covid

Taiwan proposes $7.5 bln in spending as domestic COVID-19 cases rise

Taiwan's government proposed on Thursday an extraT$210 billion ($7.52 billion) in spending to help the economy deal with the COVID-19…

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Australia’s Victoria on alert after first COVID-19 case in two months

Australia's second most populous state reported a locally acquired COVID-19 case for the first time in more than two months…

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South Africa warns of ‘vaccine apartheid’ if rich countries hog shots

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa receives the Johnson and Johnson coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination at the Khayelitsha Hospital near Cape…

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India’s COVID-19 cases dip from peak, calls for shutdown mount

Calls grew for India to impose a nationwide lockdown as new coronavirus cases and deaths held close to record highs…

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‘Freedom’ fiestas: Spaniards celebrate end of COVID curfew

Exhilarated Spaniards danced in streets, chanted “freedom” and partied on beaches overnight as a COVID-19 curfew ended across most of…

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New Zealand to resume Australia “travel bubble” as Sydney COVID threat eases

New Zealand will lift its partial suspension of a "travel bubble" with Australia from midnight on Sunday as fears of…

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Gandhi warns ‘explosive’ COVID wave threatens India and the world

India's main opposition leader Rahul Gandhi warned on Friday that unless the deadly second COVID-19 wave sweeping the country was…

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Thailand says foreigners to get COVID-19 vaccines amid access concern

Thailand confirmed on Thursday that it plans to include 3 million foreigners living in the country in its mass vaccination…

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Russia considers supplying 1 million vaccine shots to Armenia – RIA

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday that Russia was considering supplying 1 million shots of the Sputnik V…

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U.S. reverses stance, backs giving poorer countries access to COVID vaccine patents

President Joe Biden on Wednesday threw his support behind waiving intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines, bowing to mounting pressure…

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