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112 positive cases of COVID-19 in Bulgaria on June 17
Date: 2020-06-17 08:02:04 GMT - Bulgaria - World - SN:17 - ID:8472330
SOFIA, June 17 (MENA) - For the past 24 hours, 2,045 samples were tested for the new coronavirus in Bulgaria out of them 112 gave a positive result. This is shown by the data in the National Information System, Sofia News Agency reported. At ....
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Honduras president announces his infection with coronavirus
Date: 2020-06-17 06:17:15 GMT - Honduras - World - SN:11 - ID:8472294
TEGUCIGALPA, June 17 (MENA) - President of Honduras Juan Jose Orlando Hernández Alvarado on Wednesday announced that he was infected with the coronavirus. In a televised speech, he added that he will receive medical treatment and that he will be ....
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S.Korean unification minister says explosion of liaison office was already preannounced
Date: 2020-06-16 11:12:43 GMT - south korea - World - SN:27 - ID:8471214
SEOUL, June 16 (MENA) - South Korea's unification minister said Tuesday that North Korea's detonation of the inter-Korean liaison office in Kaesong was already preannounced by the North and Seoul would need more details to assess the situation, ....
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Austria lifts travel restrictions for 31 European countries
Date: 2020-06-16 10:54:52 GMT - Austria - World - SN:26 - ID:8471210
VIENNA, June 16 (MENA) - The Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced further relaxation of the COVID19-related travel restrictions as of Tuesday, describing the move as a big step towards a new travel normality. After it became possible to ....
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John Hopkins: Worldwide cases soar past 8 million as global death toll tops 436,000
Date: 2020-06-16 09:07:51 GMT - USA - World - SN:16 - ID:8471025
WASHINGTON, June 16 (MENA) - The worldwide number of confirmed novel coronavirus cases eclipsed 8 million late Monday and has resulted in at least 436,322 deaths, according to a Johns Hopkins University tally. More than one-quarter of the ....
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Chinese president presides over Afro-Chinese summit on fighting coronavirus
Date: 2020-06-16 06:34:50 GMT - China - World - SN:7 - ID:8470885
BEIJING, June 16 (MENA) - President Xi Jinping will chair on Wednesday an extraordinary Afro-Chinese summit on solidarity for fighting coronavirus. According to Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Hua Chunying, the summit will be held via video ....
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WHO: Covid-19 not transmitted by blood transfusion
Date: 2020-06-15 20:49:37 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:52 - ID:8470788
CAIRO, June 15 (MENA) - A senior WHO official said on Monday that the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) is not transmitted by blood transfusion. Regional Advisor on Essential Medicines and their Techniques at the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern ....
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Gov't officials in China sacked over new Covid-19 cases in Beijing
Date: 2020-06-15 07:22:50 GMT - China - World - SN:10 - ID:8469509
BEIJING, June 15 (MENA) - Several government officials have been sacked in China after new cases of Covid-19 have been detected in the capital Beijing after 56 days of not recording any infection cases. Zhou Yuqing, deputy head of southern ....
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Italy reports 44 new coronavirus deaths
Date: 2020-06-14 21:41:13 GMT - Italy - World - SN:75 - ID:8469418
ROME, June 14 (MENA) - Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy climbed by 44 on Sunday, the Civil Protection Agency said, while the tally of new cases increased by 338, The New York Times reported. The total death toll since the outbreak came ....
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Putin: President relinquishes some powers to parliament in new constitution
Date: 2020-06-14 20:15:05 GMT - Russia - World - SN:68 - ID:8469200
MOSCOW, June 14 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said Sunday that adopting amendments to the Russian constitution is a step towards the democratization of the society as they envisage transferring some presidential powers to the parliament, ....
