Coronavirus Updates
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China: Citizens of Wuhan enjoy excess water park party as the world battles pandemic
Wuhan, China — the original epicenter of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak — saw large-scale festivities over the weekend. The Wuhan Maya Beach Water Park (which typically welcomes 15,000 dai…
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Covid-19 cause of type 1 diabetes among children – study
Cases of type 1 diabetes among children in a small UK study almost doubled during the peak of Britain’s COVID-19 epidemic, suggesting a possible link between the two diseases that needs more investig…
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Poland: Health minister resigns as criticism grow over covid-19 response
Poland’s Health Minister Lukasz Szumowski said on Tuesday he was resigning from his post, the second resignation in two days from the ministry, which has faced growing criticism for its handling of t…
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Covid-19 vaccine must be distributed worldwide this year – WHO
The world must administer widespread anti-flu vaccinations this year to help to ward off the risk of complicating coronavirus infections, World Health Organization senior adviser Bruce Aylward said o…
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Pandemic is getting worse due to ‘vaccine nationalism’ – WHO
Countries putting their own interests ahead of others in trying to ensure supplies of a possible coronavirus vaccine are making the pandemic worse, World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Gheb…
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Young people are dying from coronavirus, no one is immune – WHO warns
People should not be blamed for wanting to live normal lives but the message from the World Health Organization is that people, especially the young, are not invincible amid the coronavirus pandemic,…
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Philippine: Minister contracts coronavirus for second time
A Philippine government minister has tested positive for coronavirus five months after an initial diagnosis, authorities said Monday, as experts investigate whether he had been re-infected. Interior …
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South Korea heightens coronavirus restrictions as cases rise for fifth day
South Korea tightened social distancing rules on Tuesday as it reported a three-digit increase in novel coronavirus cases for a fifth day and authorities scrambled to trace hundreds of members of a c…
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Coronavirus now prominent among age 20s, 30s, 40s group; without symptoms – WHO
The World Health Organization said on Tuesday it was concerned that the novel coronavirus spread was being driven by people in their 20s, 30s and 40s, many of which were unaware they were infected, p…
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India: Covid-19 deaths rise above 50,000; with 57,981 new cases in 24hrs
India’s COVID-19 death toll topped the 50,000 mark on Monday and the total number of recorded cases neared 2.65 million as the outbreak spread further into smaller towns and rural areas, the latest g…