S.Africa could top 10,000 daily Covid cases this week: epidemiologist
by Sofia CHRISTENSEN Agence France Presse JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) -- The newly-discovered Omicron variant is likely to fuel…
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Japan to bar new foreign arrivals over virus variant: PM
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan will reinstate tough border measures, barring all new foreign arrivals over the Omicron Covid variant,…
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Australia detects first Covid Omicron infections
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Health officials said Sunday they had detected the Covid Omicron strain in Australia for the first…
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Singapore, Malaysia ease Covid travel curbs
SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) -- Singapore and Malaysia eased coronavirus travel restrictions on one of the world's busiest land borders Monday…
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G7 ministers meet as new Covid strain spreads around the globe
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- G7 health ministers were to hold an emergency meeting Monday on the new Omicron Covid-19…
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Botswana detects 19 cases of the new Covid variant
GABORONE, Botswana (AFP) --Botswana, the only African country outside South Africa to have reported Omicron cases, said Sunday it had…
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UPDATED: 7.5-magnitude earthquake shakes north Peru hours after 5.2 magnitude quake hit capital Lima
LIMA, Peru (AFP) -- A 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck northern Peru on Sunday, destroying buildings including a church tower, injuring…
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Canada confirms first Covid Omicron infections
OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) -- Canada said Sunday it has detected its first cases of the new Omicron strain of Covid,…
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Pandemic to cost global tourism $2.0 trillion in 2021: UN
by Mathieu GORSE / Valentin BONTEMPS MADRID, Spain (AFP) -- The coronavirus pandemic will cost the global tourism sector $2.0…
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World races to contain new Covid variant
by Joris FIORITI with Danny KEMP in The Hague and AFP bureaus Agence France Presse SCHIPHOL, Netherlands (AFP) --…
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