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Tokyo reports 119 coronavirus cases, 1st time below 200 in 5 days TOKYO. KAZINFORM - Tokyo reported on Monday 119 new coronavirus infections, falling below 200 for the first time in five days, Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike said, Kyodo reports.

13.07.2020 15:45

Southern South Korea hit by devastating downpours SEOUL. KAZINFORM Some 200 millimeters of rain pounded South Korea's southern areas on Monday, leaving several people dead and causing traffic accidents, flooding and destruction of roads, houses and facilities, officials said.

13.07.2020 14:34

Health Ministry conducts more than 50,000 additional COVID-19 tests, announces 401 new cases, 492 recoveries, two deaths ABU DHABI. KAZINFORM The Ministry of Health and Prevention, MoHAP, announced that it conducted over 50,000 additional COVID-19 tests, using state-of-the-art medical testing equipment.

13.07.2020 13:35

Bangladesh restricts public Eid prayers amid pandemic DHAKA. KAZINFORM Bangladesh on Sunday barred congregational prayers on the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha on traditionally-designated open grounds to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, according to senior officials.

13.07.2020 12:52

Russian university says clinical trials of COVID-19 vaccine completed MOSCOW. KAZINFORM Clinical trials of vaccine against the novel coronavirus were completed on volunteers at Sechenov University, and the results of research proved the medication’s effectiveness, chief researcher Elena Smolyarchuk told TASS on Sunday.

13.07.2020 11:29

Brazil's COVID-19 death toll tops 72,000 SAO PAULO. KAZINFORM Brazil on Sunday said its nationwide COVID-19 death toll has reached 72,100, with 631 more patients having succumbed to the novel coronavirus in the previous 24 hours.

13.07.2020 10:44

New virus cases rebound in S.Korea; imported cases, cluster infections on steady rise SEOUL. KAZINFORM - South Korea's new virus cases bounced back Sunday as cluster infections in the greater Seoul area and the southwestern city of Gwangju continued to increase amid a sustained rise in imported cases, Yonhap reports.

12.07.2020 13:33

5.1-magnitude quake hits north China, no casualties reported SHIJIAZHUANG. KAZINFORM - A 5.1-magnitude earthquake jolted Guye District of Tangshan City in north China's Hebei Province at 6:38 a.m. Sunday Beijing Time, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC), Xinhua reports.

12.07.2020 11:42

17 injured in China plant explosion SHENYANG. KAZINFORM - Seventeen people were slightly injured in an explosion that happened Saturday in a sewage treatment plant in Fuxin city, northeast China's Liaoning Province. No deaths were reported, local official sources said Sunday, Xinhua reports.

12.07.2020 09:34

S. Korea reports 35 new virus cases, number down for 4th straight day SEOUL. KAZINFORM - South Korea reported 35 more cases of the new coronavirus Saturday, the fourth consecutive day that the number has declined, Yonhap reports.

11.07.2020 15:59

ANSA: 1 woman killed, 5 hurt as car veers onto pavement in Naples ROME. KAZINFORM - One young woman was killed and five other young women were seriously hurt after an 18-year-old Neapolitan man lost control of his car and ploughed into them at San Gennaro Vesuviano near Naples Thursday night, ANSA reports.

11.07.2020 14:27

UAE’s first mask manufacturing facility secures orders until end of 2020 ABU DHABI. KAZINFORM - The UAE’s first respirator manufacturing facility, established in May in Al Ain with an annual output capacity of over 30 million units, has already secured orders until the end of 2020, a top executive told Emirates News Agency, WAM.

11.07.2020 13:35

Brazilian Amazon registers record deforestation in June RIO DE JANEIRO. KAZINFORM - Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon hit a monthly record of 1,034.4 square kilometers in June, Xinhua reports.

11.07.2020 12:17

Recovery efforts continue in southwest Japan 1 week after heavy rain FUKUOKA. KAZINFORM - Recovery efforts continued Saturday in Japan's southwestern region of Kyushu, battered by torrential rain a week ago that caused deadly flooding and landslides, with at least 16 people still missing, Kyodo reports.

11.07.2020 10:09

No int'l sport events in China this year apart from Beijing 2022 trials BEIJING. KAZINFORM China will not hold any international sporting events in 2020 apart from trial events for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, the country's General Administration of Sport announced on Thursday.

10.07.2020 21:29

Busan soaked by sixth-heaviest downpour in two decades BUSAN. KAZINFORM Record levels of precipitation battered Busan on Friday, as more than 200 millimeters of rain fell on the southeast coast in the nation's second-largest city in a single day, local weather officials said.

10.07.2020 20:40

Melbourne begins new lockdown amid COVID-19 outbreak SYDNEY. KAZINFORM The streets of Melbourne, Australia's second-most populous city with 5 million residents, were deserted on Thursday as a new six-week lockdown began amid a spike in COVID-19 cases.

10.07.2020 20:11

Russian Defense Ministry’s clinical trials of COVID-19 vaccine enter final stage MOSCOW. KAZINFORM The Russian Defense Ministry and the Gamalei National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology have started the final stage of clinical trials of a vaccine against the novel coronavirus, the ministry stated on Friday.

10.07.2020 19:28

Avigan study fails to demonstrate benefit in COVID-19 treatment TOKYO. KAZINFORM A Japanese medical university said Friday a clinical study of the antiviral drug Avigan has failed to demonstrate efficacy in treating coronavirus patients at an early stage of the disease.

10.07.2020 18:25

Independent evaluation of global COVID-19 response announced GENEVA. KAZINFORM WHO Director-General on July 9 announced the initiation of the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response (IPPR) to evaluate the world’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

10.07.2020 17:39

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