Greece extends entry permission for Russians until Jan 7
Dec 13, 2020, at 02:42 pm
Athens/Sputnik: Greece is extending entry permission for up to 500 Russian citizens per week, provided that they test negative for COVID-19 and have all the necessary documents, the decision was published by the Government Gazette on Sunday.
Moderna submits coronavirus vaccine data to obtain emergency use authorization
Dec 01, 2020, at 03:01 pm
Washington/Sputnik: The pharmaceutical company Moderna said that it has submitted the results of its corona vaccine trials to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in order to obtain emergency use authorization for the vaccine.
Pakistan People's Party chief Bilawal Bhutto tests positive for Coronavirus
Nov 26, 2020, at 10:13 pm
Islamabad/UNI: Pakistan's opposition leader and chairman of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto on Thursday said that he has tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
WHO chief Tedros congratulates Joe Biden on election victory, calls for joint fight against pandemic
Nov 09, 2020, at 02:48 am
Zurich/UNI: World Health Organization Head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Sunday congratulated Joe Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris on their victory in the US presidential election and noted the importance of joint fight against COVID-19.
US President-elect Joe Biden promises to get coronavirus under control
Nov 08, 2020, at 02:43 pm
Washington/UNI: President-elect Joe Biden has said that the primary objective for the US leadership now is to stop the spread of Coronavirus and he plans to name a group of experts to help with that task.
Covid-19: Greece announces three-week nationwide lockdown
Nov 05, 2020, at 10:22 pm
Athens/UNI: Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos on Thursday announced a three-week nationawide lockdown because of the novel Coronavirus.
World court continues adjudicating throughout COVID health crisis
Oct 31, 2020, at 10:01 pm
New York: Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the head of the United Nations world court said on Friday that its judiciary work in The Hague, Netherlands, continued unabated.
French authorities considering re-introducing self-isolation regime for month
Oct 28, 2020, at 02:29 pm
Paris/Sputnik: The French authorities said on Wednesday that they were considering re-introducing the self-isolation regime in the country for a month amid the deteriorating epidemiological situation, BFMTV reported citing its sources.
Coronavirus ‘feeds off instability’, disrupting Israel-Palestine peace efforts
Oct 27, 2020, at 06:27 pm
New York: The UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process reminded the Security Council on Monday of the Secretary-General’s renewed appeal for a global ceasefire to respond to COVID-19, highlighting that the “the virus feeds off instability”.
Donald Trump says COVID-19 lockdowns unconstitutional, opinion has not changed on masks
Oct 16, 2020, at 02:53 pm
Washington/Sputnik: US President Donald Trump said during a town hall meeting that state-wide lockdown imposed by several US governors to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is unconstitutional.
Chinese mainland reports 21 new imported COVID-19 cases
Oct 11, 2020, at 02:33 pm
Beijing/Xinhua: The Chinese mainland reported 21 new imported COVID-19 cases Saturday, bringing the total number of imported cases to 3,008, the National Health Commission said Sunday.
UK records another 17,540 coronavirus cases with 77 deaths
Oct 09, 2020, at 02:20 pm
London/Xinhua: Another 17,540 people in Britain have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 561,815, according to official figures released Thursday.
Ontario leads Canada by surpassing 4 million COVID-19 tests
Oct 08, 2020, at 03:35 am
Toronto/IBNS: Ontario continues to lead Canada since the beginning of the pandemic by surpassing four million COVID-19 tests, as well in its daily testing capacity, said Ontario Premier Doug Ford Oct 6 during his daily briefings.
Trump's aide Nick Luna tests positive for COVID-19: Reports
Oct 04, 2020, at 10:17 pm
Washington/Sputnik: US President Donald Trump’s personal attendant, Nick Luna, has tested positive for COVID-19, ABC News reported on Sunday, citing informed sources.
UK Health Minister tells public to follow COVID-19 rules or face national lock down
Sep 21, 2020, at 12:34 am
London/Sputnik: UK Health Minister Matt Hancock urged people on Sunday to follow social distancing restrictions to avoid another national lockdown, as the United Kingdom is on the brink of a second wave of COVID-19.
