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Pope Francis celebrated Christmas Eve mass in St Peter's Basilica before fewer than 200 masked faithful, mostly employees of Vatican City

The cluster that has emerged in port city of Dalian in recent days has grown to 12 cases

The news comes as infections surge again in parts of the African continent

From sea sponges that can build spaceships to durians generating electricity, the year has also led to some pathbreaking innovations

The researchers used a special loudspeaker shaped like a human head so that sound radiates as it would coming from a human mouth.

The Ministry of Science and ICT said the system will check for passengers without masks or with COVID-19 symptoms, such as high temperature, at the arrival and departure halls of the country's main gateway

The biggest of them perhaps came to light towards the end of the year when cybersecurity company FireEye earlier this month revealing that it became a target of hackers who accessed tools

In its latest update on Thursday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and death toll stood at 78,623,752 and 1,729,166, respectively.

Travel may increase your chance of spreading and getting Covid-19. CDC continues to recommend postponing travel and staying home, as this is the best way to protect yourself and others this year

All passengers entering the city via airports will be issued a Department of Health (DOH) commissioner's order to quarantine for two weeks, and the order will come through certified mail, Xinhua news agency quoted the Mayor

"In addition to the significant measures we already have in place, we acted quickly on additional travel restrictions in response to the situation in the UK," Trudeau said at a press conference in Ottawa on Wednesday.

A person with knowledge of the negotiations told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the deal is under discussion but has not been finalised.

Most Sydney residents will continue to be able to have 10 adult visitors to their home over the holiday period, the BBC reported on Wednesday.

Among the new measures, the council decided to ban travel to Britain, South Africa, Australia, Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, Iran, Japan, and any other country that the Iraqi Ministry of Health would recommend.

The three Western Cape High Court judges who presided over the case said Regulation 45, which Cogta Minister Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma relied upon to effect the ban, "cannot and does not withstand constitutional scrutiny".

In a video message posted on Twitter, he said the package "really is a disgrace", full of "wasteful" items, the BBC reported on Wednesday.

A special sound and light display has been set up to try bringing some comfort to Montrealers

The army said the first group of 36 people includes 26 members of the military and 10 civilian employees of a maintenance contract company.

The national tally of COVID-19 cases has increased to 2,906,503, including 51,912 deaths and 2,319,520 recoveries, the center said.

The suspect, a 48-year-old man known to authorities for child custody disputes, was "discovered dead" several hours after fleeing the home in an isolated hamlet near Saint-Just, a village south of the city of Clermont-Ferrand, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said in a tweet.

Dishes prepared in these kitchens, hidden commercial spaces are solely for delivery

The research, published in the journal Physics of Fluids, tested how five different types of mask materials affected the spread of droplets that carry the SARS-CoV-2 virus, when we cough or sneeze.

In its latest update on Wednesday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and death toll stood at 77,958,369 and 1,715,945, respectively.

The four, all Indian citizens, have been admitted to the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Hospital, while the rest of the passengers and the crew will have to remain in home isolation for 15 days, District Development Officer, Ahmedabad