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  • Coronavirus cases in India hit 308,993

    Date: 2020-06-13 06:55:59 GMT - India - World - SN:4 - ID:8467291

    NEW DELHI, June 13 (MENA) - The Indian Health Ministry announced on Saturday that 11,458 new coronavirus cases were reported in the country. The new cases take the total figure of infections up to 308,993, added the ministry. Also, the death ....

  • WHO chief calls for any Covid-19 vaccine to be shared as a public good

    Date: 2020-06-12 21:58:49 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:68 - ID:8467170

    GENEVA, June 12 (MENA) – World Health Organization's Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Friday any coronavirus vaccine should be shared as a public good, DW reported. "Many leaders have promoted the idea of making any vaccine a global ....

  • Italian prosecutors question PM over Covid-19 response

    Date: 2020-06-12 21:04:51 GMT - Italy - World - SN:66 - ID:8467169

    ROME, June 12 (MENA) - Prosecutors questioned Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte for about three hours on Friday over his handling of the coronavirus emergency, his office confirmed, according to France 24. Prosecutors from Bergamo, the city ....

  • Italy's coronavirus death toll rises by 56 to 34,223

    Date: 2020-06-12 20:29:07 GMT - Italy - World - SN:62 - ID:8467039

    ROME, June 12 (MENA) – The death toll from coronavirus in Italy climbed by 56 on Friday against 53 the day before, taking the total toll to 34,223, the country's Civil Protection Agency reported. The official tally of new cases rose by ....

  • EU to spend billions of euros to secure coronavirus vaccine

    Date: 2020-06-12 17:58:42 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:54 - ID:8466942

    LONDON, June 12 (MENA) - The EU plans to pump billions of euros into advance purchase deals with pharmaceutical companies for potential coronavirus vaccines, in a sign of intensifying rich country efforts to secure supplies of any future treatment, ....

  • US not to shut down economy again, not seeing second spike in virus cases - White House

    Date: 2020-06-12 17:09:25 GMT - USA - World - SN:51 - ID:8466937

    WASHINGTON, June 12 (MENA) - The US is not seeing a second wave of coronavirus infections, and the economy will not shut down again, Fox Business cited White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow as saying on Friday. "I spoke to our health experts ....

  • Canada registers lowest coronavirus cases since March

    Date: 2020-06-12 16:36:07 GMT - Canada - World - SN:47 - ID:8466935

    OTTAWA, June 12 (MENA) - Canada's Ontario has recorded fewer than 200 new cases of COVID-19 for the first time in months. Health officials reported 182 new cases of the disease on Friday, bringing the provincial total to 31,726. This was the ....

  • One killed, 11 injured in shooting in Philadelphia

    Date: 2020-06-12 11:13:45 GMT - USA - World - SN:21 - ID:8466538

    WASHINGTON, June 12 (MENA) - At least one has died and 11 others wounded after a drive-by shooting overnight in Philadelphia, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution newspaper reported on Friday. A group wearing ski masks jumped out of a car and began ....

  • International Criminal Court condemns US sanctions order

    Date: 2020-06-12 11:03:29 GMT - USA - World - SN:20 - ID:8466569

    THE HAGUE, June 12 (MENA) - The International Criminal Court has condemned the Trump administration’s decision to authorize sanctions against court staff, saying it amounted to “an unacceptable attempt to interfere with the rule of law and the ....

  • Indonesia reports 1,111 new coronavirus cases, 48 deaths

    Date: 2020-06-12 10:42:10 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:19 - ID:8466507

    JAKARTA, June 12 (MENA) - The Indonesian Health Ministry announced 1,111 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Friday, bringing the total number of infections nationwide to 36,406, according to The Jakarta Post newspaper. Speaking at a press ....

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