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Putin voices hope to reach Covid-19 vaccine by Sept.
Date: 2020-05-14 14:40:43 GMT - Russia - World - SN:46 - ID:8432556
MOSCOW, May 14 (MENA) - President Vladimir Putin voiced hope Russian scientists would reach a vaccine to treat the novel coronavirus by September, Tass News Agency reported Thursday. During a meeting to discuss genetic technologies on Thursday, ....
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More than 84,000 people have died from coronavirus in the US
Date: 2020-05-14 11:09:28 GMT - USA - World - SN:20 - ID:8432285
WASHINGTON, May 14 (MENA) - At least 84,136 people have died in the US from coronavirus, according to Johns Hopkins University's latest tally. The organization said 1,390,764 cases had been recorded across the country, according to CNN. The ....
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US president Donald Trump to look into legislation proposing to sanctions on China
Date: 2020-05-14 08:09:05 GMT - USA - World - SN:10 - ID:8431952
WASHINGTON, May 14 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump has said that he will look into the legislation introduced in the Senate a day earlier that proposes sanctions on China if it fails to cooperate and provide a full accounting of the events ....
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UN chief calls on states to take needed action on people's mental health
Date: 2020-05-14 07:20:33 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:4 - ID:8431938
NEW YORK, May 14 (MENA) - United Nations Secretary General António Guterres called on countries to take needed action to support people's mental health on the back of the lockdown of the coronavirus. In video statements, he said "I urge ....
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Japan plans to lift coronavirus emergency in 39 prefectures
Date: 2020-05-13 20:50:03 GMT - Japan - World - SN:82 - ID:8431802
TOKYO, May 13 (MENA) - The Japanese government plans to lift the state of emergency declared over the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in 39 of the country's 47 prefectures, officials said Wednesday as quoted by Kyodo. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ....
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Ukraine reports 402 new cases in past 24 hours
Date: 2020-05-13 20:26:42 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:81 - ID:8431787
KIEV, May 13 (MENA) - Ukraine has recorded 16,425 cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as of May 13, including 402 new cases in the past 24 hours, Ukrainian Health Minister Maksym Stepanov said. "Some 402 people have fallen ill over the ....
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65 new cases of COVID-19 in Bulgaria, total: 2069
Date: 2020-05-13 19:58:08 GMT - Bulgaria - World - SN:78 - ID:8431750
SOFIA, May 13 (MENA) - Sixty-five new COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Bulgaria in the last 24 hours, Sofia News Agency reported Wednesday. The total number of laboratory-confirmed cases of coronavirus infection in Bulgaria is 2069. The number ....
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New Zealand lifts state of emergency as virus cases decrease
Date: 2020-05-13 19:25:16 GMT - New Zealand - World - SN:74 - ID:8431719
WELLINGTON, New Zealand on Wednesday lifted its state of national emergency, with the government citing the decreasing numbers of new COVID-19 cases, Kyodo News reported. The move comes on the eve of New Zealand's progression to Alert Level 2 ....
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Spokesman for Mexican foreign minister has coronavirus
Date: 2020-05-13 19:11:53 GMT - Mexico - World - SN:73 - ID:8431716
MEXICO CITY, May 13 (MENA) - The chief spokesman for Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard has tested positive for coronavirus and an official in the president’s office has died of the disease, Russia Today reported. The spokesman, Roberto ....
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Italy's daily coronavirus death toll rises
Date: 2020-05-13 19:06:35 GMT - Italy - World - SN:71 - ID:8431651
ROME, May 13 (MENA) - Deaths from the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy climbed by 195 on Wednesday, against 172 the day before, US News quoted the Civil Protection Agency as saying, but the daily tally of new cases fell to 888 from 1,402 on ....
