT - USA - World - SN:10 - ID:8803557
WASHINGTON, Feb 17 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken again expressed US readiness to negotiate over the Iran nuclear deal on Tuesday, telling National Public Radio “the path to diplomacy is open right now,” i24 News reported. “Iran is ....
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Iran tells IAEA voluntary implementation Additional Protocol ends on Feb. 23
Date: 2021-02-16 21:35:26 GMT - Austria - World - SN:110 - ID:8803365
VIENNA, Feb 16 (MENA) - Iran's Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Tuesday informed the organization's director general Rafael Mariano Grossi that as of February 23, Iran will stop implementing the Additional Protocol to ....
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More than 52,000 cases of Covid-19 were identified in the US
Date: 2021-02-16 08:37:48 GMT - USA - World - SN:18 - ID:8801779
WASHINGTON, Feb 16 (MENA) - At least 52,685 new Covid-19 cases and 985 virus related deaths were reported in the United States on Monday, according to Johns Hopkins University's tally of cases. To date, there have been at least 27,692,967 cases of ....
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Malaysian PM:First vaccine arriving this Sunday
Date: 2021-02-16 08:37:17 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:17 - ID:8801784
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 16 (MENA) - The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine will arrive in the country this Sunday while the ‘roll out’ for implementation of the National COVID-19 Immunization begins in phases from Feb 26. Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin ....
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Bulgaria says British variant of Covid found in two thirds of tested samples
Date: 2021-02-16 07:23:12 GMT - Bulgaria - World - SN:12 - ID:8801712
SOFIA, Feb 16 (MENA) - The British version of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes the disease COVID-19) was found in 70 percent of the samples in Bulgaria, which were suspected to contain it, Sofia News Agency reported Tuesday quoting the Center for ....
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Brazil reports 528 new COVID-19 deaths
Date: 2021-02-16 05:07:02 GMT - Brazil - World - SN:2 - ID:8801603
BRASILIA, Feb 16 (MENA) - Brazil recorded 528 new COVID-19 deaths and 32,197 new coronavirus cases, National Post reported Tuesday, quoting the Health Ministry. Brazil has suffered nearly 9.9 million cases and close to 240,000 deaths since the ....
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Over 9,000 coronavirus cases reported in India in 24hrs
Date: 2021-02-16 05:03:02 GMT - India - World - SN:1 - ID:8801602
NEW DELHI, Feb 16 (MENA) - India's tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 1,09,25,710 with 9,121 new infections being reported in a day, NDTV reported Tuesday. The daily deaths were recorded below 100 for the tenth time this month, according to the ....
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Greek, US FMs probe bilateral ties
Date: 2021-02-15 19:19:48 GMT - Greece - World - SN:73 - ID:8801320
ATHENS, Feb 15 (MENA) – Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias held his first phone call earlier on Monday with US State Secretary Anthony Blinken, Kathimerini reported. The Greek foreign ministry said the two officials discussed bilateral ....
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As states expand access to vaccines, supply isn't keeping up in US
Date: 2021-02-15 18:10:36 GMT - USA - World - SN:68 - ID:8801221
WASHINGTON, Feb 15 (MENA) – The United States, facing a growing threat from more contagious and possibly deadlier virus variants, is gradually administering more doses every day, now up to an average of about 1.7 million, according to a New York ....