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  • Italy confirms 16,310 new coronavirus cases, 475 deaths

    Date: 2021-01-16 22:28:01 GMT - Italy - World - SN:47 - ID:8755251

    ROME, Jan 16 (MENA) - Italy reported on Saturday 16,310 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total infections to 2.368 million cases, according to the Italian health ministry. The European country registered 475 new coronavirus-related deaths, ....

  • France's coronavirus deaths surpass 70,000

    Date: 2021-01-16 21:29:18 GMT - France - World - SN:46 - ID:8755228

    PARIS, Jan 16 (MENA) - France reported on Saturday 21,406 new, confirmed coronavirus cases and 196 more deaths from the virus in the last 24 hours amid fears of increase in the spread of the pandemic, according to Le Figaro newspaper. The total ....

  • Thousands of anti-maskers rally in Vienna

    Date: 2021-01-16 20:03:33 GMT - Austria - World - SN:43 - ID:8755172

    VIENNA, Jan 16 (MENA) – Around 10,000 people rallied in the Austrian capital on Saturday to protest coronavirus restrictions, calling on the government to resign, France 24 reported. With the Alpine country currently in its third lockdown since ....

  • More Brits vaccinated against Covid than who tested positive for bug since pandemic outbreak

    Date: 2021-01-16 19:55:00 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:42 - ID:8755168

    LONDON, Jan 16 (MENA) - More Brits have now had at least one coronavirus vaccination than have tested positive for the bug since the start of the pandemic. A total of 3,559,179 people have received their first jab as of Friday - 201,818 more than ....

  • US health secretary resigns following Capitol assaults

    Date: 2021-01-16 09:35:47 GMT - USA - World - SN:18 - ID:8754308

    WASHINGTON, Jan 16 (MENA) - US Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar has submitted the standard resignation letter for a Cabinet secretary at the backdrop of Capitol attacks, dated January 12 and obtained by CNN. Azar said outgoing US ....

  • Trump to leave Washington on morning of Biden's inauguration

    Date: 2021-01-16 09:17:57 GMT - USA - World - SN:17 - ID:8754310

    WASHINGTON, Jan 16 (MENA) - Outgoing US President Donald Trump will leave Washington on Wednesday morning, just before President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration, to begin his post-presidential life in Florida, Euronews reported. He will be sent ....

  • Russia reports 24,092 new COVID-19 cases, 590 deaths in past 24 hours

    Date: 2021-01-16 08:52:17 GMT - Russia - World - SN:16 - ID:8754267

    MOSCOW, Jan 16 (MENA) - Russia on Saturday reported 24,092 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, including 4,674 in Moscow, taking the national tally to 3,544,623, the world’s fourth largest. Authorities also confirmed 590 deaths in the last ....

  • India reports 15,158 new Covid-19 cases, 175 deaths in past 24 hours

    Date: 2021-01-16 08:39:09 GMT - India - World - SN:14 - ID:8754254

    NEW DELHI, Jan 16 (MENA) - India reported 15,158 new COVID-19 cases and 175 deaths in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday. The overall coronavirus tally in the country has reached 10,542,841, India TV channel said. ....

  • Germany's confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 18,678: RKI

    Date: 2021-01-16 07:40:55 GMT - Germany - World - SN:10 - ID:8754166

    BERLIN, Jan 16 (MENA) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 18,678 to 2,019,636, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Saturday. Die Welt newspaper said the reported death toll ....

  • Tokyo reports 1,809 new COVID-19 cases

    Date: 2021-01-16 07:35:57 GMT - Japan - World - SN:9 - ID:8754167

    TOKYO, Jan 16 (MENA) - Tokyo confirmed 1,809 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, a day after confirming 2,001 new infections, NHK reported. The number of severely ill patients counted under Tokyo’s criteria rose by three to 136, the metropolitan ....

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