Covid-19 News
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COVID cramps school furniture business
Seventy-eight-year-old Vincent Carara would usually be overwhelmed with school furniture orders, but with the arrival of COVID-19, the booming business...
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Covid-19 deaths pass five million worldwide
More than five million people are known to have died of Covid-19 worldwide, 19 months since the pandemic began, according...
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Covid: US fully approves Pfizer vaccine for children over five
The US has approved the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for children aged five to 11, clearing the way for millions of young...
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US spy agencies say origins of Covid-19 may never be known
Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, left, next to CIA Director William Burns, testifies at a US House Intelligence committee...
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Most parents don't plan to vaccinate young children against Covid-19 right away, KFF survey finds
A Covid-19 vaccine could be available for little kids soon, and public health leaders say vaccinating them could help end...
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IMF calls for co-ordinated G20 strategy to end Covid-19 threat
The International Monetary Fund called on the G20, which comprises the world’s 20 largest economies, to put into effect a...
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Bangladesh: Community health workers at the heart of a stronger health system and the fight against COVID-19
Archana Rani was worried when her 3-year-old son, Subol, developed a high fever, but she knew exactly where to take...
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COVID adds fuel to the match-fixing fire: expert
A record number of sports matches are likely to be fixed in 2021 after the COVID pandemic "added fuel to...
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EU drug regulator OKs booster doses of Moderna's COVID shot
The European Medicines Agency said Monday that a booster dose of Moderna's coronavirus vaccine “can be considered" in people aged...
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UK vaccination programme ‘not enough to control spread of Covid-19’
The UK government ruled out an immediate move to its coronavirus Plan B, as an expert delivered a warning that...
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Covid boosters: US approves Moderna and J&J shots
The US has approved Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines to be used as booster jabs, and said Americans can...
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Covid-19 has killed more people in the US than HIV/Aids did in 40 years
Covid-19 has now killed about 730,000 people in the US, making it the deadliest pandemic in the nation's history, with...
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Delta 'Plus' Covid variant may be more transmissible
A new mutated form of coronavirus that some are calling "Delta Plus" may spread more easily than regular Delta, UK...
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Covid: Virus may have killed 80k-180k health workers, WHO says
Covid has severely affected healthcare staff and may have killed between 80,000 and 180,000, the World Health Organization (WHO) says.Healthcare...
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Colin Powell dies of COVID-19 complications at 84
Colin Powell, the boundary-breaking military leader and diplomat whose sterling reputation of service to Republican and Democratic presidents was stained...
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Unvaccinated tennis players unlikely to get Australian Open visa: state premier
Unvaccinated tennis stars are unlikely to get visas to play in the Australian Open, Victoria state's premier warned Tuesday, throwing...