Deadly oxygen shortages as India nears 20 million cases
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- India's total Covid caseload neared 20 million on Monday as oxygen shortages in hospitals exacerbated…
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Pakistan tightens borders as Covid-19 cases soar
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AFP) -- Pakistan has closed land crossings with Iran and Afghanistan for travellers and slashed international flights as…
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Hundreds protest virus measures in Finland, Sweden
HELSINKI, Finland (AFP) -- Crowds gathered in the capitals of Finland and Sweden on Saturday as hundreds marched in protest…
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At a Toronto hospital staff exhausted, angry
by Olivier MONNIER TORONTO, Canada (AFP) -- Intensive care nurse Farial Faquiry says the health care system in Canada's Ontario…
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Fresh Covid case puts New Zealand-Australia travel bubble at risk
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) -- New Zealand's fledgling quarantine-free travel arrangement with Western Australia faced disruption for the second time…
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South Africa to get first of 4.5 million Pfizer vaccine doses
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) -- South Africa will on Sunday take delivery of the first batch of its 4.5 million…
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UK sends 1,000 more ventilators to India as doctors rally
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- The UK said Sunday it was sending an extra 1,000 oxygen ventilators to Covid-struck India,…
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Saudi Arabia to lift travel curbs on ‘immunised’ citizens
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) -- Saudi Arabia will permit citizens immunised against Covid-19 to travel abroad from May 17, the…
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India records over 400,000 Covid cases in 24 hours: official data
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- India recorded on Saturday over 400,000 new Covid cases in 24 hours for the…
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First US Covid emergency aid supplies arrive in India
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- A US military plane on Friday brought the first emergency coronavirus supplies to help India…
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New York City aims to ‘fully reopen’ on July 1
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said Thursday that the city hopes to "fully…
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Russia-Brazil spat erupts over Sputnik vaccine snub
by Valeria PACHECO / with Andrea PALASCIANO in Moscow BRASILIA, Brazil (AFP) -- Brazil's health regulator said Thursday its decision…
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