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Japan's daily COVID-19 cases top 100,000 for the third straight day

Over 105,500 new daily COVID-19 cases were reported in Japan on Sunday, topping 100,000 mark for the third straight day, the Kyodo News reported.Japan is facing a seven

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Venezuela’s vaccine shortage threatens fragile revival

02:56 Venezuela is postponing plans to lift some of its COVID-19 restrictions.Like many other countries, Venezuela is fighting to contain the highly transmissible Delta variant.CGTN’s M

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Cluster infection breaks out in home appliance factory in W Germany

At least 200 employees were quarantined after a cluster infection of COVID-19 broke out in a home appliance factory in western Germany's North Rhine-Westphalia.Fourteen of the workers tested positive

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Africa's COVID19 infections top 3.7 million

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African continent reached 3,731,343 as of Saturday, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. /Getty Images The num

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Africa's confirmed COVID-19 infections top 3.56 million

People wait to take the COVID-19 test in Johannesburg, South Africa, Feb. 1, 2021. /Xinhua The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African continent reached 3,567,552 as of Monday, the A

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Peru and Bolivia running out of ICU beds as COVID-19 cases surge

02:46 Peru and Bolivia are running out of intensive care beds amid an uptick in COVID-19 cases. The trend comes as Peru announced the first case of a highly transmissible variant of th

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White House coronavirus task force warns of possible 'USA variant'

There would be a more transmissible variant of the coronavirus that evolved in the United States and is fueling spread of the virus, according to the White House coronavirus task force.The new strain

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Germany ponders limiting UK flights due to virus

Germany is considering limiting flights from Britain to make sure that a new, allegedly highly contagious strain of coronavirus that is sweeping across southern England

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Second transmissible cancer found in Australia's Tasmanian devils

​Australian and British researchers said Monday they have identified a second transmissible cancer in Tasmanian devils, iconic marsupial carnivores that are only found in the wild on the Australian island state of Tasmania.