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Rwanda on path to economic recovery from COVID shock: finance minister

The Rwandan economy is on the path of economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic shock, which is strengthened by the country’s effective control of the virus, Rwandan Minister of Finance and Ec

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Pakistan to locally produce China's CanSino COVID-19 vaccine

A group of products with logo of CanSinoBIO. /CFP The local production of China's single-dose CanSino COVID-19 vaccine is set to commence in Pakistan to facilitate its vaccination drive, said

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Africa's COVID-19 infections reach 4,574,042 as deaths hit 122,329

FILE PHOTO: A nurse draws a vaccine dose on March 10, 2021 in Kampala, Uganda. (Photo by Luke Dray / Getty Images) The number of COVID-19 infections in Africa reached 4,574,042 on Monday as th

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One in every three new coronavirus cases globally is reported in India

The total number of COVID-19 cases in India is nearly 20 million on Monday, as a second wave of the virus is overloading hospitals and causing a shortage in much oxygen supply throughout the count

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Saudi Arabia to reopen borders on May 17 - ministry

The Saudi government imposed travel restrictions in March 2020 in efforts to curb further spread of the virus. /Getty Images Saudi Arabia will reopen its land, sea and air borders on Monday Ma

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Nigeria restricts passengers from India, Brazil, Turkey over virus

The Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, Nigeria. /VCG Nigeria will ban entry to non-Nigerian passengers who have been in Brazil, India or Turkey in the last fortnight due to conce

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India's fuel demand dropped in April amid COVID-19 restrictions

VCG Fuel demand in India dropped in April following government-imposed restrictions aimed at curbing further spread of COVID-19, Reuters reports.The second wave of the virus has left a devasta

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Africa's COVID-19 infections reach 4,560,728 as deaths hit 121,828

FILE PHOTO: A nurse draws a vaccine dose on March 10, 2021 in Kampala, Uganda. (Photo by Luke Dray / Getty Images) The number of COVID-19 infections in Africa reached 4,560,728 on Saturday as

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New COVID-19 antibody test capable of predicting severity of infection

Imagine feeling COVID-19-like symptoms and wanting to know not just if you’ve contracted the virus, but how seriously ill you might become. It could help determine the type of treatment you’re given.

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100 million people fully inoculated against COVID in the U.S.

White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Jeff Zients (C) said that 100 million people in the United States are now fully vaccinated against the virus. /AFP It is now official that one hundred

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India's COVID Horror: Gov't fails to foresee raging second wave

08:14 As the coronavirus death toll surpasses 20,0000 in India, the country suffered a deadly second wave. What is the ground situation of COVID-19 in India? And how are ordinary people

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Chinese FM sends message of sympathy to Indian FM over pandemic

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Thursday sent a message of sympathy to India's External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar over the worsening COVID-19 situation in the c

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HK logs 1st local transmission of COVID-19 virus first detected in SA

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on Friday reported its first local transmission of the COVID-19 variant first detected in South Africa.Health author

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COVID-19 rages through Latin America

01:28 COVID-19 is raging through Latin America as the region approaches the grim milestone of one million coronavirus deaths. An aggressive COVID-19 variant that was first identified in

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India's daily COVID-19 cases spike to new global record

India's COVID-19 infections crossed the 18 million mark on Thursday (Apr 29) with almost 380,000 new cases, breaking another world record for new daily infections./Xinhua India's COVID-19 infe

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Coronavirus strain found in India detected in some Chinese cities

Wu Zunyou, a chief epidemiologist with the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention. /CFPChina has detected the novel coronavirus strain that was found in Indi

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India reports one million new COVID-19 cases every three days

Another record day of coronavirus deaths in India. The country reported nearly one million new COVID-19 cases in three days, with nearly 3,300 deaths on Wednesday.With oxygen tanks and supplies ar