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Colombia reports case of COVID-19 variant detected in Brazil

FILE PHOTO: A staff member wearing mask is seen at the El Dorado International Airport, in Bogota, Colombia. /Xinhua The Colombian Ministry of Health confirmed on Saturday that a new variant o

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Data shows effect South African virus variant has on vaccine efficacy

FILE PHOTO: Cropped photo of a hand wearing a nitrile glove holding a Covid-19 vaccine vial and a syringe. /Getty Images A coronavirus variant first identified in South Africa is weakening the

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Largely mask-less crowds at Australian Open

Click arrows to view gallery The Australian Open is underway, with 4,000-people-deep crowds cheering on star tennis players like Serena Williams, Naomi Osaka an

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Morocco approves emergency use of China's Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine

A woman wearing a face mask to prevent the spread of coronavirus walks past a bivouac where clinical trials for COVID-19 vaccines are conducted, Rabat, Morocco, December 7, 2020. /AP Morocco o

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Londoners urged to wear masks in open air to curb COVID spread

FILE PHOTO: Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London. /VCG Image London Mayor Sadiq Khan has called for tougher rules on wearing face coverings outside after revealing that more than 12,000 Londoners have

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42% Amazon city COVID-19 cases caused by new variant found in Brazil

People wearing protective masks wait in line to refill oxygen bottles in Manaus, Brazil, January 17, 2021. /CFP A variant of the novel coronavirus first detected in Brazil already accounts for

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Africa struggles during COVID-19 'second wave’

FILE PHOTO: Health workers wearing protective suits as a precaution lower the body of a COVID-19 victim for burial at a graveyard in Gulu, northern Uganda. /Getty Images Health systems inAfric

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Italy reopens museums, extends curfew nationwide

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has signed a new decree with fresh COVID-19 containment measures, the prime minister's office said in a statement on Friday.According to the new decree, galle

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Portuguese hospitals under pressure as COVID-19 cases surge

A man wearing a face mask walks on a street in Lisbon, Portugal, Jan. 15, 2021. Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa announced on Wednesday a new period of general confinement as a measure to

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AU secures provisional 270 million COVID-19 vaccine doses for Africa

VCG The African Union has secured a provisional 270 million COVID-19 vaccine doses for African countries, with at least 50 million expected to be available between April and June 2021, South A

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Kenya reports 138 new COVID-19 infections, total tally jumps to 98,693

Kenya's COVID-19 caseload is the ninth-highest in Africa. /VCG Kenya's health ministry on Thursday reported 138 new COVID-19 infections from 4,526 test conducted in the last 24 hours, taking t

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Africa's COVID-19 cases reach 3,142,781: Africa CDC

FILE PHOTO: People wearing face masks walk on a street in Cairo, Egypt, on Oct. 12, 2020. Egypt confirmed late on Sunday 129 new COVID-19 infections, raising the total cases registered in the cou

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COVID-19 presence in Brazil dates back to December 2019: study

A server wearing a protective mask and face shield talks to a cyclist outside a restaurant in the Vila Madalena neighborhood of Sao Paulo, Brazil, July 6, 2020. /CFP The presence of IgG antibo

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Over 20,000 arrested in S.Africa for breaching COVID-19 lockdown rules

VCG More than 20,000 people have been arrested in South Africa for failing to comply with lockdown regulations since Dec. 29, 2020, when the country introduced level-three measures against the

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Japan to expand state of emergency over COVID-19 to 7 more prefectures

Pedestrians wearing protective face masks walk on a nearly empty street at the Shinsekai shopping and amusement district in Osaka, Japan, January 12, 2021. /Reuters The Japanese government pla

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UK coronavirus deaths rise by 1,243

A man wearing a face mask stands next to an advertising board reading "Stay Home Save Lives" at a bus stop in London, Britain, Jan. 10, 2020. The coronavirus-related deaths in Britain surpassed 8

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UK records another 54,940 coronavirus cases, 563 deaths

People wearing face masks walk past the "London Eye" in London, Britain, Jan. 8, 2021. (Xinhua/Han Yan) Another 54,940 people in Britain have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total n