Heavy rains force evacuations, trap motorists in Canada
OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) -- Relentless rain battered Canada's Pacific coast on Monday, forcing a town's evacuation and trapping motorists as…
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Austria locks down unvaccinated as Europe fights fresh Covid wave
by Julia ZAPPEI and Blaise GAUQUELIN VIENNA, Austria (AFP) -- Austria on Monday became the first country in the European…
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Israel greenlights vaccinations for 5-11 year olds
JERUSALEM (AFP) -- Israel gave the green light Sunday to start vaccinating children aged between five and 11 against Covid-19…
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Three dead in fire on coronavirus ward in Bulgaria
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AFP) -- Three patients died in a fire that broke out early Sunday on a coronavirus ward…
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WHO urges more targeted vaccination as Covid cases surge in Europe
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- As Covid-19 cases balloon again in Europe, the World Health Organization called Friday for more…
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Israel holds ‘war drill’ in case of new Covid strain
JERUSALEM, Undefined (AFP) -- In what it called a world first, Israel on Thursday held a "war game drill" in…
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Indian Covid vaccine ‘highly efficacious’: study
PARIS, France (AFP) -- Covaxin, the first Covid-19 vaccine developed in India, is "highly efficacious" and presents no safety concerns,…
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Germany hits record new Covid cases in 24 hours
BERLIN, Germany (AFP) -- Germany registered a record 50,196 new Covid-19 infections Thursday, according to health authorities. It is the…
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Beijing seals off mall, housing compounds after virus cases found
BEIJING, China,Beijing sealed off a large downtown mall and locked down several residential communities Thursday in response to a recent…
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Parents targeted with misleading warnings on Covid-19 vaccination
by Marisha GOLDHAMER WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Registered nurse Melody Butler seeks to provide science-based answers to American parents…
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900,000 US kids aged 5-11 get Covid vaccine in a week
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The United States immunized around 900,000 children aged five-to-11 against Covid in the first week…
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Merck expects Covid pill to reach rich and poor countries simultaneously
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- US pharmaceutical giant Merck has vowed to avoid the pitfalls of the global Covid vaccine…
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