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22.12.2021 / 09:56

New Ambassadors and High Commissioners present credentials to President

COLOMBO (News 1st); Seventeen newly accredited envoys to Sri Lanka including 11 newly appointed Ambassadors and six High Commissioners presented their credentials to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the President’s House on Tuesday (21).The new Ambassadors were appointed from Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Hungary, Mauritania, Tunisia, Argentina, the Dominican Republic, Spain and Slovenia.The new High Commissioners represent Sierra Leone, Rwanda, Botswana, Malta, the Republic of Guyana and Nigeria.1. Mr.

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Donors making a difference - Life-saving supplies

Over the past few weeks, contributions to WHO have helped acquire and deliver lab supplies in Sierra Leone, COVID-19 test kits in Uganda, vaccines in Guyana, and intravenous fluids to fill a shortage in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

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Covaxin COVID-19 vaccine: What to know about side effects

78%, according to interim phase 3 clinical data.India’s drug regulatory authority, the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization, authorized the vaccine for emergency use on January 3, 2021. It can now be used to vaccinate people aged 18 and older.

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Cuba baseball squad without visas as Olympic qualifier nears

HAVANA – Just over a week before the start of the Americas Olympic qualifying tournament in Florida, the Cuban team does not have visas to travel to the United States, athletes and officials said Tuesday.

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St. Vincent awaits new volcanic explosions as help arrives

SAN JUAN – Cots, tents, and respirator masks poured into the eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent as officials expected to start distributing them on Saturday, a day after a powerful explosion at La Soufriere volcano uprooted the lives of thousands of people who evacuated their homes under government orders.

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Vaccine Maitri: Consignment of covid vaccines airlifted for Guyana, Jamaica, Nicaragua

#VaccineMaitri continues!Consignment of Made in India Covid vaccines airlifted for Guyana, Jamaica and Nicaragua. pic.twitter.com/HOcXWEi2TDMeanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been lauded by the global leaders as India continues to lead in assisting the countries under its 'Vaccine Maitri' initiative amid the coronavirus pandemic.Under the Vaccine Maitri initiative, India has been providing coronavirus vaccines to its neighbouring countries.Twenty-five nations across the world have already received Made in India vaccines and Forty-nine more countries will be supplied in the coming days, ranging from Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean to Africa, South-East Asia and the Pacific Islands.

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Thirteen further countries added to 'high-risk' list

Another thirteen countries have been added to the Government's list of 'high-risk' category.

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Brazil neighbors limit travel to halt virus strain's spread

RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazil’s neighbors are starting to restrict international travel amid concern about the spread of a new coronavirus variant that experts say may be more contagious and driving a second wave of infections.

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Brazil Covid variant: Travel to UK banned from 15 South American countries and Portugal

Travel to the UK will be banned from 15 South American countries as well as Portugal, as fears mount about a new Covid variant that began in Brazil.

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UK bans flights from South America over Covid variant found in Brazil

Covid was detected in Brazil. In a tweet, Mr Shapps said he has decided to take the "urgent" decision to ban arrivals from Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela.He also suspended the travel link between the UK and Portugal and cited "its strong travel links with Brazil" as the reason after a new Covid variant was found in the country.

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Chosen 300 Ministries leader trapped in South America due to COVID-19

PHILADELPHIA - 'Chosen 300 Ministries' is known in and around Philadelphia for feeding people in need, but now, their leader is in need.Leader Brian Jenkins traveled to South America to check in on one of their several global relief programs that is providing food and aid around the world. He had previously battled COVID-19 and tested negative before he went to South America. While in Guyana, he found out his was positive for COVID-19 since those who once had it can still test postive for another thee months. He could be stuck in the country for months. "I’m pretty much in covid jail," Jenkins explained. "The challenge is that they’re indicting I cannot leave until I get a negative test.

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World court to intervene in Guyana-Venezuela border dispute

THE HAGUE – The United Nations’ highest court ruled Friday that it will intervene to settle a decades-old border dispute between South American neighbors Guyana and Venezuela.The decision by the International Court of Justice means it will now move to judge the merits of the case, which will likely take months or years. Venezuela had argued that the world court did not have jurisdiction and refused to participate in legal arguments on the issue held earlier this year.The territorial dispute dates back to 1899 and an arbitration award by an international tribunal that drew the border between the two South American nations largely to the favor of Guyana, which was then a British colony.

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Black Panther Star Letitia Wright Called Out By Co-Star Don Cheadle & More For Sharing COVID Anti-Vaxxer Video!

Hmmm… Black Panther star Letitia Wright sure has some questions to answer after appearing to support the anti-vaccine position in regards to COVID-19!

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Vile man broke into mortuary and committed sex crime on dead coronavirus victim

A vile man who slept with the dead body of woman who died from Covid-19 has been jailed for three years.

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Karnataka BJP MP's daughter recovers from Covid-19, says yoga and pranayama helped

Ashwini, daughter of Davangere MP Siddeshwara, tested positive for Covid-19 after she had returned from Guyana last month

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India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0