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Afghanistan registers 62 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2020-10-16 12:25:34 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:31 - ID:8630445
KABUL, Oct 16 (MENA) - Afghanistan reported on Friday 62 new coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of cases to 40,088, Khaama Press reported. At least 190 recovered from the disease, upping the recovery tally to ....
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Coronavirus: Poland reports highest daily death toll
Date: 2020-10-16 11:35:01 GMT - Poland - World - SN:27 - ID:8630408
WARSAW, Oct 16 (MENA) - Poland has suffered its highest daily Covid-19 death count, reporting 132 fatalities on Friday, CNN reported. There have now been a total of 3,440 deaths according to the country's health ministry. Poland is seeing a ....
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Top WB economist: Financial crisis could emerge from pandemic
Date: 2020-10-16 11:32:32 GMT - USA - World - SN:26 - ID:8630400
WASHINGTON, Oct 16 (MENA) - World Bank Chief Economist Carmen Reinhart said on Friday the coronavirus pandemic is turning into a major economic crisis, warning of the possibility of a financial crisis emerging, Bloomberg reported. "This did not ....
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Finnish PM leaves EU summit to take coronavirus test
Date: 2020-10-16 11:20:46 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:25 - ID:8630415
BRUSSELS, Oct 16 (MENA) - Finnish prime minister Sanna Marin has left the European Union summit in Belgium "as a precautionary measure" and was flying back home to undergo a coronavirus test, Evening Express reported. The move came one day after ....
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Coronavirus infections in Czech Republic set new one-day record
Date: 2020-10-16 09:38:25 GMT - Czech - World - SN:20 - ID:8630217
PRAGUE, Oct 16 (MENA) - Coronavirus infections in the Czech Republic have set a new one-day record for the second straight day. Health Ministry figures show the day-to-day increase reached 9,721 on Thursday, 177 more than the previous record set ....
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Philippines reports 3,139 new COVID-19 infections
Date: 2020-10-16 09:21:26 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:18 - ID:8630152
MANILA, Oct 16 (MENA) - The Philippines reported 3,139 new daily cases of the COVID-19 on Friday, pushing the total number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 351,750. The Department of Health said the number of recoveries also ....
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Armenia registers 1,465 new coronavirus cases, 10 deaths
Date: 2020-10-16 09:13:33 GMT - Armenia - World - SN:17 - ID:8630125
YEREVAN, Oct 16 (MENA) - As many as 1,465 new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have been confirmed in Armenia in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 61,460, the National Center for Disease ....
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UK: 'We have the power to proceed' with Tier 3 restrictions
Date: 2020-10-16 09:11:02 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:16 - ID:8630122
LONDON, Oct 16 (MENA) - Manchester could have a Tier 3 coronavirus lockdown imposed on it if negotiations fail, Dominic Raab has told Sky News. The foreign secretary said ministers have "the power to proceed" with putting the city into England's ....
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US reports more than 63,000 new Covid-19 cases
Date: 2020-10-16 09:02:40 GMT - USA - World - SN:15 - ID:8630146
WASHINGTON, Oct 16 (MENA) - The US reported 63,610 new Covid-19 cases and 820 new virus-related deaths in the past 24 hours, according to Johns Hopkins University. Nationwide, at least 7,979,709 Covid-19 infections and 217,692 fatalities have now ....
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Coronavirus: Russia records over 15,000 cases in past 24 hours
Date: 2020-10-16 08:48:42 GMT - Russia - World - SN:14 - ID:8630132
MOSCOW, Oct 16 (MENA) - Russia has registered a record single-day increase of 15,150 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the cumulative case total to 1,369,313, the country's coronavirus response center said on Friday. "In the past 24 ....