health

Erdogan gets jab as Turkey unrolls Chinese vaccine

by Burcin Gercek and Ozan Kose in Istanbul ANKARA, Turkey (AFP) -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stripped down to…

France imposes 6 pm nationwide virus curfew

by Jürgen HECKER and Joseph SCHMID PARIS, France (AFP) -- The French government will impose a daily nationwide curfew at…

Israel hits 2 million vaccinated

JERUSALEM, Undefined (AFP) -- The number of people inoculated in Israel for coronavirus passed the two million threshold Thursday, with…

African Union secures 270 million vaccine doses for continent

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) -- The African Union said on Wednesday it had secured 270 million doses of anti-Covid vaccine…

Mexico City plastic ban poses challenge for virus-hit firms

by Natalia Cano Agence France-Presse MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) — Mexico's ban on single-use plastic in its capital, one of…

China reports first virus death in eight months

  BEIJING, China (AFP) -- China reported a death from Covid-19 on Thursday -- its first in eight months --…

Spain registers record number of coronavirus cases

MADRID, Spain (AFP) -- Spain registered a record daily number of coronavirus cases on Wednesday, with nearly 39,000 new infections…

New virus mutation raises vaccine questions

by Paul RICARD PARIS, France (AFP) -- As the British coronavirus variant occupies countries' pandemic plans due to its increased…

UK to trial 24-hour Covid vaccinations

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Britain will make appointments for coronavirus vaccinations available 24 hours-a-day "as soon as we can",…

Putin says Russia to start mass vaccinations next week

MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday tasked officials with launching mass coronavirus vaccinations from next week,…

British virus variant now in 50 countries, while South African strain found in 20 countries: WHO

by Robin MILLARD Agence France Presse GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The coronavirus mutation first found in Britain has now spread…

Japan to expand virus emergency to seven more regions

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan is set to expand a coronavirus state of emergency on Wednesday to seven more regions…

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