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Egypt receives first batch of Chinese anti-coronavirus vaccine

Staff members transfer the first batch of Chinese anti-coronavirus vaccine in Cairo International Airport, Egypt, on Dec. 10, 2020. (Xinhua/Wu Huiwo) Egypt received the first batch of Chinese

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Africa's COVID-19 cases top 2.32 million mark: Africa CDC

VCG Image The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa surpassed the 2.32 million mark on Friday as different parts of the continent continue to report steady surges.According to figures p

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Chinese vaccine draws demand across Latin America: Brazilian officials

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Wang Yi: China opposes 'political virus' rampaging across the world

China explicitly opposes politicizing the coronavirus pandemic and labeling the virus, not allowing any "political virus" rampaging across the world, Chinese State Coun

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FDA panel recommends approving Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine emergency use authorization

An independent panel of experts has recommended Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has now voted to approve an official Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the Pfizer/ class="crunchbase-link" href="

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UK records 20,964 more cases - a rise of 4,386 in 24 hours

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U.S. weekly jobless claims rise to 853,000 amid surging COVID-19 cases

Job seekers wait in line to speak with representatives during the TechFair LA career fair in Los Angeles, California, U.S., on Thursday, March 8, 2018. /Getty Images The number of initial jobl

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Kenya eyes AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine instead of Pfizer or Moderna

Kenya may opt for the Oxford-AstraZeneca Plc COVID-19 vaccine./Getty Images Kenya may opt for the Oxford-AstraZeneca Plc COVID-19 vaccine because it doesn't require complex cold storage, unlik

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Mexico to buy 35 million doses of China's CanSino COVID-19 vaccine

Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said the Health Ministry on Wednesday signed an agreement to buy 35 million doses of Chinese firm CanSino Biologics' COVID-19 vaccine.Ebrard, who made the anno

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California begins new lockdown as COVID-19 cases surge

02:26 A new targeted stay-at-home order has taken effect in severalpartsof California, as the state grapples with record numbers of new coronavirus infections and hospitalizations.The

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Four lions test positive for COVID-19 in Spanish zoo

VCG Image Four lions have tested positive for COVID-19 at Barcelona Zoo, Spanish authorities said on Tuesday, the second known case in which large felines have contracted the virus.According t

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France reports bird flu outbreak in duck farm

FILE PHOTO: Ducks confined at a farm in western France in 2017 amid a bird flu outbreak. /AFP The French ministry for agriculture and food on Tuesday reported a highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu

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Kenya reports 521 new COVID-19 cases, total caseload reaches 89,100

VCG Image Kenya's ministry of health on Tuesday reported 521 news COVID-19 infections from 4,721 samples tested in the last 24 hours, taking the country's total number of cases to 89,100.The f

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Romanian PM Ludovic Orban resigns after election setback

Romania's Prime Minister Orban (C) alongside other PNL officials. /Andreea Alexandru/AP Romanian Prime Minister Ludovic Orban has resigned following a setback from Sunday's elections, the AFP

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California’s CA Notify app to offer statewide exposure notification using Apple and Google’s framework

The state of California has now expanded access of its CA Notify app to all in the state, after originally deploying the app in a pilot program at UC Berkeley in November, which later expanded to othe

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UN chief calls for urgent action to sustain world's aviation sector

AP Photo The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called upon countries to "act urgently" to sustain their air transport sectors from the challenges thrown up by the pandemic.

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Biden picks Xavier Becerra to lead Health and Human Services: NY Times

President-elect Joe Biden has picked California Attorney General Xavier Becerra as his nominee for secretary of health and human services, the New York Times reported o