HSBC chief backs Hong Kong’s coronavirus isolation
SINGAPORE (AFP) -- The boss of Asia-focused lending giant HSBC backed Hong Kong's decision to mirror China's zero-Covid strategy on…
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Fresh Dutch Covid lockdown as 10 EU states at ‘high concern’
European governments on Friday eyed unpopular Covid curbs, with the Netherlands opting for Western Europe's first partial lockdown of the…
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White House press secretary tests positive for Covid-19
White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Sunday she has tested positive for Covid-19, after deciding not to travel to Europe…
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Isolated and unpaid, Mongolian coal drivers queue at Chinese border
by Khaliun Bayartsogt Agence France-Presse TSAGAAN KHAD, Mongolia (AFP) - Snaking across the barren Mongolian desert, a convoy crawls along…
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Co-inventor of mRNA shots sets sights on pan-coronavirus vaccine
by Issam AHMED Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Drew Weissman's decades of research helped pave the…
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NBA says Covid vaccine required for referees
The NBA said Saturday it will require Covid-19 vaccinations for all referees working games in the 2021-22 season. The league…
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Counting the coronavirus cost at Tokyo’s Olympics
The pandemic affected almost every part of Tokyo's Olympics, forcing a historic postponement, the banning of almost all spectators, and…
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Nearly 2,000 cardboard beds set up for Thailand airport Covid hospital
Workers prepare mattresses and blankets for 1800 cardboard beds at a field hospital at a warehouse in Don Muang International…
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Vaccinated people in high Covid risk areas need to mask again: US
People vaccinated against Covid-19 in high-risk parts of the United States should resume wearing masks indoors, the Centers for Disease…
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Covid-19: How vaccines work against the Delta variant
by Paul RICARD Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) - The Delta variant of the coronavirus, first identified in India, is…
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Global jabs pass half a billion as WHO seeks vaccines for poor nations
by Joseph BOYLE with AFP bureaus Agence France Presse Health officials have rolled out more than 510 million coronavirus vaccine…
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One in two S.Africans infected by Covid: study and estimates
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) -- Around half of South Africa's population may have already been infected by coronavirus, a…
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