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London/Xinhua: A total of 770 students have tested positive for coronavirus in a British university in one of the major outbreaks in Britain since the reopening of the campuses in September, a university spokesperson said Friday. more
COVID-19 cases continue spiking in Canada

Ottawa/Xinhua: COVID-19 cases continued to spike on Friday in Canada with the two populous provinces Ontario and Quebec reported the largest single-day increase respectively.

Venezuela receives first shipment of Russian Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccines

Caracas/Xinhua: Venezuelan authorities received on Friday the first batch of Russian Sputnik V vaccines against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and announced they plan to begin Phase III ...

New Zealand reports 1 new case of COVID-19

Wellington/Xinhua: New Zealand reported one new confirmed case of COVID-19 on Saturday, said the Ministry of Health in a statement.

Guterres urges more countries to step up and fund global COVID-19 vaccine effort

New York: The UN Secretary-General on Wednesday called for all nations to provide further urgently needed funds – the equivalent of the total spent on cigarettes worldwide every two ...

Chinese mainland reports 10 new imported COVID-19 cases

Beijing/Xinhua: The Chinese mainland reported 10 new imported COVID-19 cases Thursday, bringing the total number of imported cases to 2,875, the National Health Commission said Friday.

Chinese mainland reports 19 new imported COVID-19 cases

Beijing/Xinhua: The Chinese mainland reported 19 new imported COVID-19 cases Tuesday, bringing the total number of imported cases to 2,854, the National Health Commission said Wednesday. ...

Donald Trump says US 'Weeks away' from COVID-19 vaccine

Washington/Sputnik: US President Donald Trump said the country is weeks away from getting a vaccine to fight the coronavirus.

One millionth death from COVID-19 ‘an agonizing milestone’: UN Secretary-General

New York: With over one million lives having succumbed to COVID-19 globally, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said that while the “agonizing milestone” is a &ldquo ...

Global partnership to make available 120 million affordable, quality COVID-19 rapid tests for low- and middle-income countries: WHO

Geneva: A set of agreements to make available, for low and middle-income countries, affordable, high-quality COVID-19 antigen rapid tests were on Monday announced by the Access to COVID-1 ...