Vaccine doses pass one billion mark as global cases top new record
by AFP Bureaus PARIS, France (AFP) -- The number of Covid-19 jabs administered globally surpassed the one billion mark on…
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Indian Covid variant detected in Greece
ATHENS, Greece (AFP) -- Greece has become the latest European nation to detect a case of the Covid-19 variant that…
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UK sending ‘vital medical equipment’ to India to aid Covid fight
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Britain said Sunday it was sending life-saving medical equipment to India, including ventilators and oxygen…
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US to send virus-hit India Covid supplies ‘immediately’: W.House
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The United States will "immediately" make supplies of material to make vaccines, as well as…
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France to provide ‘significant’ oxygen assistance to India
PARIS, France (AFP) -- France plans to offer India "significant" extra oxygen capacity in the coming days to help the…
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Fire kills 82 at Iraqi Covid hospital, health minister suspended
by Ammar Karim and Salam Faraj Agence France Presse BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) -- More than 80 people died Sunday…
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Canada PM Trudeau and wife get AstraZeneca Covid jabs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8Gz6dLz2g4 OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau received a first dose of the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine on Friday,…
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Percentage of active COVID-19 cases decrease to 9 percent, lowest since March 16
9,661 new COVID cases added on Saturday; total cases at almost 990k, could breach 1M by Monday (Eagle News)…
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Australian city orders new lockdown after virus escapes quarantine hotel
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Australian authorities ordered a snap, three-day lockdown in the western city of Perth Friday after the…
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UAE suspends flights from India as Covid cases spike
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AFP) -- The United Arab Emirates on Thursday suspended all flights from India, including transit passengers,…
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Singapore quarantines migrant workers after virus cases
SINGAPORE, Singapore (AFP) -- Singapore has quarantined about 1,200 migrant workers from a dormitory after coronavirus cases were discovered among…
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Japan faces new virus emergencies, three months before Olympics
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan's government is to declare virus states of emergencies in Tokyo and three other regions on…
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