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IMF releases upbeat economic outlook

02:19 European leaders are calling for cooperation between countries - and between the private and public sectors - to overcome the coronavirus pandemic. That’s as the International Mo

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Australia OKs Pfizer vaccine, to begin in Feb.

Australia’s medical regulator has approved use of its first coronavirus vaccine, paving the way for inoculations to begin next month.The Therapeutic Goods Administratio

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What’s mRNA COVID-19 vaccines?

02:43 People around the world are now getting jabs of the new coronavirus vaccines.Two of them, one made by Pfizer and BioNTech and another made by Moderna are unlike any other vaccine

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Nigeria's city Lagos targets mass vaccination against COVID-19

Photo taken on Jan. 23, 2021 shows a hospital in Lagos, Nigeria. /Xinhua Authorities in Lagos, Nigeria's economic hub and the epicenter of COVID-19 cases, have announced plans on COVID-19 vacc

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Africa COVID19: The continent's caseload surpass 3.42 mln

Medical staff members inquire about a patient at a quarantine and isolation center in Johannesburg, South Africa, on July 3, 2020. /Xinhua The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African

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Norway Locks Down Oslo Area to Fight Spread of New Covid Variant

Norway is imposing the strictest measures since March 12 in the area around the capital in an attempt to suppress infections of the more contagious coronavirus variant.

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First 3D image of the coronavirus unveiled

00:52 This is the first real 3D image of the SARS-CoV-2 virus virion, the coronavirus causing the COVID-19 pandemic, not a computer graphic or model of it.The image was unveiled earlie

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Trudeau warns Canadians against travel ahead of new COVID-19 rules

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday warned Canadians not to travel, saying further pandemic restrictions may be around the corner that would make it harder to fly home from trips abro

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'Some evidence' UK coronavirus strain more deadly: PM Johnson

FILE PHOTO: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a past press conference. /VCG Image UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday revealed that there is some evidence that the UK COVID-19 varia

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Why are some people flouting COVID-19 restrictions in Pakistan?

A second wave of COVID-19 infections is happening in Pakistan, but some are concerned that people are flouting regular warnings from the government and violatingsocial distancing rules around the

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UK reports 1,401 COVID-19 deaths, more than 5 million vaccinated

FILE PHOTO: A nurse draws the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine at a mass vaccination centre in St Helens, United Kingdom. /VCG Image The UK on Friday reported 1,401 more COVID-19-related de

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U.S. FDA approves GSK unit's long-acting HIV injection

The logo of British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline is shown on a building in Shanghai, November 11, 2019. /CFP The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved a long-acting HIV injection

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In what ways has the pandemic reshaped sporting events?

28:50 The Tokyo Olympic Games, postponed for a year due to COVID-19, are scheduled to begin this July. Organizers insist no matter what happens with the virus between now and then, the

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COVID-19 control in China

29:38 The latest coronavirus outbreaks in northern China come weeks before the start of the country’s biggest national holiday, the annual Spring Festival. How serious are they? With h

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U.S. FDA approves GSK unit's long-acting HIV injection

The logo of British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline is shown on a building in Shanghai, November 11, 2019. /CFP The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved a long-acting HIV injection

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Interview with Chinese CDC Director

29:00 As the Covid-19 pandemic surges in Europe and the United States, new local cases have also been confirmed in several Chinese cities. Are we facing yet another rise in virus trans

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Malawi suspends football league due to COVID-19 resurgence

Malawi joined Lesotho in suspending its football league due to a surge in the number of coronavirus infections. /VCG Image Malawi became the latest African country to suspend its top flight fo