covid

Europe sends aid to help Tunisia counter COVID surge

TUNIS, July 16 (Reuters) - Italy, Spain and Switzerland sent medical aid on Friday to Tunisia which is facing its…

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Merkel says COVID curbs to stay until more Germans get shots

BERLIN, July 13 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned on Tuesday that more people needed to be vaccinated against…

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Anger mounts after 92 killed in Iraq COVID hospital fire

NASSIRIYA, Iraq, July 13 (Reuters) - The death toll from a fire that tore through a coronavirus hospital in southern…

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Nigeria’s Lagos state faces “potential third wave” of COVID-19

LAGOS, July 12 (Reuters) - Nigeria's Lagos state faces a "potential third wave" of coronovirus infections, its governor said in…

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Desperate Myanmar residents queue for oxygen as COVID-19 cases surge

July 12 (Reuters) - Myanmar's military authorities pledged on Monday to ramp up oxygen supplies to help treat COVID-19 patients,…

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COVID Delta upsurge keeps stock and commodity bulls in check

An upsurge in infections of the Delta coronavirus variant capped equity and commodity gains on Monday and kept bond yields…

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India COVID-19 cases rise by 50,040 amid concern about Delta variant

NEW DELHI, June 27 (Reuters) - India's daily COVID-19 infections rose by 50,040 on Sunday, official data showed, as concerns…

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Thailand announces new restrictions in Bangkok, other provinces

Thailand on Sunday announced new restrictions centred around its capital in a bid to tackle the country's worst coronavirus outbreak.

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Australia’s Sydney and Darwin in COVID-19 lockdowns

Sydney began a two-week lockdown on Sunday as a cluster of cases of the highly infectious coronavirus Delta variant rose…

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UK health minister ‘very sorry’ after pictured kissing aide

British Health Secretary Matt Hancock said he was "very sorry" after pictures of him kissing and embracing his top aide,…

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