Wed 30 December 2020: The first cases of COVID-19 were reported in Wuhan, China in December 2019. However, Beijing has denied that China is the origin of the deadly disease, which has affected over 81.9 million people worldwide. More than 1.78 million people have died from the virus while over 46 million have recovered. Here’re […]
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Wed 30 December 2020: A plane carrying the first 3 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine ordered from China’s SinoVac Biotech arrived in the Turkish capital Ankara on Wednesday. The Boeing 777 plane, which departed from Beijing with 17 containers of vaccines, landed at Esenboga Airport at 5.44 a.m. local time (0244 GMT) Announcing the […]
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Tue 29 December 2020: Iran launches trial of own COVID-19 vaccine Iran launched Tuesday the first phase of a clinical trial of a vaccine developed in the Islamic Republic, the region’s country hardest hit by the pandemic, state television reported. “The first vaccine against the coronavirus, developed by Iranian researchers, has been unveiled by injecting […]
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Tue 29 December 2020: 162,000 people died this year, 13,000 more than expected, says country’s statistical authority The number of deaths in the Netherlands in 2020 grew at the highest rate since World War II, the Dutch National Statistics Office (CBS) said on Tuesday. The country of 17 million reported 162,000 deaths up to week […]
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Tue 29 December 2020: Oil prices increased on Tuesday with uncertainties cleared over the US coronavirus relief bill, which was designed to reduce the economic impact of the COVID-19 outbreak. International benchmark Brent crude was trading at $51.16 per barrel at 0631 GMT with a 0.51% increase after closing Monday at $50.90 a barrel. American […]
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Tue 29 December 2020: Germany’s confirmed cases rise by 12,892 -RKI The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany has increased by 12,892 to 1,664,726, data from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases showed. The reported death toll rose by 852 to 30,978, the tally showed. US House okays $2,000 coronavirus aid checks […]
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Mon 28 December 2020: President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced new tougher coronavirus restrictions, a day after South Africa recorded more than one million Covid-19 cases. President Ramaphosa announced South Africa will move back to level 3 with immediate effect from midnight. He said that several of the level 3 regulations were being strengthened to further […]
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Mon 28 December 2020: Iran is due to start testing a domestically produced coronavirus vaccine on human subjects as the country continues to face difficulties in importing sufficient quantities of vaccines due to US sanctions. The only Iranian-made vaccine to clear animal trials so far, produced by Shifa Pharmed, aims to complete limited tests on […]
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Mon 28 December 2020: Fatalities nearly tripled in 1 month in Nigeria The number of people who died of COVID-19 in Nigeria this month has more than doubled compared to the figure in November, amid a second wave of the virus, local media reported Monday. Critical infections over the novel virus have also witnessed a […]
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Mon 28 December 2020: Zhang Zhan is one of a number of people facing trial for exposing the initial chaos of Wuhan’s COVID-19 response. A Chinese citizen journalist held since May for her livestream reporting from Wuhan as the COVID-19 outbreak unfolded was sentenced to four years in prison on Monday, almost a year after […]
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