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Mystery illness frays India’s coronavirus nerves

BANGLORE, India (AFP) -- Hundreds of people have been treated for mystery illness in a southern Indian town, with one…

JUST IN: Briton, 90, first person to receive Pfizer Covid vaccine

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Britain on Tuesday began the biggest vaccination program in the country's history, with a 90-year-old…

Hong Kong to impose new virus restrictions to battle fourth wave

HONG KONG, China (AFP) -- Hong Kong will ban evening dining at restaurants and close fitness centres, the city's leader…

Sao Paulo to launch vaccination campaign in January: governor

SAO PAULO, Brazil (AFP) -- Sao Paulo state, Latin America's coronavirus epicenter, will launch a Covid-19 vaccination campaign in January,…

Indonesia receives over a million Chinese Covid-19 vaccine doses

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) -- Indonesia has received 1.2 million doses of a Covid-19 vaccine made by China's Sinovac, officials said,…

Chinese Covid-19 vaccine maker gets $500 million funding boost

BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Chinese pharmaceutical firm Sinovac Biotech has secured half a billion dollars in extra funding to produce…

Giuliani latest Covid-19 diagnosis in Trump inner circle

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- US President Donald Trump said Sunday his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani has tested positive for…

Coronavirus cases worldwide top 65 million: AFP tally

  PARIS, France (AFP) -- More than 65 million cases of the novel coronavirus have been detected worldwide, according to…

Iran surpasses one million Covid-19 cases

by Ahmad Parhizi TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) -- Iran said its novel coronavirus infections surpassed one million cases on Thursday, as…

Hackers targeting Covid-19 vaccine supply chain, IBM warns

by Daniel HOFFMAN NEW YORK, United States (AFP) -- With multiple vaccines close to becoming available in a world gripped…

Moderna plans 100 million Covid vaccine doses in early 2021

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Moderna plans to have 100 to 125 million doses of its Covid-19 vaccine available in…

Former US presidents ready to publicly receive Covid-19 vaccine

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Former US presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton are volunteering to take…

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