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At least two people were wounded in a magnetic IED explosion in Kabul city Monday morning, Kabul police confirmed.
“One civilian and one security force [member] were wounded when a magnetic IED targeted a Ranger type vehicle,” police stated.
This is the latest in a string of explosions that rattle the city on a daily basis.
A marked increase in magnetic IEDs, attached to targeted vehicles, has been recorded in the past few months. These incidents, which happen on a daily basis, have caused major concern among the city’s residents. (Last Updated On: March 26, 2021)
As many as 140 couples got married at a mass wedding in the west of Kabul city on Friday.
New Mutant COVID Strain is 70% More Infectious, May Stop Global Fight Against The Virus Published December 21st, 2020 - 07:10 GMT (Shutterstock)
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Public Health England then again notified the government last Friday when modeling revealed the full seriousness of the new strain, she said.
A new mutant strain of the coronavirus is threatening the global fight to end the COVID-19 pandemic.
The new strain causes the same medical conditions as the original but is 70 percent more infectious. It has been identified in the UK, several other European countries, Australia and South Africa, and the British health minister said on Sunday that it was “out of control.”
EU drug regulator gives green light for Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine as UK identifies new virus strain The European Medicines Agency said the historic step paved the way for vaccinations to finally start within days across the 27-nation EU where cases of the disease are surging Agence France-Presse December 21, 2020 23:04:07 IST Representational image. AP
The Hague: The EU s drug regulator gave the green light for the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine on Monday, and said there was no evidence it would not work against a new strain spreading in Britain.
The European Medicines Agency said the historic step paved the way for vaccinations to finally start within days across the 27-nation EU where cases of the disease are surging.
Canada the latest country to halt travel from UK over new Covid-19 variant concerns
Canada has become the latest country to halt flights from the UK following the discovery of a new variant of Covid-19, which is said by officials to spread faster than others.
The new coronavirus variant, which prompted the UK government to impose a Tier 4 lockdown in London and southeastern England, and tighten restrictions for all of England over the festive period, is “out of control,” Health Secretary Matt Hancock said on Sunday the same day that the UK broke its daily coronavirus case record, recording 35,928 new cases.