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France surpasses 2,000 COVID patients in ICU for first time since May

2020, March 16 – Paris, France : Man wearing a mask marking social distancing in the street of Paris during the coronavirus pandemic The number of Covid-19 patients occupying intensive care be

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Switzerland announces tighter measures to tackle second COVID-19 wave

Passengers wearing face masks on board a plane at Geneva Airport. /Getty Images A set of tougher health restrictions are set to come into force in Switzerland as authorities scramble to get ah

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Rome Film Festival opens in shadow of coronavirus

The Rome Film Festival opened on Thursday with a screening of the Pixar animated film about a jazzman's dreams, "Soul," despite the lingering coronavirus that has transformed film watching in publ

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Polish PM announces nationwide partial lockdown amid record virus surge

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on Thursday announced a nationwide partial lockdown following a record spike in coronavirus cases.Poland reported nearly 9,000

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Minister warns South Africans against complacency in COVID-19 fight

VCG Image South Africa's fight against COVID-19 is well on course, but the country may face a second wave of infections if citizens become complacent in the fight against the virus, Health Min

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Libya capital's mosques open after 7-month virus closure

TRIPOLI, LIBYA – MARCH 25: Officials carry out disinfection works within coronavirus (COVID-19) precautions at Martyrs’ Square in Tripoli, Libya on March 25, 2020. /Getty Images Mosques reopen

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Greek, Turkish foreign ministers meet as tensions ease

The foreign ministers of Greece and Turkey have met on the sidelines of a conference in Slovakia and agreed to set a date for the start of a new round of exploratory ta

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Greek, Turkish foreign ministers meet as tensions ease

The foreign ministers of Greece and Turkey have met on the sidelines of a conference in Slovakia and agreed to set a date for the start of a new round of exploratory ta

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Africa COVID-19: Cases pass 1.52 mln as death toll surpasses 37,000

ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA – AUGUST 22: People wearing face masks as a precautionary measure against the coronavirus. /Getty Images The total number of confirmed COVID-19 positive cases across the

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Russia COVID-19 cases resurge

A woman wearing a face mask buys a ticket at a train station in Moscow, Russia, on Oct. 4, 2020. /Xinhua Russia reported 11,615 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, near the all-time hig

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Italy likely to reimpose COVID-19-related restrictions amid resurgence

The Italian Minister of Health, Roberto Speranza, speaks at a past event. /Getty Images Italy may reimpose new coronavirus-related restrictions next week in an attempt to stem a surge in cases

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Face masks and discipline key to Italy's COVID-19 success, says expert

04:51 Face masks and discipline are the secret to Italy's fight against COVID-19, according to one of the nation's leading medical experts.Italy was one of the worst-hit nations in Eur

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More than half of us are reusing disposable masks - and others aren't being washed much

Only around 12% of people that wear reusable masks are washing their coverings correctly, according to SAGE.

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Uganda resumes commercial flights after seven-month suspension

FILE PHOTO: Passengers arriving on international flights leave the international arrivals lobby after they have been screened and cleared for any symptoms of the novel coronavirus at Entebbe Airp

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Apple to release new emojis with iOS 14.2

While the current version of iOS is iOS 14.0.1, Apple is already testing iOS 14.2. The company released an early beta version of the update yesterday, and it includes a new set of emojis, as Emojiped

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Russia's COVID-19 cases up 8,232 to 1,167,805

A staff member wearing a face mask stands behind a counter at a market in Moscow, Russia, Sept. 28, 2020. /Xinhua Russia reported 8,232 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking its national

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FAO: Food losses in Sub-Saharan Africa hit 4 billion USD annually

A child wearing a face mask gets community free food in Johannesburg, South Africa, May 19, 2020. /Xinhua Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on Monday estimated that