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Global COVID-19 cases hurtled to 100 million on Tuesday, breaking yet another grim record, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.
NEW YORK, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) Global COVID-19 cases hurtled to 100 million on Tuesday, breaking yet another grim record, according to the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. Throughout a roller-coaster year featuring a pandemic, when waves of the virus and its faster-spreading variants are ravaging the world, however, human efforts to defeat the disease at times and in some places lagged or went wrong, like belated test results, public defiance of necessary restrictions and, more recently, unbalanced vaccine distribution. In this life-or-death race of mankind versus virus, COVID-19 caught everyone off guard at first. However, anti-virus measures like lockdowns and calls for wearing a mask have gained increasing popularity, with the faster-than-ever work on vaccines expected to usher in an end to the pandemic.
2021-01-20 03:36:46 GMT2021-01-20 11:36:46(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
A medical worker checks a tube of blood sample of a volunteer during the phase III trials of a Chinese COVID-19 vaccine in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan, Jan. 8, 2021. (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal)
ISLAMABAD, Jan. 19 (Xinhua) Having volunteered to take part in the phase III trials of a Chinese COVID-19 vaccine in a private hospital here, Majid Abbasi had mixed feelings.
Though some members of his family expressed concern, the 21-year-old student was eager to have the vaccine administered because it would give him a better chance to defeat the disease, and in a broader sense, a safe and effective vaccine could be a way out for humanity to beat the pandemic.
J&K DDC elections: Gupkar alliance savour comprehensive triumph, BJP off the mark in Kashmir
On expected lines, the PAGD has bagged most of the seats from the Kashmir valley while BJP has fared well in its traditional bastion of Jammu. Counting in progress in Baramulla for the J&K DDC elections. (Photo: IANS)
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Updated: Dec 22, 2020, 11:22 PM IST
The counting of votes for the District Development Council (DDC) elections in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday has given a clear lead to the People’s Alliance For Gupkar Declaration (PAGD).
The People s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) has bagged 82 seats and is leading in 30. Thirty-eight Independents, mainly disgruntled leaders from all political parties, have been declared winners and the same number are leading in other seats. They are followed by the BJP which had won 52 seats, including three in the Kashmir valley for the first time, and was frontrunner in 18.