Canada extends shelf life of AstraZeneca jab by 1 month
MONTREAL, Canada (AFP) -- Canadian health authorities announced Saturday they were pushing back the expiration date on nearly 50,000…
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Pandemic slows but India continues to mourn
PARIS, France (AFP) -- The pace of the coronavirus pandemic slowed around the world for a third week in…
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Malaysia announces national lockdown to battle virus surge
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AFP) -- Malaysia announced on Friday it will impose a nationwide lockdown for the first time…
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Mexico sees glimmer of light at end of Covid tunnel
by Jennifer Gonzalez Covarrubias MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AFP) -- A steady decline in coronavirus cases and rising levels of immunity…
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Africa needs 20 million second AstraZeneca jabs in six weeks: WHO
BRAZZAVILLE, Congo (AFP) -- Africa needs at least 20 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine within six weeks if those…
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Japan to extend virus emergency until month before Olympics
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan will extend a coronavirus state of emergency in Tokyo and other areas on Friday until…
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Australia’s Covid success under threat as Melbourne goes into lockdown
MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) -- Five million weary Melbourne residents returned to lockdown Friday, straining local resolve and testing Australia's "zero-Covid"…
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Vietnam races to vaccinate factory workers after record virus cases
HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) -- Vietnam began vaccinating hundreds of thousands of factory workers in its industrialized north on Thursday to…
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Germany to vaccinate children over 12 from June 7
BERLIN, Germany (AFP) -- Germany will start offering coronavirus jabs to children over the age of 12 from June 7,…
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Covax needs $2 billion more by June for poor countries
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The Covax global vaccine-sharing program said Thursday it needs $2.0 billion in additional funding by the…
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Millions in Australia’s second city ordered into snap Covid lockdown
MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) -- More than five million people in Australia's second-biggest city of Melbourne were ordered into a snap…
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Belgium limits J&J vaccine to over-41s after woman dies
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) -- Johnson & Johnson's single-jab vaccine against Covid-19 will be limited in Belgium to people aged 41…
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