Coronavirus News
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Covid: Woman caught virus twice within record 20 daysTests show the woman was infected with two different variants - Delta in late December and then Omicron in January....
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Putin orders most Russians to stay off work for a week as virus deaths risePresident Vladadimir Putin on Wednesday ordered most Russians to stay off work for a week starting later this month amid...
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New York’s street vendors still waiting for pandemic recoveryAfter his small Manhattan food stand lost its customers during the coronavirus pandemic, Abdul Rahman -- an Afghan vendor who...
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COVID compounds climate disasters but shows action can workThe coronavirus has made it harder for authorities to respond to disasters caused by extreme weather fuelled by climate change,...
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Co-inventor of mRNA shots sets sights on pan-coronavirus vaccineDrew Weissman's decades of research helped pave the way for mRNA Covid-19 vaccines, but the scientist isn't resting on his...
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Japan asks Tokyo hospitals to accept more COVID-19 patientsThe Japanese government and the Tokyo Metropolitan government appealed on Monday (Aug 23) to hospitals in the capital to accept...
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Palau loses virus-free status with first COVID-19 casesThe tiny Pacific nation of Palau reported its first cases of coronavirus on Saturday (Aug 21), losing its prized status...
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East Timor detects first domestic transmission of Covid-19 Delta variantEast Timor has recorded its first case of community transmission of the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus, raising...
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Stevie Nicks cancels all 2021 performances over coronavirusStevie Nicks canceled appearances at five music festivals, citing coronavirus concerns, she said in a statement Tuesday.Nicks had been scheduled...
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Delta variant challenges China's costly lockdown strategyThe delta variant is challenging China's costly strategy of isolating cities, prompting warnings that Chinese leaders who were confident they...
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Southeast Asia’s factory powerhouses hit by vaccination woes, DeltaFresh outbreaks of the Delta coronavirus variant in South-east Asia have crippled its factory sector, disrupting global supplies of goods...
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Two more parts of China report Covid outbreaksChina's worst corona virus outbreak in months has spread to two more parts of the country, health authorities said Saturday,...
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Study: Vaccinated people can carry as much virus as othersIn another dispiriting setback for the nation’s efforts to stamp out the coronavirus, scientists who studied a big COVID-19 outbreak...
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Sydney coronavirus cases spike as lockdown faltersAustralia reported another spike in new coronavirus cases Monday, as a lockdown in the country's largest city Sydney failed to...
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WHO chief describes current stage of coronavirus pandemic as very dangerousThe novel coronavirus pandemic is at a very dangerous stage at the moment, despite the global community's successes in fighting...
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Sydney lockdown extended to fight Delta outbreakSydney residents will be in lockdown for another week as Australia's largest city fights to contain a Covid outbreak.The New...
