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French police officers have fired tear gas to disperse demonstrators who took to the streets of the capital, Paris, to protest against the new coronavirus restrictions, as the country looks to avoid a surge in more cases with the spread of the highly contagious delta variant. More than 19,000 people, …

Ministry of Health and Environment – MOH detected on Monday, 9635 new cases of COVID-19. This came in a statement by MOH to Iraqi News Agency – INA. “5813 recovered cases were also detected among all the provinces of the country,” the statement included. 47 death cases were also recorded …

Boeing Co said on Tuesday it will cut its 787 production rate as it works through a new structural defect in its troubled twin-aisle airliner program in another obstacle to recovery from the coronavirus pandemic’s impact. The company now forecasts delivering fewer than half of the lingering 100 or so …

German officials said on Tuesday coronavirus measures should be maintained until more of the population has been vaccinated, and one called England’s plan to lift most restrictions despite the spread of the Delta variant “a highly risky experiment”. England will become from July 19 the first part of the United …

Head of the Suez Canal Authority, Osama Rabie, says the waterway netted the highest revenues in the history of the canal, hitting $5.84 billion. The Suez Canal netted Egypt a record $5.84 bn in the last tax year, its chief said on Sunday, despite the coronavirus pandemic’s effect on world …

The Iraqi Ministry of Health confirmed over 7616 COVID-19 cases and 33 deaths from its complications in the past 24 hours. The Ministry said that 5937 patients have achieved full recovery from the virus, while 33 succumbed to its complications. Iraq has registered 1429362, including 1306454 recoveries and 17548.

Australia reported its first coronavirus-related death of the year on Sunday and a record 77 new virus cases in the state of New South Wales, which is battling an outbreak of the highly infectious Delta variant. State Premier Gladys Berejiklian said the numbers in and around the country’s biggest city …

Just two months ago, Indonesia was coming to a gasping India’s aid with thousands of tanks of oxygen. Today, the Southeast Asia country is running out of oxygen as it endures a devastating wave of coronavirus cases and the government is seeking emergency supplies from other countries, including Singapore and …

The Ministry of Health announced the registration of 8,030 infections, 5,789 cases of recovery and 29 deaths from the Coronavirus in Iraq today.

Iraq registered, on Friday 8636 new cases of Covid-19 to take its total to 1,414,925, the health ministry said. It reported 32 deaths to take its coronavirus death toll to 17,476. It also reported 6508 recoveries to take its total to 1,294,411 (91.5%). The COVID-19 intensive care patients count to …

While the world reels under the effects of the Delta variant, a new Covid-19 mutation is now on the radar of several countries. The Lambda variant, or C.37, believed to have originated from Peru, was designated as a “variant of interest” by the World Health Organization (WHO) on June 14. …

Japan is to place its capital Tokyo under a state of emergency, which will last through the upcoming Olympic games. There are fears coronavirus could surge during the event, and at a meeting with experts on Thursday morning government officials proposed a plan to start the state of emergency from …

Warning by top WHO expert against premature rush back to normality comes amid growing concerns over spread of Delta variant of coronavirus. The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned governments around the world against easing COVID-19 restrictions too soon, saying countries that did so risked paying a heavy price for …

Boris Johnson on Monday announced that Britain was set to soon end virtually all government mandates to control the spread of the coronavirus, telling people that in two weeks it would likely be completely up to them whether to wear a face mask or social distance. At an evening news …

The World Health Organization (WHO) warned that coronavirus variants are moving faster than the global vaccine rollout, urging leaders to increase the pace or risk being overwhelmed. Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director-general of the WHO, noted that the highly contagious Delta variant, first identified in India, is “outpacing” vaccinations, …

Iraq logged 6264 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said today. The daily epidemiological report on the COVID-19 situation stated that 35 COVID-19 deaths were registered today. On the other hand, 5158 patients achieved full recovery. Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 in Iraq, 1371475 …

Indonesia has ordered oxygen makers to prioritise medical needs amid growing demand from COVID-19 patients, the government said on Sunday, following more than 60 deaths in a hospital where the supply of the life-saving gas was almost exhausted. The world’s fourth most populous nation is battling one of Asia’s worst …

Australia’s New South Wales state reported a fall in new daily coronavirus cases on Sunday, following two days of record 2021 infections, as officials implored Sydney residents to follow rules so they could end a lockdown next week. Australia’s most populous state recorded 16 new COVID-19 infections on Saturday, data …

Portugal said on Saturday it hoped to vaccinate a further 1.7 million people against COVID-19 over the next two weeks as authorities scramble to contain a surge in infections caused by the more contagious Delta variant. Cases in Portugal, a nation of just over 10 million, jumped by 2,605 on …

Thousands of South Korean workers staged a rally in downtown Seoul to demand better conditions, video images showed on Saturday, defying a government ban and shrugging off warnings that their protest could ignite a new wave of the coronavirus. As South Korea battles a spike in infections fuelled by the …