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Paris enforces face masks in busy outdoor areas after surge in cases

01:39 People in Paris will have to wear face masks in crowded outdoor areas due to a surge in COVID-19 cases.Along with the French capital, it has also become mandatory in 1,500 munici

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COVID-19 vaccine could be available by year-end or early next year: report

Stella Kyriakides, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, attends a press conference after the EU Health Affairs Council in Brussels, Belgium, on March 6, 2020. (Photo by Riccardo Pareggian

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Africa's COVID-19 death toll passes 23,000 mark as total COVID-19 cases surpass 1.047 mln

The Africa Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) on Monday revealed the death toll due to illnesses related to the COVID-19 pandemic rose to 23, 253. The continent-wide COVID-19 r

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Uganda reopens zoo as lockdown restrictions ease

File photo shows giraffes were at the Uganda Wildlife Education Center in central Uganda, Dec. 9, 2016. (Xinhua/Ronald Ssekandi)Uganda has reopened the Uganda Wildlife

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Egypt records 141 new COVID-19 cases amid sharp decline in deaths

People wearing face masks are seen in a shopping mall in Cairo, Egypt, on Aug. 7, 2020. Egypt registered on Friday 141 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total infections in the country to 95,147, sa

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Police in Australia's Melbourne Arrest 2 Organizers of Anti-Mask Rally - Reports

Police in the city of Melbourne in Australia's southeastern state of Victoria have arrested two organizers of a rally against wearing masks amid the coronavirus pandemi

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Public must follow health rules during holiday trips

The Chinese Ministry of Culture and Tourism has reminded the public to follow coronavirus-control rules when taking trips during the summer holiday season. Tourists ar

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Arab beauty queen pursues dream in fashion

Manal Ahmed, a Yemeni girl in her early twenties, established her own fashion brand "Balqees" in Cairo. Her fashion designing career started after being crowned as Miss Arab Veil, a beauty pageant fo

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BoE leaves rate on hold, sees less severe UK recession

A pedestrian shelters under a Union Flag umbrella in front of the Bank of England in London, August 16, 2018. /Reuters The Bank of England (BoE) on Thursday said it had voted to keep its main

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Paris to make people wear masks in some outdoor areas

Paris authorities are soon expected to make the wearing of masks compulsory in certain busy streets and other outdoor places in the city."We are going to ask that it be

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U.S. Louisiana to keep current restrictions for 3 more weeks

A salesperson wearing a face mask talks to customers at the National Hot Tub Expo in New Orleans, Louisiana, the United States, on June 21, 2020. (Photo by Lan Wei/Xinh

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Top Indian ministers in hospital; virus cases cross 50,000 for 5th day

A worker wearing a protective face mask checks the temperature of a traveler at Dadar railway station, amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Mumbai, India, July 31, 2020. /Re

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Mitigation measures are more effective as COVID-19 cases surge

The numbers keep going up in the U.S. as tens of thousands of new COVID-19 cases are reported around the country.The governor of the state of Kentucky declared Sunday, "We remain at war with the c

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Africa's COVID-19 related deaths near 20,000 mark as 944,450 cases confirmed

Staff wearing protective suits clean garbage at a hospital in Pretoria, South Africa, July 10, 2020. (Photo by Yeshiel/Xinhua) The number of COVID-19 related deaths in the African continent reached

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Philippines to re-introduce stricter COVID-19 restrictions

A mural of a man wearing a mask is pictured on a sidewalk amid the COVID-19 outbreak in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, July 30, 2020. /Reuters The Philippines government on Sunday sai

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Africa's COVID-19 infections fast approaching the one million mark

A healthcare worker wearing protective gear talks on a mobile phone at a testing center for COVID-19 at the Institute for Health Research, Epidemiological Surveillance and Training (IRESSEF), in

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U.S. COVID-19 death toll projected to top 230,000 by November

People wearing masks shopping at a farmers market in Santa Monica, California, U.S., August 1, 2020. /CFPThe death toll from COVID-19 in the U.S. is expected to climb t