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Adelaide becomes latest Australian city to lock down

ADELAIDE, Australia (AFP) -- Adelaide will on Tuesday become the latest in a string of Australian cities to lock down,…

Saudis wanting to travel need two Covid jabs: official

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) -- Any Saudi citizen wishing to travel abroad will be required to have had two doses…

US warns Covid ‘becoming a pandemic of the unvaccinated’

  WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- US health authorities on Friday pleaded with Covid vaccine holdouts to roll up their…

Melbourne extends lockdown as Australia fails to stop outbreak

  MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) -- Australia's two largest cities are set to stay under tight Covid-19 restrictions as Melbourne on…

England lifts Covid curbs as scientists warn of surge in cases

  by Jitendra JOSHI Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- The British government on Monday lifted pandemic restrictions…

Coronavirus hits Olympic Village for first time

  by Talek HARRIS Agence France Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- The chief of the Tokyo Olympics tried to reassure…

Covid case cuts short Singapore ‘cruise to nowhere’

SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) -- An ocean liner on a "cruise to nowhere" was forced to make an earlier-than-scheduled return to…

Covid surging in Africa with more than 6 million cases: AFP tally

PARIS, France (AFP) -- Coronavirus is surging in Africa with a record average number of new cases according to an…

London mayor calls to retain face coverings on public transport

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- London Mayor Sadiq Khan on Wednesday called for use of face coverings to remain compulsory…

Sydney virus lockdown extended by two weeks: state official

by Andrew BEATTY SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Sydney's five million residents will be in virus lockdown for at least another…

Thailand defends Covid vaccine ‘mix-and-match’ after WHO warning

BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) -- Thailand on Tuesday defended mixing two different Covid-19 vaccines to battle a surge in infections, after…

Australian apartment blocks placed in hard lockdown

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- An Australian apartment block was placed under strict lockdown with police posted outside Tuesday, as authorities…

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