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Kenya's COVID-9 infections reach 172,491 as deaths hit 3,287

FILE PHOTO: A local isolation ward for patients with COVID-19 in Machakos, Kenya. /VCG The number of COVID-19 infections in Kenya rose to 172,491 on Sunday as the country's ministry of health

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Mainland urges Taiwan to plug loopholes in COVID controls

The Chinese mainland has summoned a regional airline, the UNI Air, and urged the company to plug loopholes in COVID-19 control, a spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Of

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China calls on Washington to invite WHO to U.S. to study virus origins

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin on Friday called on the U.S. to invite World Health Organization (WHO) experts to its soil to study the origins of COVID-19 and explain the country's

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China denounces COVID-19 'lab leak' theory

A spokesperson of the Chinese embassy in the UK denounced the COVID-19 "lab leak" theory on Thursday and called for a scientist-led study on the issue and global cooperation."Study of virus origins i

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Ghana's president hails media for contribution to COVID-19 fight

Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. /CGTN Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo on Tuesday commended the country's media for its role in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.The 77

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Africa's COVID-19 infections reach 4,843,874

A healthcare worker arrives to receive a China's Sinopharm vaccine during the mass COVID-19 vaccination process for healthcare workers at the Gynecology Hospital in Yaounde, Cameroon on April 12,

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African countries urged to intensify efforts to manufacture vaccines

FILE PHOTO: Technicians show empty containers used for the transport of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine after the vaccines were put into refrigerated storage units at the central vaccine depot in Ki

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Palau records first coronavirus case but says no infection risk

The remote Pacific nation of Palau reported its first confirmed coronavirus case Monday, but authorities said it was historical and posed no transmission risk.The tiny

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COVID-19: Kenya extends nationwide curfew to July

The Kenyan government on Sunday extended the country's nationwide curfew by a further 60 days to July 27. /Xinhua The Kenyan government on Sunday extended the country's nationwide curfew by a

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Vietnam reports new variant of coronavirus

A new hybrid variant of the deadly coronavirus has been discovered in Vietnam that spreads through the air. This new variant is believed to be a combination of the two variants that were first de

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Chinese, Austrian leaders exchange congratulations on ties anniversary

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Austrian counterpartAlexander Van der Bellen on Friday exchanged congratulations on the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the two countries' diplomatic rel

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Kenya's COVID-19 cases near 170,000 amid fears of a possible 4th wave

FILE PHOTO: Passengers on board a train on the Mombasa-Nairobi Railway in Kenya wear masks in line with government-imposed measures to curb spread of COVID-19, July 13, 2020. /VCG The number o

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African scientists call for robust surveillance to boost COVID fight

People line up to receive the COVID-19 vaccines at a clinic in Blantyre, Malawi, on March. 26, 2021. /Xinhua The next phase of the fight against the COVID-19 in Africa should place emphasis on

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'We are at war' against COVID, UN chief says

"We are at war" against COVID, said United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the opening of the World Health Organization's main annual meeting of member states on Monday.The chief has ur

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Trump sued by Chinese American civil rights group over 'China virus'

Former U.S. President Donald Trump has been sued by a civil rights group for calling COVID-19 the "China virus."The complaint, filed in a federal court in New York by the Chinese Americans Civil Righ

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COVID-19: Boris Johnson says world 'must never be caught unawares' by another pandemic

A "global pandemic radar" is being developed by the World Health Organisation to monitor and track new infections and variants in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.Bori

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APD | Nepal extends gratitude towards China for its generous support during pandemic

By APD writer Shristi KafleNepal government has extended gratitude towards the assistance provided by the Chinese government to help Nepal fight against Coronavirus pa