Hong Kong and Singapore aim to start travel bubble in May
HONG KONG, China (AFP) -- Hong Kong and Singapore on Monday announced plans to resurrect their scrapped coronavirus travel bubble…
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Australia’s Perth ends snap lockdown as quarantine debate heats up
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Australian authorities on Monday lifted a snap three-day lockdown of Perth, but faced pointed questions about…
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New Covid restrictions in Thailand as cases rise
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) -- New Covid restrictions came into force in Thailand on Monday to try to halt a spiralling…
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New Delhi extends coronavirus lockdown as India cases hit new record
by Jalees Andrabi and Glenda Kwek with Bhuvan Bagga NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- India's capital New Delhi on Sunday…
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US approves restart of J&J Covid vaccinations: regulators
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Johnson & Johnson Covid vaccinations can restart, US health regulators said Friday, after the shots'…
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Vaccine doses pass one billion mark as global cases top new record
by AFP Bureaus PARIS, France (AFP) -- The number of Covid-19 jabs administered globally surpassed the one billion mark on…
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Indian Covid variant detected in Greece
ATHENS, Greece (AFP) -- Greece has become the latest European nation to detect a case of the Covid-19 variant that…
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UK sending ‘vital medical equipment’ to India to aid Covid fight
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Britain said Sunday it was sending life-saving medical equipment to India, including ventilators and oxygen…
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US to send virus-hit India Covid supplies ‘immediately’: W.House
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The United States will "immediately" make supplies of material to make vaccines, as well as…
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France to provide ‘significant’ oxygen assistance to India
PARIS, France (AFP) -- France plans to offer India "significant" extra oxygen capacity in the coming days to help the…
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Fire kills 82 at Iraqi Covid hospital, health minister suspended
by Ammar Karim and Salam Faraj Agence France Presse BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) -- More than 80 people died Sunday…
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Canada PM Trudeau and wife get AstraZeneca Covid jabs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8Gz6dLz2g4 OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau received a first dose of the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine on Friday,…
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