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Los Angeles: California will reimpose its indoor mask mandate from Wednesday to prepare for an anticipated increase of Covid-19 cases due to gatherings during the year-end holidays and the emergence of the new Omicron variant, the Department of Public Health said. The mask mandate will last at least a month, at which time the state […]
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London: The number of daily Omicron infections in the UK has been estimated as being at 200,000, according to the UK Health Security Agency. The estimates based on modelling come after UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, in a televised statement on Sunday, warned that Britain faces a “tidal wave” of Omicron infections. Health secretary Sajid […]
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Madrid: The eruption of the Cumbre Vieja volcano in the Spanish island of La Palma has continued for 87 days, has hit a new record of being the longest than the previous one in 1585. The eruption began on September 19, three-days longer than the 84-day record set in 1585, reports Xinhua news agency. Only […]
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Jakarta: Starting from Tuesday, Indonesia will start vaccinating children aged six to 11 years old against Covid-19, targeting 26.5 million kids, according to the Ministry of Health. The vaccine to be used is China’s Sinovac, the only one to obtain an emergency use authorization for this age group from Indonesia’s National Agency of Drug and […]
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Jakarta: A magnitude 7.3 undersea earthquake has struck off Indonesia’s Flores Island, and the country’s meteorological agency is warning that tsunami waves are possible. According to the US Geological Survey, the quake on Tuesday hit at a depth of 18.5 kilometers (11.5 miles) under the sea, and was located 112 kilometers (74 miles) north of […]
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London: The UK has seen its first death from Omicron, even as the latest variant of the coronavirus is expected to comprise 50 per cent of the cases in London by Tuesday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday. “Sadly yes, Omicron is producing hospitalisations and sadly at least one patient has been confirmed to […]
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Singapore: Two lions were shot with a tranquilliser gun and sedated on Sunday at Singapore’s Changi Airport after they got out of their freight container, triggering a mild scare in the vicinity, a media report said here. The lions, currently recovering from sedation under the care of the Mandai Wildlife Group, were being transported in […]
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Beijing: China on Monday marked the 84th anniversary of the Nanking Massacre, in which hundreds of thousands of civilians and disarmed soldiers were killed by Japanese troops in and around the former Chinese capital. A People’s Liberation Army honor guard bearing large funeral wreaths marched slowly past a memorial showing the figure 300,000, China’s official […]
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The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 49,919,637 and 797,345, according to the CSSE.
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Two people have been so far pulled from the rubble alive, the Fire Corps said, while 50 families have been evacuated from surrounding buildings, according to RAI News 24 public broadcaster.
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The Canadian government has issued weather warnings for the province's southern areas over strong winds gusting up to 90 or 100 kilometres per hour (55 to 62 miles per hour).
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The coalition conducted 36 operations against Houthi targets in the oil rich province of Marib in the period, the Saudi Press Agency tweeted.
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"We know that we are likely to have more than 50 deaths, if not significantly north of that, from this event," Beshear said.
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Baghdad: The Iraqi Foreign Ministry said that it has evacuated 417 Iraqi migrants stranded in Belarus due to the ongoing crisis at the latter country’s border with European nations. “A ninth evacuation flight was operated for those who wanted to return voluntarily, with 417 Iraqi passengers on board,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed al-Sahaf said in […]
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"The Omicron variant of concern is a cruel reminder that a global epidemiological situation can change quickly. We all need to be prepared for that," Xinhua news agency quoted Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos as saying.
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According to The Verge, the bill was announced by Democratic Aenators Chris Coons (Delaware), Amy Klobuchar (Minnesota), and also Rob Portman, a Republican from Ohio.
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The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 49,833,432 and 796,749, according to the CSSE.
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Johannesburg: While Covid cases in South Africa driven by the super mutant Omicron variant have surged 255 per cent in the last week, the infections are showing milder symptoms than seen in the last three waves, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). According to the WHO, Africa currently accounted for 46 per cent of […]
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The federal Attorney General's Office said the preliminary estimate lists 53 dead, with three of the injured in critical condition.
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The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 49,660,358 and 794,647, according to the CSSE.
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The case became known after the couple called for emergency help, saying their child was not breathing, Yonhap news agency reported.
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Johannesburg: Chairperson of the South African Medical Association (SAMA) said most patients infected with the Omicron variant of Covid-19 got mild symptoms, while the unvaccinated patients showed relatively severe symptoms. Angelique Cootze, who has treated 70 patients diagnosed with the new variant, said she has seen most patients with mild symptoms such as headaches, body […]
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Johannesburg: Pfizer’s mRNA-based Covid vaccine may be up to 40 times less effective against the new super mutant Omicron variant, a small study led by South African researchers have shown. The emergence of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 in November in South Africa has raised concerns that, based on the large number of mutations in […]
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United Nations: The UN wants humanitarian aid to arrive quickly anywhere where it is needed, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric has said when asked about Pakistan holding up medicines and 50,000 tonnes of wheat that India wants to send to Afghanistan. “We would want to see, obviously, humanitarian aid to arrive where it needs […]
