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The deaths registered have typically occurred over several days and sometimes weeks.
Published 07 Jan, 2021 08:30pm
The daily number of deaths from Covid-19 across the United Kingdom has surpassed 1,000 for the first time since April.
Published 07 Jan, 2021 08:00pm
The WHO's regional director for Europe, Hans Kluge, called the current situation “a tipping point in the course of the pandemic.”
Published 07 Jan, 2021 07:30pm
The health ministry reported a record 3,027 new infections, raising the total so far to 128,465 cases, including 521 deaths.
Published 07 Jan, 2021 06:00pm
It announced record highs of 21,832 new confirmed cases and 844 deaths late on Wednesday.
Published 07 Jan, 2021 05:30pm
The health passport will be issued “within seconds” after a person receives the second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.
Published 07 Jan, 2021 05:01pm
A total of 12,461 tests were carried out in the last 24 hours.
Published 07 Jan, 2021 04:30pm
The lockdown in Lebanon is the third since the first case was reported in late February.
Published 07 Jan, 2021 04:12pm
Health Minister Salvador Illa said he would stay on as health minister until he begins campaigning for the elections.
Published 07 Jan, 2021 03:34pm
Published 07 Jan, 2021 02:56pm
Japan's NEC Corp has launched a facial recognition system that identifies people even when they are wearing masks,...
Published 07 Jan, 2021 01:48pm
Two doses of the vaccine will be given, 20 days apart, to volunteers.
Published 07 Jan, 2021 01:05pm
German biotech firm CureVac has agreed to an alliance with drugmaker Bayer to get global support in seeking approval...
Published 07 Jan, 2021 12:44pm
Japan's government will declare a coronavirus state of emergency in the greater Tokyo area on Thursday, as media ...
Published 07 Jan, 2021 11:54am
GB reported no deaths during the last 24 hours.
Published 07 Jan, 2021 10:39am
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa recorded 274 coronavirus cases and seven deaths while Balochistan reported no deaths.
Published 07 Jan, 2021 10:37am
The provincial total has risen to 142,835 while the death toll is 4,203.
Published 07 Jan, 2021 10:32am
So far a total of 450,515 people have recovered from the virus and the recovery rate is 91 per cent.
Published 07 Jan, 2021 10:31am
The more than eight million residents of Quebec, the province hit hardest by the pandemic, will be affected by the measures.
Published 07 Jan, 2021 10:00am
Hebei accounted for 51 of the 52 local cases reported by the National Health Commission.
Published 07 Jan, 2021 09:01am
Students will get a few more weeks to prepare for the examinations, says ministry spokesperson.
Published 07 Jan, 2021 08:11am
Published 07 Jan, 2021 07:06am
US Covid-19 hospitalisations reached a record 130,834 late on Tuesday, the highest at any time since the pandemic began.
Published 06 Jan, 2021 10:30pm
A formal decision is due next week after consultations with cantons.
Published 06 Jan, 2021 09:43pm
Published 06 Jan, 2021 09:13pm
He is waiting for the health authority to decide if the exposure was high risk and for how long he will have to stay at home
Published 06 Jan, 2021 08:00pm
The government's current schedule is to vaccinate 135,000 people by the end of February with the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine.
Published 06 Jan, 2021 07:30pm
Norway had 930 new cases of Covid-19 on Tuesday, the highest daily number on record.
Published 06 Jan, 2021 07:00pm
Published 06 Jan, 2021 06:27pm
The players will now observe a period of self-isolation in accordance with Premier League and UK government protocol.
Published 06 Jan, 2021 05:20pm
