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- Johns Hopkins: World COVID-19 Death Toll Nears 5 Million VOA 31 Oct 2021 -- Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center reported early Sunday that the death toll from the coronavirus pandemic is less than 4,000 short of the 5 million mark. The 4 million tally was reached a little more than four months ago.
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin's Remarks on the Declassified Assessment on COVID-19 Origins Released by the US PRC MofA 31 Oct 2021 -- "When the US intelligence agency released the so-called unclassified summary of assessment on COVID-19 origins in August, China made clear its firm opposition. A lie repeated a thousand times is still a lie."
- 'Political and false': China rejects US intel report on COVID-19 origins Press TV 31 Oct 2021 -- Beijing has dismissed as "political and false" a US intelligence report into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, urging Washington to stop smearing China for political reasons.
- Objective, scientific, responsible attitude should be adopted for COVID-19 origins tracing: Chinese FM People's Daily 31 Oct 2021 -- Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said here on Saturday that an objective, scientific, and responsible attitude should be adopted for tracing the origins of COVID-19.
- Fresh epidemic resurgence occurs when outbreaks in 14 provinces yet to be over Global Times 31 Oct 2021 -- More regions including East China's Jiangxi Province and Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province are grappling with a fresh epidemic resurgence, even as the COVID-19 transmission chain related to Northwest China has yet to be cleared.
- COVID-19-hit Heilongjiang suspends offline classes in Harbin; schools in China-Russia border city Heihe put under closed-loop management Global Times 31 Oct 2021 -- As the origin of the latest COVID-19 flare-up in Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province remains unknown, offline education will be suspended in capital city Harbin and all primary and middle schools in China-Russia border city Heihe will be subject to closed-loop management, as the two cities in the province hit the hardest in this round of resurgence.
- Chinese Vice Premier urges precise COVID-19 control measures to curtail sporadic flare-ups while inspecting Gansu Global Times 31 Oct 2021 -- Chinese Vice Premier Sun Chunlan conducted an inspection tour from Thursday to Saturday in Lanzhou and Tianshui in Northwest China's Gansu Province, which was hit by the resurgence of COVID-19. She urged local officials to take precise COVID-19 control measures in order to curtail sporadic outbreaks.
- Europe faces COVID-19 resurgence as winter approaches People's Daily 31 Oct 2021 -- COVID-19 in Europe is worsening as another winter approaches. It is the only region with increases in infections across all age groups, while five over regions have reported a decline last week, according to the World Health Organization on Friday.
- China's Heilongjiang reports 19 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases People's Daily 31 Oct 2021 -- Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province on Saturday reported 19 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, the provincial health commission said Sunday.
- Putin Calls On G20 To Address Vaccine Recognition RFE/RL 31 Oct 2021 -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed that the health ministries of the Group of 20 (G20) countries promptly address the issue of mutual recognition of national COVID-19 vaccination certificates.
- India's Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage exceeds 106.14 Cr India PIB 31 Oct 2021 -- With the administration of 68,04,806 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India's COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 106.14 Cr (1,06,14,40,335) as per provisional reports till 7 am today
- Update on COVID-19 Vaccine Availability in States/UTs India PIB 31 Oct 2021 -- The Union Government is committed to accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of COVID-19 vaccination throughout the country
- COVID-19 UPDATE India PIB 31 Oct 2021
- COVID-19 kills 177 more Iranians over past 24 hours IRNA 31 Oct 2021 -- The number of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic in Iran increased to 126,303 with 177 more Iranians killed by the deadly disease over the past 24 hours, Iran's Health Ministry announced on Sunday.
- Taiwan reports 6 new COVID-19 cases, no deaths CNA 31 Oct 2021 -- Taiwan reported six new COVID-19 cases on Sunday, all contracted overseas, and no deaths from the disease, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC).
- U.S. donates 1.5 million more COVID-19 vaccine doses to Taiwan CNA 31 Oct 2021 -- An additional 1.5 million Moderna COVID-19 vaccine doses donated by the United States will arrive in Taiwan on Monday, the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) has announced.
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