Wed 22 July 2020: Xinjiang’s capital Urumqi doing COVID-19 tests among all 3.5M residents China’s autonomous Xinjiang province is facing a COVID-19 outbreak after some five months with no recorded cases. Of 14 new cases in the country, nine were indigenous and all of them were reported in northwestern Xinjiang, home to the ethnic Uighur […]
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Wed 22 July 2020: BOGOTA, Colombia (AA) – Although the Latin America region has become the latest epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic, countries in the region are struggling to compete for equitable access to treatment against the virus. Brazil and Mexico are already making efforts to acquire a COVID-19 vaccine once it exists. Brazil The […]
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Wed 22 July 2020: Following the annual custom, the lower part of Kaaba garment (kiswa) was raised and tailors covered the exposed part with a white cotton cloth of about two meters across the four sides. This procedure is carried out every year as a precautionary measure to prevent people from damaging the kiswa, as […]
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Wed 22 July 2020: Truck recovered without COVID-19 samples, says media report ANKARA (AA) – A biohazard alert in South Africa’s Eastern Cape was sparked Tuesday after large samples believed to be COVID-19 testing went missing when a truck was hijacked, according to media reports Tuesday. The incident took place Monday in Port Elizabeth, The […]
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Tue 21 July 2020: Israel’s parliament voted on Monday to allow the country’s domestic intelligence agency to track the cellphones of coronavirus carriers for the rest of the year amid a resurgence in new cases, reported Reuters. The Shin Bet’s surveillance technology has been used on and off to track carriers since March, and the Knesset in a […]
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Tue 21 July 2020: Guwahati: Sharjeel Imam, an IIT-Bombay alumnus and a student at Jawaharlal Nehru University, jailed in Assam over his alleged involvement in anti-CAA protests, has tested positive for COVID-19, a top official said on Tuesday. Swab samples of Imam and some other inmates were tested earlier and the results came today [July 21], […]
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Tue 21 July 2020: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks at the Two-Year Presidential Cabinet Evaluation Meeting on July 21, 2020 in Ankara, Turkey. On the coronavirus pandemic, Erdogan said that in addition to protecting its own people, Turkey has provided healthcare products to 136 countries and four international organizations. He added that the government […]
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Tue 21 July 2020: KATHMANDU-Nepal is lifting a 4-month nationwide lockdown from Tuesday midnight, a government spokesman said, citing the decline in the daily number of coronavirus cases. Yubaraj Khatiwada, the finance minister and the government spokesman, said the decision came on the recommendation of the Health Ministry. On Monday, the government said it will […]
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Tue 21 July 2020: Over 900 fatalities, more than 28,500 infections reported in Brazil, over 550 more patients die in Mexico The novel coronavirus claimed hundreds of lives in Brazil and Mexico in the past 24 hours, according to health authorities. Brazil now stands as the second worst-hit country by the pandemic worldwide, as its […]
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Tue 21 July 2020: 483 women killed and 1.7% rise in homicide cases in first half of 2020, when Mexico was combating COVID-19 pandemic At least 483 women were killed in Mexico in the first half of 2020, according to government data. The latest data was released by North American country’s Security Minister Alfonso Durazo […]
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