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British vlogger shows life in China after height of COVID-19

07:03 Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, China has taken comprehensive and strict measures to contain the virus' transmission. Now, the pandemic is under cont

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Coronavirus pandemic 'a long way from over', WHO's Tedros says

HO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus./Getty Images Confusion and complacency in addressing COVID-19 means the pandemic is a long way from over, but it can be brought under control in

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China approves new COVID-19 vaccine for clinical trials

A staff member takes out samples of the COVID-19 inactivated vaccine at a vaccine production plant of China National Pharmaceutical Group (Sinopharm) in Beijing, China, April 11, 2020. /Xinhua

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Nature: Fragmented U.S. health system hinders COVID-19 research

A medical staff prepares to take COVID-19 test for the public. /CFP Researchers fear that the U.S. acted "too slowly" in monitoring the novel coronavirus due to its fragmented health system, a

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Egypt to produce 80 million doses of China's Sinovac vaccine annually

Egyptian Health Minister Hala Zayed gives a press conference in Cairo, Egypt on January 24, 2021. /CFPEgypt on Thursday announced that it is to manufacture up to 80 mil

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Finland aims to gradually ease COVID-19 restrictions, PM says

The Finnish government plans to gradually begin to ease the country’s COVID-19 restrictions, Prime Minister Sanna Marin told a news conference on Friday.She added, howe

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Russian Health Ministry Authorises Clinical Trials of EpiVacCorona-N Vaccine

The Russian Health Ministry has authorized phase 1 and 2 clinical trials of EpiVacCorona-N, one more coronavirus vaccine developed by the Vector research center, accord

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Modi gets 2nd vaccine dose as India hits record

India’s prime minister received his second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine as the country hit another peak Thursday with 126,789 new cases reported in the past 24 hours.“V

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Japan may prioritize vaccinating Olympic and Paralympic athletes

A syringe with Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine. /CFP The Japanese government is considering giving athletes attending the coming Tokyo Olympics priority for vaccination against COVID-19, Japan's Kyo

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Fall of China's forex reserves in March

China's foreign exchange reserves fell by 1.09 percent from previous month at the end of March, 2021. /VCG China's foreign exchange reserves shrank to $3.17 trillion at the end of March from $

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U.S. President Biden expresses optimism in COVID-19 battle

00:54 U.S. President Joe Biden visited and talked with workers at a COVID-19 vaccination site in Alexandria, Virginia. He urged Americans to get vaccinated and warned them not to let t

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Will COVID-19 be wiped out by vaccine-induced herd immunity?: RAZOR

07:25 Will the virus SARS-CoV-2 become endemic like the flu, or can it be eliminated with vaccine-induced herd immunity?Herd immunity is when a large part of the population is immune t

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COVID-19: France sees rising ICU patients amid third national lockdown

France reported on Saturday that 5,273 people were in intensive care units (ICU) for COVID-19, a rise of 19 from the previous day, as the country entered its third nati

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COVID-19: France sees rising ICU patients amid third national lockdown

Members of the medical staff move a patient infected with COVID-19, in her bed, at the intensive care unit of the Andre-Gregoire intercommunal hospital, in Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis, on the ou

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Old graves are exhumed in Sao Paulo to make space for COVID-19 burials

00:44 Sao Paulo sped up its efforts to empty old graves to make room for the surging numbers of COVID-19 deaths, as the city registers a record number of daily burials from the pandemi

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French doctors face COVID-19 spike

01:16 French doctors and nurses are overwhelmed as the country faces another spike in new COVID-19 infections.With the president having announced more restrictions to help contain the

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Brazil's president reshuffles govt, 6 ministers depart: official

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro overhauled his government Monday, changing six cabinet members including the foreign, defense, and justice ministers, the administration said in a statement.The far