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Pakistan reports 1,704 new Covid-19 cases
Date: 2020-12-22 06:39:26 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:7 - ID:8721699
ISLAMABAD, Dec 22 (MENA) - A total of 1,704 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Pakistan in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally to 460,672, GEO TV reported Tuesday. With 82 new deaths, the country's coronavirus death toll reached 9,474. So ....
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US State Department reverts to Phase 1 Covid-19 restrictions
Date: 2020-12-22 05:17:24 GMT - USA - World - SN:1 - ID:8721640
WASHINGTON, Dec 22 (MENA) - The US State Department is reverting back to Phase 1 Covid-19 guidelines, which include limiting travel to mission critical trips and putting restrictions on the size of gatherings, according to a department-wide memo ....
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Japan PM Suga denies need for state of emergency as infections top 200,000
Date: 2020-12-21 16:42:21 GMT - Japan - World - SN:46 - ID:8721372
TOKYO, Dec 21 (MENA) - Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Monday denied the need to declare another national state of emergency, even as the latest surge of coronavirus cases sent cumulative infections in Japan to over 200,000 and health experts ....
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California Governor in quarantine after staff member tests positive for coronavirus
Date: 2020-12-21 12:50:16 GMT - USA - World - SN:28 - ID:8720638
WASHINGTON, Dec 21 ( MENA ) - California Governor Gavin Newsom has started a 10-day quarantine Sunday after a member of his staff tested positive for Covid-19, according to a statement by his office. The staffer was in contact with Newsom and ....
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US monitors UK’s new strain of coronavirus
Date: 2020-12-21 07:19:38 GMT - USA - World - SN:10 - ID:8720285
WASHINGTON, Dec 21 (MENA) - The United States is monitoring the new strain of COVID-19 emerging in the United Kingdom, several senior US officials said, adding that it was unclear whether this mutation had reached North America, according to the ....
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Pompeo urges Iran-backed militia in Iraq to cease destabilizing actions
Date: 2020-12-21 07:18:56 GMT - USA - World - SN:9 - ID:8720274
WASHINGTON, Dec 21 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday called Iran-backed militias in Iraq to put an end to their destabilizing actions. "Iran-backed militias once again flagrantly and recklessly attacked in Baghdad, wounding ....
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Canada restricts travel from UK due to new strain of virus that causes COVID-19
Date: 2020-12-21 06:30:22 GMT - Canada - World - SN:3 - ID:8720251
OTTAWA, Dec 21 (MENA) - The Canadian government is restricting travel from the U.K. in an effort to prevent a new strain of the virus that causes COVID-19 from making it to Canada, according to Canadian television network CTV News. The move comes ....
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France bans travel from UK, as new virus strain 'out of control'
Date: 2020-12-20 23:00:15 GMT - France - World - SN:70 - ID:8720201
PARIS, Dec 20 (MENA) - France announced on Sunday evening that it would suspend all travel from the United Kingdom, including the transport of goods, for 48 hours from 11pm Sunday, France24 reported. The decision came after French President ....
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Italy bans UK flights as Europe reacts to mutant Covid
Date: 2020-12-20 17:24:05 GMT - Italy - World - SN:49 - ID:8719961
ROME, Dec 20 (MENA) – Italy has become the third country to suspend all flights from the UK amid fears over a new strain of coronavirus which is highly contagious, Metro reported on Sunday. Italian foreign minister Luigi di Maio confirmed that ....
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Russia reports 28,948 new coronavirus cases, 511 deaths
Date: 2020-12-20 09:00:41 GMT - Russia - World - SN:13 - ID:8719137
MOSCOW, Dec 20 (MENA) - Russia reported 28,948 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, including 7,263 in Moscow, taking the national toll to 2,848,377, Sputnik news agency reported. Authorities also reported 511 deaths in the past 24 hours, pushing ....
