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WHO virus probe begins with fieldwork in ground-zero Wuhan

  by Leo RAMIREZ / Hector RETAMAL Agence France Presse WUHAN, China (AFP) -- Experts from the World Health Organization…

India to make more Covid-19 vaccines to supply world: Modi

NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- India will supply more locally made coronavirus vaccines to other countries, Prime Minister Narendra Modi…

Hong Kong turns to ‘ambush lockdowns’ to fight virus

HONG KONG, China (AFP) -- Hong Kong has begun using "ambush lockdowns" to suddenly close off and test everyone inside…

Hong Kong lifts first virus lockdown after 13 new cases found

HONG KONG, China (AFP) -- Hong Kong lifted its first neighbourhood coronavirus lockdown on Monday morning after testing some 7,000…

Dubai slows down Pfizer vaccine rollout amid shipment delays

  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AFP) -- The emirate of Dubai has said it was slowing down its rollout of…

Pride and caution in Wuhan on lockdown anniversary

  by Leo RAMIREZ / Sébastien RICCI Agence France Presse WUHAN, CHina (AFP) -- Exactly one year after it thrust…

Beijing launches mass testing to stem virus outbreak

  BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Beijing on Friday kicked off a drive to test two million people in 48 hours…

Hong Kong to impose first Covid-19 lockdown on virus-hit district: reports

  HONG KONG, China (AFP) -- Thousands of Hong Kongers will be ordered to stay in their homes for the…

Just in: Five dead in India vaccine plant fire: CEO mourns ‘loss of life’

MUMBAI, India (AFP) -- Five people died as a fire tore through a building in the world's biggest vaccine production…

Major fire at Serum Insitute of India vaccine plant but coronavirus drug production goes on

  by Ammu KANNAMPILLY Agence France Presse MUMBAI, India (AFP) -- Fire tore through part of the world's biggest vaccine…

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