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AstraZeneca vaccine rollout resumed, those under 30 excluded

SEOUL. KAZINFORM South Korea on Sunday decided to resume administering AstraZeneca vaccines to eligible recipients after temporarily putting the program on hold amid growing concerns over its safety.

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11.04.2021 15:25

Global economy will not be able to get out of crisis in 2021 - study

MOSCOW. KAZINFOM Forecasts that the global economy will overcome the crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic in 2021 are not justified, according to a study from experts at the Higher School of Economics together with the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.

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11.04.2021 12:36

China approves new COVID-19 vaccine for clinical trials

BEIJING. KAZINFORM A new COVID-19 vaccine developed by China's Sinopharm has recently been approved for clinical trials.

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11.04.2021 10:27

Brazil finds new virus variant combining 18 mutations

ANKARA. KAZINFORM Scientists in Brazil have discovered a new variant of coronavirus that combines 18 mutations, rubbing salt in the wound of the South American epicenter.

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11.04.2021 09:10

Daily COVID-19 deaths hit new record in Brazil: 4,249

BRASILIA. KAZINFORM - Brazil has hit a new all-time high for COVID-19–related deaths in 24 hours—4,249. The country had topped 4 thousand deaths in a single day on Tuesday (Apr. 6), when 4,195 lives were confirmed lost to the disease, Agencia Brasil reports.

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10.04.2021 16:36

COVID-19 variants could drive economic hit on Tokyo up by 4 tril. yen

TOKYO. KAZINFORM - University of Tokyo economists estimate the Japanese capital could see an additional 4 trillion yen ($36 billion) economic hit if highly contagious coronavirus variants spread quickly across the city, but says the impact can be mitigated if infections are slowed, Kyodo reports.

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10.04.2021 15:38

New virus cases in high 600s for 2nd day in S. Korea

SEOUL. KAZINFORM - South Korea's daily new coronavirus cases stayed in the high 600s for the second straight day Saturday as health authorities warn that the country may be at the start of a fourth wave of infections, Yonhap reports.

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10.04.2021 11:39

Number of COVID-19 cases across globe up by over 718,000 in past day, says WHO

GENEVA. KAZINFORM - More than 718,000 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection were registered worldwide in the past day, with the overall number of such cases exceeding 133.53 million, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in its daily bulletin, TASS reports.

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10.04.2021 10:43

UAE announces 1,875 new COVID-19 cases, 1,939 recoveries, 3 deaths in last 24 hours

ABU DHABI. KAZINFORM - The Ministry of Health and Prevention, MoHAP, announced that it conducted 247,634 additional COVID-19 tests over the past 24 hours, using state-of-the-art medical testing equipment, WAM reports.

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09.04.2021 22:20

Africa's COVID-19 cases pass 4.31 mln: Africa CDC

ADDIS ABABA. KAZINFORM - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa has reached 4,317,900 as of Friday, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said, Xinhua reports.

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09.04.2021 21:45

Kostanay rgn plans to vaccinate over 200 thou residents by yearend

KOSTANAY. KAZINFORM – A large batch of COVID-19 vaccines is expected to arrive in Kostanay region in the coming days, Kazinform correspondent reports.

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09.04.2021 21:15

India records highest single-day spike in virus cases

NEW DELHI. KAZINFORM - India reported 131,893 new coronavirus cases, health authorities said on Friday, the highest single-day spike in the country since the beginning of the outbreak, Anadolu Agency reports.

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09.04.2021 20:40

Kazakhstan enhances military cooperation with countries of South Asia

DELHI. KAZINFORM - Minister of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan Lieutenant General Nurlan Yermekbayev is on an official visit to the Republic of India, Kazinform cites the press service of the Ministry of Kazakhstan.

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09.04.2021 20:17

Russia records another 9,150 coronavirus cases

MOSCOW. KAZINFORM - Russia’s coronavirus cases rose by 9,150 to 4,623,984 in the past 24 hours, the anti-coronavirus crisis center said on Friday, TASS reports.

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09.04.2021 19:39

Kazakh COVID-19 vaccine to be bottled in Turkey

NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM – Kazakhstan has sealed a deal with Turkey to bottle its homegrown COVID-19 vaccine, Kazinform correspondent reports.

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09.04.2021 18:39

Over 24 thou doses of COVID-19 vaccine delivered to Karaganda rgn

KARAGANDA. KAZINFORM – Karaganda region is to begin a mass voluntary COVID-19 vaccination of residents older than 18 starting from April 10, Kazinform correspondent reports.

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09.04.2021 16:48

COVID: 17,221 new cases, 487 more victims, ANSA

ROME. KAZINFORM There have been 17,221 new cases of COVID-19 in Italy in the last 24 hours, and 487 more victims of the virus, the health ministry said Thursday.

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09.04.2021 14:40

Tokyo, 2 more areas to step up virus measures as infections rebound

TOKYO. KAZINFORM - The Japanese government on Friday is set to designate Tokyo and two other prefectures as requiring stronger measures to fight COVID-19 amid a resurgence in infections, less than three weeks after fully lifting a state of emergency, Kyodo reports.

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09.04.2021 10:13

S. Korea to extend current social distancing measures for another 3 weeks: PM

SEOUL. KAZINFORM - South Korea will retain its current social distancing measures for another three weeks, including the ban on the gatherings of five or more people nationwide, the prime minister said Friday, Yonhap reports.

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09.04.2021 08:12

WHO records over 667,000 new daily cases of COVID-19 worldwide

GENEVA. KAZINFORM - The number of confirmed coronavirus cases has exceeded 132.73 million across the globe, growing by more than 667,000 cases in the past 24 hours, the World Health Organization reported on Thursday. This is the highest single-day figure since January 17, the WHO said, TASS reports.

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09.04.2021 07:22

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