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UK to announce new international travel rules

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Britain will on Monday set out plans to restart international travel, using a "traffic-light" system…

France says deficits rise as Covid destroys rebound hopes

  PARIS, France (AFP) -- France's government deficit will deepen and public debt rise after a lingering Covid crisis smashed…

Bollywood star Akshay Kumar tests positive as India virus surge worsens

MUMBAI, India (AFP) -- Bollywood star Akshay Kumar said Sunday he has tested positive for Covid-19, becoming the latest Indian…

Paris medics fear worst of Covid wave still to come

by Adam PLOWRIGHT PARIS, France (AFP) -- In the Covid-19 intensive care unit of the Antony Private Hospital south of…

Russia reports over 24,000 virus-related deaths in February but says worst is over

  MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Russia on Friday reported a decline in virus-related deaths in February on the previous month,…

Seven deaths in UK among AstraZeneca jab recipients after blood clots: medical regulator

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- The UK medical regulator said Saturday that out of 30 people who suffered blood clots…

US reaches 100 million with vaccines as Europe faces hiccups

by Shaun Tandon with AFP bureaus WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The United States reaped the fruits Friday of its…

UK logs 30 blood clot cases after AstraZeneca jabs

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Thirty cases of rare blood clotting have been recorded in Britain among more than 18…

Severe virus curbs in South America as WHO blasts EU vaccine rollout

by AFP Bureaus SANTIAGO, Chile (AFP) -- South American nations severely tightened coronavirus travel curbs including shutting their borders with…

Egypt gets hundreds of thousands of vaccines via Covax

  CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) --  Egypt has received over 854,000 coronavirus vaccines through the Covax facility for lower and middle…

China vaccine maker Sinovac doubles production capacity

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Chinese biopharmaceutical firm Sinovac said Friday a third production line for its Covid-19 vaccine has been…

EU squabbles over 10 million doses of Pfizer vaccine

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) -- EU nations fell out Thursday over how to divide up 10 million extra doses of coronavirus…

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