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COVID-19 collateral effects concern WHO

Pedestrians wearing facial masks walk outside a COVID-19 test center during COVID-19 pandemic in Frankfurt, Germany, Jan. 20, 2021. /Xinhua Citing statistics that COVID-19 is slowing in the Eu

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U.S. releases guidelines to reopen schools

02:59 The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released new guidelines for reopening schools. It includes five key mitigation strategies such as universal mask wearing a

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Germany partially closes borders despite EU criticism

FILE PHOTO: A thousand German police officers have been mobilised to ensure strict border checks, which recall the much-criticised early days of the pandemic when EU countries hastily closed thei

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Kenya expects to begin COVID-19 vaccinations in late February

Kenya's health ministry reiterated that the vaccines that will be acquired will have undergone trials and found to be safe for use as per the international standards. /VCG Kenya expects to beg

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SuperAnnotate, a computer vision platform, partners with with open-source to spread visual ML

SuperAnnotate, a NoCode computer vision platform, is partnering with OpenCV, a non-profit organization that has built a large collection of open-source computer vision algorithms. The move means start

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Teddy bears replace customers in Croatian restaurant amid pandemic

Giant teddy bears are seen seated in a closed restaurant in Varazdin, Croatia, February 8, 2021. /VCG Stuffed animals are placed around tables as customers, with some even wearing masks

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Russia adds 16,048 COVID-19 cases

FILE PHOTO: A woman wearing a face mask buys a ticket at a train station in Moscow, Russia, on Oct. 4, 2020. /Xinhua Russia confirmed 16,048 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the

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Chinese mobile games make strides in overseas market in 2020

A boy wearing a mask amid the coronavirus pandemic plays a mobile game on his phone in New Delhi, India, April 17 2020. /CFPChinese mobile games have seen a remarkable

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Dr Anthony Fauci recommends double masking

02:38 The White House chief medical adviser has recommended people wear two masks.Doctor Anthony Fauci says it's likely to provide better protection against catching and spreading the

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French Post issues stamps to celebrate Chinese New Year of Ox

Photo taken on Feb. 6, 2021 shows the commemorative stamps themed on the Year of the Ox during the issuing ceremony in Paris, France. /Xinhua La Poste, the French post office, on Saturday issu

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RKI: COVID-19 in Germany "more dangerous" due to spread of variants

Pedestrians wearing facial masks walk outside a COVID-19 test center in Frankfurt, Germany, Jan. 20, 2021. /Xinhua The COVID-19 situation in Germany has become "more dangerous" due to the spre

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Shares in TikTok rival Kuaishou nearly triple on Hong Kong debut

A passenger wearing a protective mask walks past Kuaishou Technology advertisements at a subway station in Beijing, China, February 3, 2021. /CFP Shares in Chinese video app company Kuaishou a

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More than half of Americans disapprove of U.S. handling of pandemic

A woman wearing a protective mask and googles walks along Canal Street, April 27, 2020, in the Manhattan borough of New York. /AP About 58 percent of Americans say the United States is doing a

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Egypt opens Rafah border crossing for 4 days: official

A Palestinian woman wearing a face mask and her children wait at the Rafah Border Crossing in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, Feb. 1, 2021. /Xinhua The Hamas-run Interior Ministry said

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Car accident in South Korea kills 6 Chinese nationals

Six Chinese were killed and another four injured in a car accident in South Korea, the Chinese embassy in the country has confirmed.The Chinese embassy said it has initiated an emergency response mec

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U.S. CDC requires face masks on airlines, public transportation

A passenger wearing a mask with an exhalation valve checks in at an airport in San Francisco, U.S., November 24, 2020. /CFP Travelers on airplanes and public transportation like buses and subw

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Hundreds arrested in anti-COVID-19 restrictions protests in Belgium

Police stand on guard as people gather to stage a protest against government-imposed measures to tackle the coronavirus pandemic, in Brussels, Belgium. /VCG Image Several people were arrested