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New global COVID-19 infections decline for third week in a row: WHO

The World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. /Getty Images The number of new COVID-19 infections reported globally fell again last week making it the third consec

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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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COVID19 variant identified in S. Africa has reached the U.S.

Coronavirus variant identified in South Africa has reached the United States with already two cases having been diagnosed in South Carolina. /Xinhua Coronavirus variant identified in South Afr

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COVID-19: Health officials prepare for new strains in Venezuela

02:39 As the coronavirus mutates and takes on new forms, the variants are presenting concerns about transmission and whether vaccines will be effective. The variant originally discover

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Portugal suspends flights from Brazil until mid-February over COVID-19

FILE PHOTO: A TAP Air Portugal Airbus 340-300 seen on the runway at Lisbon Humberto Delgado airport. /VCG Image Portugal will suspend all flights to and from Brazil until the middle of Februar

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IMF releases upbeat economic outlook

02:19 European leaders are calling for cooperation between countries - and between the private and public sectors - to overcome the coronavirus pandemic. That’s as the International Mo

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United States tops 25 million coronavirus infections

The United States recorded more than 25 million cases of COVID-19 on Saturday and just under 417,000 deaths, according to the latest NBC News data. /VCG The United States recorded more than 25

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UK reports 33,552 new COVID-19 cases, 1,348 deaths

FILE PHOTO: A patient receiving a coronavirus vaccine in the UK. /VCG Image The UK on Saturday reported 33,552 new confirmed coronavirus cases and an additional 1,348 deaths.The latest figures

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UK reports 1,401 COVID-19 deaths, more than 5 million vaccinated

FILE PHOTO: A nurse draws the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine at a mass vaccination centre in St Helens, United Kingdom. /VCG Image The UK on Friday reported 1,401 more COVID-19-related de

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COVID19 variant: All UK travel corridors to close from Monday

All travel corridors will close from Monday, meaning everyone arriving in the UK will have to self-isolate according to the Sky News. /VCG All travel corridors will close from Monday, meaning

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Global COVID-19 deaths approach 2 mln mark as virus spreads further

A nurse dresses up to enter the intensive care unit of the COVID-19 department of the Policlinic of Tor Vergata in Rome. /Mauro Scrobogna/LaPresse via AP The number of global COVID-19-related

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WHO calls for greater surveillance of emerging coronavirus variants

VCG The World Health Organization on Wednesday urged governments to step up efforts to quickly identify and study emerging variants of the coronavirus.Various countries globally have seen thei

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No sign COVID-19 variant in S. Africa more contagious than UK version

VCG There is no indication that the coronavirus variant identified in South Africa is more contagious than the one spreading in the UK, Reuters reports the World Health Organization's technica

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Finland reports cases of new coronavirus variants from UK, S. Africa

VCG Finland has reported two cases of the new coronavirus variant from the U.K. while another patient tested positive for the new variant from South Africa, health officials said on Monday.The

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Canada confirms two cases of new coronavirus variant

VCG Canada has confirmed two cases of the highly transmissible variant of the coronavirus first detected in Britain.The two confirmed cases are a couple from Durham Region in Ontario, the most

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What should we know about the new coronavirus variants?

03:48 As of December 24, 2020, new strains of the coronavirus had been detected in the UK, Europe's second most infected country, South Africa, Africa's most infected country, and Nige

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Malaysia detects COVID-19 strain that is '10 times' more infectious

VCG Malaysia has detected a strain of the novel coronavirus that is "10 times" more infectious, the country's Health Ministry Director-General Noor Hisham Abdullah said on his Facebook on Sund