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Canada records 651 cases of coronavirus vaccine adverse reactions
Updated : 2 months ago IST
Toronto [Canada], February 12 (ANI/Sputnik): Canadian health officials have observed 651 cases of adverse reactions in patients who have been vaccinated against the novel coronavirus, the country's Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam said on Friday.
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Czech Republic to vaccinate 7 million people against COVID-19 by A
Updated : 2 months ago IST
Prague [Czech Republic], February 11 (ANI/Sputnik): The Czech Ministry of Health expects that by August 2021, about 7 million people will be vaccinated against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Minister Jan Blatny said.
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COVID-19 death toll in France surpasses 80,000
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
Paris [France], February 10 (ANI/Sputnik): The death toll from the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in France has topped 80,000, the country's national public health agency, Sante Publique, said in a statement.
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Brazil sees 1,350 COVID-19 deaths, over 50,000 cases in a day
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
Sao Paulo [Brazil], February 10 (ANI/Xinhua): Brazil on Tuesday said it registered 1,350 deaths due to the novel coronavirus disease in the past 24 hours, raising the country's death toll to 233,520.
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Biomaterials and nanotechnology could help lead to virus-fighting
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
Washington [US], February 9 (ANI): Scientists are working toward advances in the fields of biomaterials and nanotechnology that could lead to big breakthroughs in the fight against dangerous viruses like the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 by making hospital beds or doorknobs naturall
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COVID-19 curfew in Netherlands extended until March 3
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
Moscow [Russia], February 9 (ANI/Sputnik): The curfew in the Netherlands over the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak has been extended until March 3, the country's government said in a statement.
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Argentina confirms first cases of COVID-19 variants detected in Br
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
Buenos Aires [Argentina], February 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Argentine Health Minister Gines Gonzalez Garcia confirmed on Monday the first cases in the country of the novel coronavirus variants detected in Brazil.
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Ecuador registers 1,703 new COVID-19 cases, with 257,115 in total
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
Quito [Ecuador], February 7 (ANI/Xinhua): Ecuador registered 1,703 cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 257,115, the Ministry of Public Health reported on Saturday.
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Study links 'COVID effect' to fewer heart surgeries, more patient
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Washington [US], February 1 (ANI): A new study has found that the effects of the ongoing coronavirus health crisis have resulted in a substantial decline in overall heart surgery volume and an unexplained increase in deaths after coronary artery bypass grafting.
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Algeria launches 1st phase of mass vaccination campaign against CO
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Algiers [Algeria], January 30 (ANI/Sputnik): The first phase of the mass vaccination campaign against the novel coronavirus has been launched in Algeria after the country received the first shipment of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine, national media reported on Saturday.
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UK coronavirus variant to become more dominant in US by early spri
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Washington DC [US], January 30 (ANI/Sputnik): The new strain of the novel coronavirus that first appeared in the United Kingdom will become more dominant in the United States by the middle of spring, US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci said.
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US State of South Carolina confirms two cases of S. African COVID-
Updated : 2 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Washington [US], January 28 (ANI/Sputnik): The US state of South Carolina has confirmed the first two known cases in the United States of the South African novel coronavirus strain, the state's Health Department said in a press release on Thursday.
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