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D.C. expands face mask requirements as city records more than 100 new cases
Date: 2020-07-22 20:03:40 GMT - USA - World - SN:76 - ID:8518780
WASHINGTON, July 22 (MENA) - The District and Baltimore expanded mask requirements Wednesday in an attempt to stave off the growing spread of the novel coronavirus in the region. D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser said her order requires people older ....
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1,000 people died of Covid-19 in 1 day in US
Date: 2020-07-22 19:20:39 GMT - USA - World - SN:71 - ID:8518763
WASHINGTON, July 22 (MENA) - The US is heading in the wrong direction with Covid-19 numbers, and it's doing so with astonishing speed, Sky news reported. Just after 1,000 people died in a single day, the country is about to reach 4 million ....
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British couple win battle to name son "Lucifer"
Date: 2020-07-22 17:54:53 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:64 - ID:8518644
LONDON, July 22 (MENA) - A British couple have chosen to officially name their son "Lucifer" despite the registrar's attempts to bar them because it is another name for the devil, The Sun reported. Dan and Mandy Sheldon went to register their son ....
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US spends $2bn to secure Covid-19 vaccine
Date: 2020-07-22 16:42:05 GMT - USA - World - SN:54 - ID:8518572
WASHINGTON, July 22 (MENA) – The Trump administration has committed to spend $1.95bn on 100m doses of a potential Covid-19 vaccine being developed by Germany’s BioNTech and US pharma giant Pfizer, which will be distributed free of charge to American ....
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Russia confirms 5,862 COVID-19 cases, 789,190 in total
Date: 2020-07-22 09:46:59 GMT - Russia - World - SN:20 - ID:8517562
MOSCOW, July 22 (MENA) - As many as 5,862 new COVID-19 cases are confirmed in Russia on July 22 taking the total number of 789,190, the emergency response team reported. According to Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection ....
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More than 64,000 new daily coronavirus infections recorded in the US
Date: 2020-07-22 09:43:44 GMT - USA - World - SN:19 - ID:8517563
WASHINGTON, July 22 (MENA) - According to Johns Hopkins University's tally of cases, there were 64,534 new cases and 1,082 deaths reported in the United States in the past 24 hours, CNN reported. It is the highest number of daily coronavirus ....
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Pakistan COVID-19 tally climbs to 267,428 with 1,332 fresh cases
Date: 2020-07-22 08:47:50 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:16 - ID:8517565
ISLAMABAD, July 22 (MENA) - Pakistan has recorded 1,332 new coronavirus cases, taking the nation-wide tally of infections to 267,428, the health ministry said on Wednesday, a day after the country registered its lowest daily COVID-19 count in more ....
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US Covid-19 cases approaches 4 million
Date: 2020-07-21 22:05:34 GMT - USA - World - SN:70 - ID:8517280
WASHINGTON, July 21 (MENA) - The total number of coronavirus cases in the US exceeded 3.8 million Tuesday, more than a quarter of the global tally, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. The US death toll accounted for more than ....
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EU leaders approve reviving plan to confront coronavirus effects
Date: 2020-07-21 06:24:26 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:9 - ID:8515955
BRUSSELS, July 21 (MENA) - European Union leaders approved on Tuesday an agreement on measures for reviving the European economy to confront the effects of the coronavirus, said Sky News channel. The leaders, at the closing session of a five-day ....
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Pompeo arrives in London for talks on 'shared security challenges'
Date: 2020-07-21 06:05:30 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:7 - ID:8515942
LONDON, July 21 (MENA) - US State Secretary Mike Pompeo has arrived in the UK ahead of a meeting with UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to discuss "shared security challenges", the Evening Standard reported Tuesday. The US Secretary of State is ....