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Turkey: Online shopping grows 85% in 2020

ANKARA. KAZINFORM - Online shopping expenditures increased 85% year-on-year in Turkey last year as the coronavirus pandemic has changed shopping habits of people, according to Association of E-Commerce Operators (ETID), Anadolu reports.

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15.01.2021 22:13

UAE announces 3,407 new COVID-19 cases, 3,168 recoveries in last 24 hrs

ABU DHABI. KAZINFORM - The Ministry of Health and Prevention, MoHAP, announced that it conducted 131,262 additional COVID-19 tests over the past 24 hours, using state-of-the-art medical testing equipment, WAM reports.

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15.01.2021 21:23

China’s health insurance coverage for COVID-19 patients tops 1.6 bln yuan

BEIJING. KAZINFORM - More than 1.6 billion yuan (247.5 million U.S. dollars) worth of medical expenses for COVID-19 patients was covered by China's medical insurance funds last year, according to official data, Xinhua reports.

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15.01.2021 20:42

ANSA: Most of Italy set to be an orange zone

ROME. KAZINFORM - Health Minister Roberto Speranza is set to sign an ordinance making most of Italy an 'orange zone' under Italy's tiered system of restrictions based on each region's risk of COVID-19 contagion, sources said Friday, ANSA reports.

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15.01.2021 19:38

New virus cases in 500s for 4th day in sign of downturn in infections

SEOUL. KAZINFORM - The number of new coronavirus cases in South Korea stayed in the 500s for the fourth consecutive day Friday, in a sign that the third wave of the pandemic has slowed down following a peak on the back of monthlong tougher virus curbs, Yonhap reports.

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15.01.2021 18:45

SLK: Slovakia cannot afford mass testing right now

BRATISLAVA. KAZINFORM - Slovakia currently cannot afford mass testing, as it brings more risks than benefits, said Slovak Medical Chamber (SLK) president Marian Kollar following his meeting with Health Minister Marek Krajci (OLaNO) on Wednesday (January 13), adding he sees the lockdown as a solution to the coronavirus pandemic for now, TASR reports.

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15.01.2021 16:14

Japan eyes punishment for breaking COVID-19 rules amid concerns

TOKYO. KAZINFORM - Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's administration is readying legislation to punish refusal to comply with government-mandated COVID-19 measures, amid concerns it may infringe too much on personal freedoms, Kyodo reports.

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15.01.2021 15:43

Biden proposes $1.9 tril. virus relief package before taking office

WASHINGTON. KAZINFORM U.S. President-elect Joe Biden said Thursday that he is proposing a $1.9 trillion emergency relief plan to change the course of the coronavirus pandemic and put the economy on track for recovery.

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15.01.2021 13:24

Indonesia resumes search for crashed plane's wreckage, victims

JAKARTA. KAZINFORM Rescue teams on Thursday resumed, amid adverse weather conditions, the search for one of the black boxes and the remains of the victims of the passenger aircraft that crashed in Indonesian waters on Saturday without any of the 62 people aboard surviving.

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15.01.2021 12:12

Global studies find COVID-19 circulating outside of China earlier than previously believed

BEIJING. KAZINFORM Researchers from the University of Milan have discovered that a woman in the northern Italian city was infected with COVID-19 in November 2019, according to media reports.

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15.01.2021 09:53

Clinical trials of combined vaccine against flu, COVID-19 may begin in 2022

MOSCOW. KAZINFORM The Gamaleya National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology of the Russian Healthcare Ministry plans to begin clinical trials of a combined vaccine against the coronavirus and flu in the middle of 2022, Center’s Director Alexander Gintsburg told TASS on Thursday.

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15.01.2021 09:09

COVID: 522 new deaths, 17,246 new cases, ANSA

ROME. KAZINFORM Italy saw 522 new COVID deaths, and 17,246 new cases of the virus in the last 24 hours, the health ministry said Thursday.

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15.01.2021 08:48

France imposes 6 pm curfews, tightens entry for non-EU travelers

PARIS. KAZINFORM France will impose nationwide curfews from 6 p.m. to become effective Jan. 16, and will tighten border controls, including in overseas territories, requiring negative COVID-19 test results for non-EU travelers, the prime minister announced.

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15.01.2021 07:15

China exports over 224 billion masks to assist global COVID-19 fight

BEIJING. KAZINFORM - China exported 224.2 billion masks between March and the end of December in 2020 to assist the international community in fighting COVID-19, official data showed Thursday, Xinhua reports.

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14.01.2021 19:46

Denmark extends lockdown until Feb 7

COPENHAGEN. KAZINFORM - The Danish government Wednesday decided to extend the coronavirus lockdown by three weeks until Feb. 7 due to concerns over a new variant of the virus, Anadolu reports.

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14.01.2021 18:19

UAE announces 3,382 new COVID-19 cases, 2,671 recoveries, 3 deaths in last 24 hours

ABU DHABI. KAZINFORM - The Ministry of Health and Prevention, MoHAP, announced that it conducted 126,625 additional COVID-19 tests over the past 24 hours, using state-of-the-art medical testing equipment, WAM reports.

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14.01.2021 16:25

WHO studies effectiveness of vaccines against ‘British’ COVID strain

MOSCOW. KAZINFORM Lack of effectiveness of vaccines against the UK strain of the coronavirus has not been confirmed so far, the World Health Organization (WHO) continues to study these issues, Melita Vujnovic, WHO representative in Russia, told TASS on Wednesday.

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14.01.2021 14:42

Japan to halt entry of all nonresident foreign nationals

TOKYO. KAZINFORM Japan will suspend the entry of all nonresident foreign nationals into the country as part of its efforts to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Wednesday.

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14.01.2021 13:25

14th Asian Financial Forum to run online next week

HONG KONG. KAZINFORM The 14th Asian Financial Forum (AFF) will be held as an online event on 18 and 19 January.

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14.01.2021 12:51

German gov’t turns down compulsory vaccination proposal

BERLIN. KAZINFORM The German government is not planning to make coronavirus vaccination mandatory, Health Minister Jens Spahn said on Wednesday.

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14.01.2021 11:46

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