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Virus spread outside Seoul accelerates; local infection at 2-week high SEOUL. KAZINFORM - South Korea reported more than 50 new virus cases for the second day in a row Thursday as cluster infections piled up outside the Seoul metropolitan area, this time in Gwangju, a southwestern city, with the country's virus fight at risk of losing hard-won gains, Yonhap reports.

02.07.2020 17:55

Brazilian state requires masks in bid to slow coronavirus spread SAO PAULO. KAZINFORM An awareness-raising campaign was carried out here Wednesday in Brazil's largest metropolis to alert people to the health risks of failing to use face coverings, an operation conducted a day before masks will be mandatory in public places throughout Sao Paulo state.

02.07.2020 14:40

Tokyo logs 107 more COVID-19 cases, biggest daily rise in 2 months TOKYO. KAZINFORM The Tokyo metropolitan government confirmed 107 new coronavirus infections in the capital on Thursday, an official said, registering the largest daily increase in two months.

02.07.2020 13:30

Death toll rises to 96 in monsoon landslide in Myanmar's state YANGON. KAZINFORM The death toll of monsoon landslides in Myanmar's Kachin state has risen to 96 as more bodies were recovered on Thursday, said a release from the Information Ministry.

02.07.2020 13:09

ANSA: Italian firms' turnover to drop 7% in 2020 - BoI ROME. KAZINFORM The turnover of Italian businesses will drop 7% due to the coronavirus emergency this year, the Bank of Italy said Wednesday.

02.07.2020 12:53

Belgium to keep its borders shut until early July BRUSSELS. KAZINFORM Belgium will reopen its borders on July 7 after safety preparations, the country's foreign minister said Wednesday.

02.07.2020 09:33

WHO: number of COVID-2019 cases across globe up by nearly 164,000 in past day GENEVA. KAZINFORM Nearly 164,000 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection were registered worldwide on June 30, with the overall number of such cases exceeding 10.35 million, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in its daily bulletin on Thursday.

02.07.2020 08:18

Recently publicized swine flu not new, under surveillance since 2011: WHO expert GENEVA. KAZINFORM A World Health Organization (WHO) expert said Wednesday that the recently publicized swine flu in China was not new and that it's under close surveillance.

02.07.2020 07:53

Russia reports less than 7,000 daily COVID-19 cases for sixth day in a row MOSCOW. KAZINFORM - Russia’s coronavirus cases grew by 6,556 in the past day reaching 654,405, the anti-coronavirus crisis center told reporters on Wednesday, TASS reports.

01.07.2020 15:15

Spain braces for slow economic recovery post-pandemic OVIEDO. KAZINFORM As Spain saw new daily infections rise by 301 on Tuesday, the county’s central bank released an annual report suggesting that the economy will not recover from the health crisis until late 2022.

01.07.2020 15:00

No side effects seen for COVID-19 vaccine volunteers, says top Moscow medical university MOSCOW. KAZINFORM Experts at the Sechenov University have not observed any adverse side effects on volunteers injected with the domestically-made vaccine against the coronavirus.

01.07.2020 11:45

India extends free food for 800 million people till November NEW DELHI. KAZINFORM On the eve of the second phase of unlocking India in the process of managing the Coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today extended free food grain distribution for approximately 800 million people till the end of November.

01.07.2020 11:08

France's oldest nuclear power plant shuts down PARIS. KAZINFORM France’s oldest power plant Fessenheim went offline at midnight on Monday after 40 years of operation, the state-owned energy company EDF announced.

01.07.2020 10:36

Spotlight: COVID-19 cases could go up to 100,000 per day in U.S., Fauci warns WASHINGTON. KAZINFORM Anthony Fauci, the U.S. government's top infectious-diseases expert, said on Tuesday the country is «not in total control» of the coronavirus pandemic, giving a dire warning that COVID-19 cases in the United States could go up to 100,000 per day if the current trend «does not turn around.»

01.07.2020 09:00

EU agrees to lift restrictions on travel from Japan, 13 others TOKYO. KAZINFORM Members of the European Union agreed Tuesday to reopen borders to visitors from 14 countries outside the bloc, including Japan and South Korea, from Wednesday, after months of travel restrictions over the coronavirus outbreak.

01.07.2020 07:48

COVID-19 kills another 147 Iranians over past 24 hours TEHRAN. KAZINFORM – Iran’s Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said on Tuesday that some 147 more Iranians have died from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours bringing the total deaths to 10,817, IRNA reports.

30.06.2020 22:25

Anges starts Japan’s 1st COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial on humans OSAKA. KAZINFORM - Medical startup Anges Inc. said Tuesday it has started Japan's first clinical trial on humans of a potential vaccine for the new coronavirus, aiming for government approval by the fall next year for its sale if the vaccine proves to be safe and effective, Kyodo reports.

30.06.2020 20:46

Smart Dubai wins 'Best Smart City Innovation Impact – Global’ at CFI Awards 2020 DUBAI. KAZINFORM - «Smart Dubai takes a holistic approach to digital development, and it sets the bar high,» read the Judges’ report announcing Smart Dubai’s winning of the «Best Smart City Innovation Impact – Global 2020» title, an award organised by Capital Finance International, CFI, a print news journal and online resource reporting on business, economics, and finance, WAM reports.

30.06.2020 19:51

S.Korea begins coronavirus antibody tests SEOUL. KAZINFORM - South Korea has started full-fledged coronavirus antibody tests to determine the true extent of infections in the country, a senior health official said Tuesday, Yonhap reports.

30.06.2020 15:18

'World remains vulnerable to asteroid impacts' ANKARA. KAZINFORM As of today, we do not have much opportunity to protect against asteroids, an astrophysicist at the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) told Anadolu Agency, marking International Asteroid Day on June 30.

30.06.2020 14:20

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