New COVID-19 variant hits US as Biden vows all-out effort
by Shaun Tandon with James Pheby in London and AFP bureaus Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) --…
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Canada detects first coronavirus variant cases: health officials
MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) -- The first two cases of a particularly infectious coronavirus variant that recently emerged in Britain…
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Duque: 77 travelers from UK who entered PHL from Dec. 22-25 being monitored
Swab samples taken: 53 test negative; 1 test positive; 23 more awaiting results (Eagle News) – At least 77…
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Pres. Duterte directs creation of Task Force of medical experts to study infectious UK virus variant
Task Force to lead efforts to determine if variant B.1.1.7 has already entered PHL (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo…
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Spain receives first Covid vaccine doses
MADRID, Spain (AFP) -- Spain received its first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine on Saturday, a day before…
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First confirmed cases in Spain of British virus variant: regional govt
MADRID, Spain (AFP) -- Four cases of a coronavirus variant believed to be particularly infectious that recently emerged in…
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Duterte recalls order for pilot testing of face-to-face classes due to threat of UK COVID strain
Says any face-to-face activity for schoolchildren also suspended (Eagle News) – President Rodrigo Duterte recalled his previous order for…
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PHL genome scientists on alert for UK variant as they analyze COVID virus strains in country
But UK variant not yet observed in present COVID virus samples in PHL, says PGC (Eagle News) – Philippine…
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France confirms first case on its soil of British virus variant
PARIS, France (AFP) -- France has confirmed the first case of a new coronavirus variant that recently emerged in…
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EU begins vaccine rollout as new virus strain spreads
by Agence France Presse bureaus PARIS, France (AFP) -- The European Union began a vaccine rollout Saturday, even as…
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Latin American countries begin mass vaccinations as Europe fears new strain
by Barnaby CHESTERMAN with AFP bureaus Agence France Presse MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AFP) -- Three Latin American countries launched mass immunization…
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Post-Brexit borders to divide EU, UK citizens
by Marc BURLEIGH Agence France Presse BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) -- From January 1 British and EU citizens will be…
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