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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

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

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

3,000-year-old city lost in sands discovered in Egypt’s Luxor

CAIRO. KAZINFORM A city that has been lost in sands and was founded more than 3,400 years ago has been unearthed in Luxor, south Egypt, Zahi Hawass, head of the Egyptian archeological mission that is responsible for the discovery, said Thursday, Al Balad newspaper reports.

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09.04.2021 12:52

March food prices at nearly 7-year high: UN body

ANKARA. KAZINFORM Building from a 10-month rise, in March world food prices hit their highest monthly average since June 2014, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said Thursday.

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09.04.2021 11:33

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

China launches new satellite for space environment survey

TAIYUAN. KAZINFORM - China successfully sent an experiment satellite into planned orbit from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province Friday, Xinhua reports.

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09.04.2021 09:33

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

COVID-19 kills 185 more people in Iran

TEHRAN. KAZINFORM - Some 185 more Iranians have died from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) over the past 24 hours bringing the total deaths to 63,884, Iran's Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said on Thursday, IRNA reports.

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08.04.2021 22:23

Pakistan sees highest daily virus cases since July 2020

ISLAMABAD. KAZINFORM - Pakistan reported 5,329 new cases of coronavirus, according to the Health Ministry on Thursday, the highest single-day number in the country since July 2020, Anadolu Agency reports.

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08.04.2021 21:45

First batch of Russian Sputnik-V vaccine delivered to Armenia

YEREVAN. KAZINFORM - The first batch of the Russian Sputnik-V vaccine against COVID-19 was brought to Armenia, the Yerevan office of Russia’s Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States Affairs, Compatriots Living Abroad, and International Humanitarian Cooperation reported, ARMENPRESS reports.

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08.04.2021 21:25

UAE announces 2,112 new COVID-19 cases, 2,191 recoveries, 3 deaths in last 24 hours

ABU DHABI. KAZINFORM - The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) announced that it conducted 249,014 additional COVID-19 tests over the past 24 hours, using state-of-the-art medical testing equipment, WAM reports.

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08.04.2021 20:20

Russia records over 8,600 daily COVID-19 cases

MOSCOW. KAZINFORM - Russia’s COVID-19 cases rose by 8,672 in the past day to 4,614,834, the anti-coronavirus crisis center told reporters on Thursday, TASS reports.

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08.04.2021 19:19

Ukraine reports 19,419 new coronavirus cases

KYIV. KAZINFORM - Ukraine has recorded 19,419 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases to 1,803,998, Health Minister Maksym Stepanov has said, Ukrinform reports.

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08.04.2021 18:13

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