Coronavirus Updates
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Minority demands travel restrictions from countries with high infection rates
The Minority in Parliament is asking health officials to immediately consider the imposition of restrictions on arrivals from countries with high infection rates. “The government should also consider…
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Bill Gates under fire for saying vaccine formulas shouldn’t be shared with developing world
Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates has come under fire for saying vaccine formulas shouldn’t be shared with developing nations. During an interview with Sky News on Sunday…
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Primary and nursery schools resume in France despite high covid cases
France sent primary and nursery pupils back to school on Monday, the first phase of reopening after a three-week COVID-19 lockdown, even as daily new infections remained stubbornly high. President Em…
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U.S., Britain, Germany pledge support as coronavirus overwhelms India
India’s new coronavirus infections hit a record peak for a fifth day on Monday as countries including Britain, Germany and the United States pledged to send urgent medical aid to fight the crisis ove…
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Kotoka airport recording ‘alarming rate’ of coronavirus
Ghana appears to be recording increasing cases of the deadly coronavirus at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) among arriving passengers. This has raised concern among officials. The company task…
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Baghdad: At least 82 confirmed dead as oxygen tank explosion rocks COVID hospital
A fire sparked by an oxygen tank explosion killed at least 82 people and injured 110 at a hospital in Baghdad that had been equipped to house COVID-19 patients, an Interior Ministry spokesman said on…
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India’s daily coronavirus cases rise to new world record as hospitals cry for help
India’s coronavirus infections rose by 346,786 overnight, the health ministry said on Saturday, setting a new world record for the third consecutive day, as overwhelmed hospitals in the densely-popul…
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Coronavirus confirmed on Mount Everest as climber tests positive
A Norwegian climber has confirmed that he tested positive for COVID-19 at the base camp on the south side of Mount Everest in Nepal, in a blow to the South Asia country ahead of the bumper mountainee…
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EU preparing legal case against AstraZeneca over vaccine shortfalls – sources
The European Commission is working on legal proceedings against AstraZeneca after the drugmaker cut COVID-19 vaccine deliveries to the European Union, sources familiar with the matter said. The move …
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India records world’s biggest single-day rise in coronavirus cases
India marked a new milestone in the COVID-19 pandemic on Thursday, reporting 314,835 new daily cases, the highest one-day tally anywhere, as its second wave and similar surges elsewhere raised new fe…