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UN chief calls for making 2021 "year of healing" in New Year message

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called on the international community to make 2021 "a year of healing" in his video message for the new year

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Finland reports cases of new coronavirus variants from UK, S. Africa

VCG Finland has reported two cases of the new coronavirus variant from the U.K. while another patient tested positive for the new variant from South Africa, health officials said on Monday.The

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Kenya reports 69 new COVID-19 cases, total tally jumps to 95,992

FILE PHOTO: Health workers measure the body temperature of a visitor at the entrance of Mbagathi Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya, on March 18, 2020. /VCG The number of COVID-19 infections in Kenya

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Africa's COVID-19 cases hit 2,644,112 : Africa CDC

VCG The number of COVID-19 infections in Africa rose to 2,644,112 on Monday, according to the latest data from the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC)The data from t

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Ramaphosa to address South Africa on COVID-19 response progress

FILE PHOTO: Locals line up to get tested for Coronavirus in Pretoria, South Africa, 11 June, 2020. /VCG South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is scheduled to address the nation later on Mond

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Indonesia to close borders temporarily over new COVID-19 variant

The Indonesian government announced the temporary closure of entrances for foreign nationals from all countries on Jan. 1-14, 2021, due to the emergence of a new virus

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South Africa's COVID-19 caseload tops one million mark

FILE PHOTO: Locals line up to get tested for Coronavirus in Pretoria, South Africa, 11 June, 2020. /VCG South Africa’s COVID-19 caseload surpassed the one million mark on Sunday as the county

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South Africa reports 11,552 new COVID-19 cases, 245 more deaths

VCG The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in South Africa rose to 994,911 after the Ministry of Health reported 11,552 new cases on Saturday.The ministry has so far conducted 6,415,824 tes

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Africa's COVID-19 caseload hits 2,644,112, deaths top 62,000

FILE PHOTO: Locals receive relief supplies distributed by international non-governmental organizations in Johannesburg, South Africa,on October 14, 2020. /VCG Africa's number of confirmed COVI

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Canada confirms two cases of new coronavirus variant

VCG Canada has confirmed two cases of the highly transmissible variant of the coronavirus first detected in Britain.The two confirmed cases are a couple from Durham Region in Ontario, the most

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The U.K. under lockdown

Click to see more. Click to see more. Click to see more. London streets are empty as millions in the UK face new COVID-19 restrictions after officials detected a new var

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Ecuador reports 208,828 cases of COVID-19

VCG Image Ecuador's Ministry of Health on Friday reported 818 new cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and six deaths in the last 24 hours, raising the accumulated caseload to 208

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Current strain of coronavirus in Senegal is more virulent: minister

Two men wearing face masks ride a motorbike in Dakar, Senegal, on July 1, 2020. (Photo by Eddy Peters/Xinhua) The strain of virus of the second wave of coronavirus currently circulating in Sen

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Brazil's COVID-19 death toll tops 190,000

FILE PHOTO: A woman wears a face mask amid COVID-19 outbreak in Sao Paulo, Brazil, April 4, 2020. /Xinhua Brazil's COVID-19 death toll rose to 190,488 on Friday after 482 more patients died fr

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COVID-19: A look back at the progression of the pandemic

05:09 As the virus mutates, and some of these new strains become more infectious, CGTN's Roee Ruttenberg looks back at how the pandemic emerged.Check outThe China Report, our new weekl

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COVID-19 pandemic in reporter's eyes

08:08 During the pandemic outbreak in the United States, CGTN correspondent Sean Callebs traveled to 25 U.S. states from Washington D.C., to Florida, to Texas, to Michigan and everywhe

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First deliveries of COVID-19 vaccines arrive in Latin America

02:17 The first deliveries of vaccines against COVID-19 have made landfall in Latin America to the relief of millions of the continent's inhabitants. But questions are being asked abou