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Boris Johnson cancels Christmas for London and southeast England
Dec 20, 2020 05:48Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has effectively cancelled family Christmas celebrations in the capital London and across the entire south east of England.
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Vaccination for Palestinians in limbo as Israel indulges in COVID shots
Dec 20, 2020 05:29The Israeli regime has begun vaccinating as many as 60,000 people against the new coronavirus on a daily basis, excluding millions of Palestinians living under occupation.
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Iran expands new COVID-19 cash handouts to 10 million more people
Dec 20, 2020 03:28The Iranian government says new COVID-19 cash handouts will be available to an extra 10 million people as it intensifies efforts to mitigate the economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.
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US deaths from COVID top 3,000 for third straight day
Dec 19, 2020 00:19US deaths from the new coronavirus have topped 3,000 for a third straight day, with a record number of new infections on Thursday.
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COVID-19 deaths hit hardest in rural America
Dec 18, 2020 16:35A new analysis conducted by the Pew Research Center finds that the US rural areas that are sparsely populated now account for about twice the number of coronavirus-related deaths as the most densely populated cities.
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California governor issues regional lockdown plans as ICUs near capacity
Dec 18, 2020 08:50United States California’s governor on Thursday announced plans to impose COVID-19 stay-at-home orders on a regional basis, with tougher social and economic restrictions to be triggered when intensive care units near maximum capacity at a region’s hospitals.
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US weekly jobless claims at three-month high as COVID-19 restrictions bite
Dec 18, 2020 02:03The number of Americans filing first-time claims for jobless benefits unexpectedly rose last week as a relentless wave of new COVID-19 infections hobbled business operations, offering more evidence that the economy’s recovery from the pandemic recession was faltering.
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US COVID deaths top American World War II casualties
Dec 17, 2020 16:10The United States passed a grim milestone on December 11th as the death toll from coronavirus exceeded the number of Americans killed in combat during World War II.
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As pandemic overwhelms hospitals, 1/3 of Americans live in areas where ICUs close to capacity
Dec 17, 2020 15:13The New York Times reported on Wednesday, December 9th that more than a third of Americans are living in areas where hospitals are running critically short on ICU beds, while one in 10 people are served by medical centers where fewer than 5% of beds are currently available.
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EU finance ministers pin all hope on COVID-19 vaccines
Dec 17, 2020 10:37Thousands of businesses across the EU have closed their doors permanently due to the impact of COVID-19.