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Israel logs Indian COVID-19 variant, sees some vaccine efficacy against it

Israel has registered eight cases of a coronavirus variant first identified in India and believes that the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine is at least partially effective again

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Uganda's COVID-19 vaccinations near 240,000

FILE PHOTO: A healthcare professional is vaccinated against COVID-19 on March 10, 2021 in Kampala, Uganda. (Photo by Luke Dray / Getty Images) The number of COVID-19 vaccinations administered

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Mexican president receives AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador received a shot of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday and called for older adults to get vaccinated."We're sure there is no risk, no danger, that th

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U.S. CDC: 5,800 fully vaccinated people still got COVID-19 infections

U.S. CDC reports 5,800 COVID-19 infections in fully vaccinated people. /CFP About 5,800 people who have been administered COVID-19 vaccines in the U.S. have still been infected anyway, the U.S

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EU countries reach deal on introduction of COVID travel passes

An open-top bus pictured in Madrid, Spain. /CGTN European Union countries on Wednesday agreed to launch COVID travel passes as they look to allow travel in the summer, and negotiations with th

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U.S. President Biden expresses optimism in COVID-19 battle

00:54 U.S. President Joe Biden visited and talked with workers at a COVID-19 vaccination site in Alexandria, Virginia. He urged Americans to get vaccinated and warned them not to let t

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Serbian president receives Chinese COVID-19 vaccine

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic received a dose of a Chinese COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday, encouraging more people to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

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First U.S. college to require COVID-19 vaccination

02:43 U.S. President Joe Biden predicts that in about three weeks 90 percent of eligible Americans will have had their first COVID-19 vaccination. As more Americans are being vaccinate

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Implementing NPC's decision to improve HKSAR's electoral system is top priority: HKSAR chief executive

Carrie Lam, chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), said on Wednesday that the implementation of the National People's Congress' decisio

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S. Korean PM says to adopt 'vaccine passport' in April

South Korea said on Thursday it will issue so-called COVID-19 vaccine passports to immunized citizens.At a government meeting, Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun said a mobile app, which will allow intern

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1 million doses of China's Sinovac vaccine arrive in El Salvador

An aircraft carrying doses of COVID-19 vaccine produced by Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinovac Biotech arrives in El Salvador, March 28, 2021. /Press Secretariat of the Presidency of the Repub

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Putin says he plans to get vaccinated against COVID-19 on Tuesday

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that he plans to get vaccinated against COVID-19 on Tuesday.A total of 4.3 million people in the country have received two shots of a COVID-19 vaccine,

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The Latest: India reports biggest surge in cases in 4 months

India has reported its highest number of coronavirus cases in four months amid a worrying surge that has prompted multiple states to return to some form of restrictions

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Official: Half of UK adults have received first COVID vaccine dose

More than half the UK's adult population has now received a first COVID vaccine dose, British Health Secretary Matt Hancock said Saturday."I'm delighted to be able to say that we've now vaccinated ha

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Galápagos Islands reopens for tourism

01:55 The iconic Galápagos Islands are reactivating their main industry, tourism, after the COVID-19 pandemic stemmed the flow of visitors to the archipelago.Now the islands’ inhabitan

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EU proposes 'vaccine passport' system to allow free travel by summer

The European Commission has proposed to introduce 450 million coronavirus passes for residents, which enables free travel across the bloc by mid-June.Formally known as digital green certificate, it w

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China's embassy in Egypt launches vaccination drive for Chinese

More than 5,000 Chinese citizens in Egypt will be vaccinated with the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine under the inoculation drive launched by the embassy.Chinese nationals i