Colombia reopens international flights amid COVID-19
Sep 20, 2020, at 01:52 pm
Bogota/Xinhua: Colombian President Ivan Duque announced the reopening of international flights on Sunday after five months of closure due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Sep 18, 2020, at 06:15 am
Wuhan/IBNS: Several people in Wuhan, the capital city of China’s Hubei province, where the coronavirus first surfaced in December last year, want to sue the local administration for the death of their kin due to mishandling of the health emergency but have found their lawsuits abruptly rejected, face official intimidation and their lawyers pressurised to withdraw from such cases, said an AFP report.
Sep 18, 2020, at 05:30 am
Ottawa/IBNS: The failure of Ontario's Public health officials to trace roughly half of the city's latest rising COVID-19 infections has caused great concerns to the experts in hampering efforts to contain the spread of the virus in Canada, media reports said.
California becomes first state with over 700,000 total COVID-19 cases: Johns Hopkins
Aug 30, 2020, at 03:28 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: California has become the first US state where the number of confirmed coronavirus cases surpassed 700,000, according to the latest data from Johns Hopkins University.
China conducting experiments of dangerous pathogens with Pakistan for past five years: The Klaxon
Aug 27, 2020, at 04:53 am
Islamabad/Beijing: A team of key Coronavirus scientists from China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology have been conducting experiments of dangerous pathogens in “collaboration” with Pakistan, media reports said at a time when the world is struggling to deal with COVID-19 pandemic.
Canada records 124,629 COVID-19 cases, 9,071 deaths
Aug 24, 2020, at 02:50 pm
Ottawa/Xinhua: There have been 124,629 cases of COVID-19 in Canada, including 9,071 deaths, said the Public Health Agency of Canada on Sunday.
Bangladesh records 2,265 fresh COVID19 cases
Aug 22, 2020, at 10:19 pm
Dhaka: Bangladesh seems to witness a significant rise in the number of COVID-19 cases as the country recorded 2,265 fresh cases in the past 24 hours, media reports said on Sunday.
Argentine govt announces economic subsidy for families of COVID-19 victims
Aug 09, 2020, at 02:20 pm
Buenos Aires/Xinhua: The Argentine government announced on Sunday that it would deliver an economic subsidy to relatives of people who have died from the novel coronavirus.
UN chief outlines ‘bold steps’ for education in the face of COVID-19 disruption
Aug 04, 2020, at 10:52 pm
New York: The COVID-19 pandemic has created the largest disruption to education in history and prolonged school closures could further entrench inequalities in access to learning, the UN Secretary-General said on Tuesday, underlining the need for “bold steps” to address the crisis.
South Korea reports 34 more COVID-19 cases, 14,423 in total
Aug 04, 2020, at 05:47 pm
Seoul/Xinhua: South Korea reported 34 more cases of the COVID-19 as of Tuesday midnight compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 14,423.
Coronavirus: Reshape the urban world to aid ‘ground zero’ pandemic cities
Jul 29, 2020, at 05:59 pm
New York: Cities have proved to be “ground zero” the world over for the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN chief said on Tuesday, encouraging leaders everywhere to “rethink and reshape the urban world” as we recover.
Brazil confirms over 51k new COVID-19 cases, more than 1,200 deaths in past 24 hrs
Jul 26, 2020, at 02:34 pm
Brasilia/UNI: More than 51,000 new coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Brazil in the past 24 hours, while the death toll has been increased by over 1,200 in that period, the health ministry said.
Nigeria to resume train services after months of shutdown
Jul 26, 2020, at 02:02 pm
Abuja/Xinhua: Nigeria will resume its train services after months of shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi said.
New foreign students barred from entering US if all classes online: Report
Jul 25, 2020, at 08:00 pm
Washington/IBNS: After rescinding the new rules to keep foreign students out of the country, the United States immigration officials said the new foreign students will be barred from entering the country if they decide to take the classes entirely online, an AP report said.
Amid COVID-19 scare, Nobel Prize banquet to be cancelled for first time since 1956: Report
Jul 22, 2020, at 05:43 am
Stockholm/IBNS: The Nobel Prize banquet might be cancelled this year for the first time in over half a century amidst a continuous peak in the coronavirus cases globally, media reports said on Tuesday.