Live COVID-19 updates: Russia reports single-day records of COVID-19 cases, deaths
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BEIJING, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- The following are the updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
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MOSCOW -- Russia has reported a new single-day record of 25,487 coronavirus cases over the past 24 hours, taking the total tally to 2,187,990, the country's COVID-19 response center said Thursday.
Meanwhile, 524 more fatalities were registered, also a single-day record, raising the national death toll to 38,062.
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JERUSALEM -- Israel's Corona Cabinet has decided to allow the reopening of major shopping malls, markets and museums, the state's prime minister's office and Ministry of Health said in a joint statement on Thursday.
These places will be reopened for the first time since the start of a full lockdown in Israel on Sept. 18. The lockdown was imposed to contain a rapid resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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MANILA -- The Asian Development Bank on Thursday said it has approved a 250 million U.S. dollars loan to help finance the government of Papua New Guinea's (PNG) response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
PNG declared a state of emergency on March 21, and the Manila-based bank said subsequent public health emergency, closure of its borders, lockdowns, and other response measures have put pressure on the country's health system and economy.
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JAKARTA -- The COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 4,917 within one day to 516,753, with the death toll adding by 127 to 16,352, the health ministry said on Thursday.
According to the ministry, 3,842 more people were discharged from hospitals, bringing the total number of recovered patients to 433,649.
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NEW DELHI -- The Indian government on Thursday decided to continue the suspension of international flights till the year-end due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The suspension does not apply on international cargo flights to or from India, and those commercial passenger flights approved by the federal government.
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KAMPALA -- Uganda has registered a record high of 484 daily COVID-19 cases, raising the national tally to 18,890, the country's health ministry said Wednesday.
The new infections were confirmed out of the 2,702 sample tests done on Tuesday, the ministry said in a statement. Enditem
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