Coronavirus Updates
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Vietnam discovers hybrid of Indian and UK COVID-19 variant
Vietnam health minister Nguyen Thanh Long said on Saturday the country has detected a new variant of the coronavirus, a mix of the Indian and UK COVID-19 variants that spreads quickly by air, online …
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EU approves Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for adolescents
Europe’s medicines regulator on Friday backed the use of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for children as young as 12, paving the way for a broader roll-out in the region after similar clearances in the Uni…
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COVID-19 cases peak above 30m in South Asia as India battles second wave
Coronavirus infections in the South Asia region surpassed 30 million on Friday, according to a Reuters tally of official data, led by India which is struggling with a second COVID-19 wave and a vacci…
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GTR Inspirational Quotes – TODAY
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Australia’s Victoria state to fall back into lockdown due to ‘highly-infectious’ outbreak
Australia’s second most populous state of Victoria will enter a one-week COVID-19 lockdown forcing its near seven million residents to remain home except for essential business as authorities struggl…
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COVID-19: Ghanaians support India with 150 oxygen concentrators
Following the drastic surge of Covid-19 cases in India this month, Ghanaians, have in a gesture of brotherliness, provided a donation of medical grade 150 oxygen concentrators to needy hospitals in t…
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Russian-linked PR agency paid influencers to discredit Pfizer vaccine
A PR agency with alleged links to Russia has offered “considerable” amounts of money to European influencers if they discredit the Pfizer vaccine on their social media channels, it has emerged. Leo G…
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Nepal says climbing of Mount Everest continues despite reports of positive COVID-19
A Nepali government official said on Monday that many foreign climbers were continuing their attempts to summit Mount Everest despite reports of a COVID-19 outbreak at the base camp of the world’s ta…
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Japan opens mass vaccination sites for elderly ahead of Olympics
Japan opened mass inoculation centres on Monday as the country races to vaccinate most of its elderly population against COVID-19 before the start of the Tokyo Olympics. The centres in Tokyo and Osak…
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[Photos] Coronavirus patients suffering tongue expansion as researchers battle condition
Doctors have discovered some COVID-19 patients are developing Macroglossia, a condition where someone’s tongue is inflamed and begins to swell so much they can not speak or eat. Dr. James Melville, o…