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Mike Pompeo reveals intel implicating Wuhan lab in origins of COVID-19 pandemic | Daily Mail Online
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has called on the World Health Organization to fully investigate the possibility that the COVID-19 virus accidentally escaped from a lab in Wuhan, revealing new…
Continue readingJapan eyes punishment for breaking COVID-19 rules | The Japan Times
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s administration is readying legislation to punish refusal to comply with government-mandated COVID-19 measures, amid concerns it may infringe too much on personal freedoms. The Health, Labor…
Continue readingNew COVID-19 strains threat to Africa’s public health system – WHO | News Ghana
Who Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus The new COVID-19 variants that have been reported in several African countries could undermine efforts to contain the pandemic, a World Health Organization (WHO)…
Continue readingPhilippines, China vow cooperation for post-pandemic recovery
3 Min Read MANILA (Reuters) – China promised on Saturday to donate 500,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to the Philippines as the two countries signed infrastructure deals aimed at boosting post-pandemic…
Continue readingHow effective is a single vaccine dose against Covid-19?
The cases are already beginning to emerge. When 85-year-old Colin Horseman was admitted to Doncaster Royal Infirmary in late December, it was for a suspected kidney infection. But not long…
Continue readingTwo U.S. military bases in South Korea shelter in place as coronavirus curbs extended nationwide – SWI swissinfo.ch
FILE PHOTO: A couple wearing masks walks during a heavy snowfall, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Seoul, South Korea, January 12, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji reuters_tickers By Heekyong Yang…
Continue readingBy sending coronavirus vaccines abroad, India enters V5: the world’s exclusive Vax power club
Today India rolls out “the world’s biggest vaccination programme”, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi put it, in its epic combat against Covid-19. In the new year, as TS Tirumurti –…
Continue readingSandgren gets OK to fly to Australia despite COVID-19 result
Tennys Sandgren forced an early clarification of the COVID-19 rules as the first of 15 charter flights began flying Down Under to deliver players for the Australian Open. The two-time…
Continue readingCoronavirus: Ireland administers its first doses of Moderna vaccine
Vaccinators in Co Laois were hoping to get an eleventh dose out of the Moderna vaccine vials as Ireland administered its first doses of the US vaccine. Speaking at the…
Continue readingIsrael, Palestinians and COVID-19 Vaccine: What to Know | Time
Israel, which has already vaccinated more than 2 million of its citizens, is ramping up COVID-19 shots to 250,000 per day, meaning most Israelis over the age of 16 are…
Continue readingExclusive: International COVID-19 vaccine poll shows higher mistrust of Russia, China shots – SWI swissinfo.ch
FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: A health worker fills a syringe with a dose of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at the Appleton Village Pharmacy, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in…
Continue readingBrazil’s Amazonas state running out of oxygen amid COVID surge | Coronavirus pandemic News | Al Jazeera
The Brazilian state of Amazonas is running out of oxygen during a renewed surge in COVID-19 deaths, its government said on Thursday, with media reporting that people on respirators were…
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