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Kamala Harris receives first dose of Moderna Covid-19 vaccine on camera
Date: 2020-12-29 18:32:54 GMT - USA - World - SN:50 - ID:8731848
WASHINGTON, Dec 29 (MENA) - US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris received the first dose of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine live on television on Tuesday in Washington, DC, and urged Americans to get vaccinated for the virus, CNN reported. "That ....
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EU to buy another 100 million Pfizer vaccine doses
Date: 2020-12-29 18:30:49 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:49 - ID:8731839
BRUSSELS, Dec 29 (MENA) –The European Union has agreed to buy an additional 100 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccine, CNBC reported. The additional purchase will make for a total of 300 million doses for the 27-nation bloc. "We ....
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Canada's Quebec becomes fourth province to confirm more contagious COVID-19 variant
Date: 2020-12-29 18:14:29 GMT - Canada - World - SN:48 - ID:8731860
QUEBEC, Canada, Dec 29 (MENA) - Canada's Quebec has become the fourth province to confirm its first case of a more contagious COVID-19 variant, Lethbridge News Now reported. In a statement on Tuesday, Canadian Health Minister Christian Dube said ....
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UK registers record 53,135 new COVID-19 cases in 24 hours
Date: 2020-12-29 18:08:37 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:47 - ID:8731856
LONDON, Dec 29 (MENA) - Britain on Tuesday registered a new daily high of more than 53,000 Covid-19 cases, as concern mounted about spiralling numbers of positive tests and pressure on health services, NDTV reported. Government figures showed ....
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Japan reports nearly 2,400 new Covid-19 cases
Date: 2020-12-29 09:18:14 GMT - Japan - World - SN:16 - ID:8730859
TOKYO, Dec 29 (MENA) - Japan reported 2,395 new coronavirus cases and 54 additional deaths Monday, according to a statement from the country's Ministry of Health. Of those, 481 were in the capital, Tokyo, where the total number of people ....
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Russia registers 27,002 new COVID-19 cases
Date: 2020-12-29 08:41:35 GMT - Russia - World - SN:15 - ID:8730768
MOSCOW, Dec 29 (MENA) - Russia has registered 27,002 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 3,105,037, according to Sputnik. "Over the past 24 hours, 27,002 coronavirus cases were confirmed in 85 regions, including 3,915 ....
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Germany's confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 12,892 - RKI
Date: 2020-12-29 07:32:42 GMT - Germany - World - SN:13 - ID:8730663
BERLIN, Dec 29 (MENA) - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 12,892 to 1,664,726, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed on Tuesday. RKI added that the death toll rose by 852 to ....
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US reports more than 168,000 new Covid-19 cases
Date: 2020-12-29 07:20:40 GMT - USA - World - SN:12 - ID:8730661
WASHINGTON, Dec 29 (MENA) - The United States reported 168,817 new Covid-19 cases and 1,718 new deaths on Tuesday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. The total number of confirmed infections in the US stands at 19,301,543 and at ....
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S. Korea reports 1,046 new Covid cases
Date: 2020-12-29 06:43:26 GMT - south korea - World - SN:11 - ID:8730619
SEOUL, Dec 29 (MENA) - South Korea's daily coronavirus cases bounced back to over 1,000 on Tuesday after three days despite tougher virus curbs that have been extended for another week, and daily virus deaths hit another high of 40 amid a looming ....
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Pakistan reports 1,776 new COVID cases in 24 hours
Date: 2020-12-29 06:42:05 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:10 - ID:8730618
ISLAMABAD, Dec 29 (MENA) - Pakistan has reported 63 deaths in the last 24 hours by novel coronavirus as the number of positive cases has surged to 475,085, The Nation reported Tuesday. The nationwide tally of fatalities has jumped to ....
