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WHO Europe says COVID-19 vaccines appear protective against variants

FILE PHOTO: World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Europe Hans Kluge. /Getty Images The World Health Organization's regional director for Europe on Thursday said COVID-19 vaccin

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Germany quarantines all in 2 high-rise buildings

Health officials say they have quarantined the residents of two high-rise buildings in the western German town of Velbert after several people tested positive with the

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Brazilian town proud of having mass immunization with China's vaccine

02:48 A unique experiment​is bringing hope to a small town in Brazil, one of the countries hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.​While less than eight percent of the country as a whole

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Kenya's virus-deaths top 3,000 mark as infections rise beyond 165,000

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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Cuba aims to vaccinate most citizens by August

02:24 More than 120,000 people have been diagnosed with the coronavirus in Cuba since the start of the pandemic with nearly 800 dead. The numbers are coming down, but health authorities

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India passes 24 million confirmed COVID cases

00:43 India passed 24 million confirmed cases of the coronavirus, as 4,000 people died from the virus for the third straight day.Prime Minister Narendra Modi sounded the alarms of the o

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China can adjust COVID-19 vaccines swiftly against emerging variants

A man receives COVID-19 vaccine in Beijing, January 30, 2021. /CFPChina can swiftly adjust and manufacture its inactivated vaccinesto fight new mutant COVID-19 variants

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Japan widens state of emergency to three more regions

Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Friday officially announced that three more prefectures - Hokkaido, Okayama, and Hiroshima - will be placed under a COVID-19 state of emergency due to a recen

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Kenya's COVID-19 infections reach 163,554

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 Kenya on Sun

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Africa's COVID-19 infections surpass 4.6 million mark

VCG The number of COVID-19 in Africa has surpassed the 4.6 million mark as the continent continues efforts to contain the pandemic.According to the latest figures by the Africa Centres for Dis

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Greece to reopen beaches, museums after long lockdown

Greece reopened private beaches on Saturday and will open museums next week, health officials said Friday as the tourism-dependent country gears up for a May 15 travel restart.Museums are to reope

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Staff members of Nepali PM Oli's secretariat contract COVID-19

Three staff members of Nepali Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli's secretariat have tested positive for COVID-19, local media reported on Saturday.Oli has tested negative for the novel coronavirus, repor

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EU agrees potential 1.8 billion-dose purchase of Pfizer jab

The European Union cemented its support for Pfizer-BioNTech and its novel COVID-19 vaccine technology Saturday by agreeing to a massive contract extension for a potenti

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India reports over 4,000 new COVID-19 deaths

FILE PHOTO: Medical staff in personal protective equipment wait to conduct novel coronavirus tests for people at Dharavi, Asia's largest slum, in Mumbai, India, April 18, 2020. /Xinhua India r

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Africa's COVID-19 infections reach 4,610,171 as deaths hit 123,638

VCG The number of COVID-19 infections in Africa reached 4,610,171 on Friday as the continent continues its fight against the virus.According to the latest figures by the Africa Centres for Dis

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Over 10M Turks receive two doses of COVID-19 jabs

A man receives the COVID-19 vaccine in Istanbul, Turkey, on May 6, 2021. /Xinhua Over 10 million Turkish citizens have received both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine as part of the ongoing nation

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Putin backs Russia waiving patents on its COVID vaccines

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said he supported the idea of a waiver on patent protections for coronavirus vaccines as Russia registered its fourth virus jab called Sputnik Light.