Coronavirus Updates
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Malaysia’s king declares state of emergency to curb spread of COVID-19
Malaysia’s king declared a nationwide state of emergency on Tuesday to curb the spread of COVID-19, a move that bolsters Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin’s precarious hold on power, and forestalls any…
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Japan looks to broaden state of emergency beyond Tokyo as virus skyrockets
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga told a meeting of ruling party executives on Tuesday he would declare a state of emergency for the three western prefectures of Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo to stem t…
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Schools in Central Region inaugurates COVID-19 Taskforce
To check the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in Schools in the Central Region, the Regional Health Directorate on Monday, constituted a Seven-Member Schools COVID-19 Taskforce to supervise and monito…
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China records highest daily COVID-19 cases; first in over five months
Mainland China saw its biggest daily increase in COVID-19 cases in more than five months, the country’s national health authority said on Monday, as new infections in Hebei province surrounding Beiji…
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Japanese pray for end to pandemic in annual ice bath ritual at Tokyo shrine
Men wearing traditional loin clothes and women dressed in white robes clapped and chanted before going into an ice water bath during a Shinto ritual at a Tokyo shrine on Sunday to purify the soul and…
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Queen Elizabeth and husband Philip receive COVID-19 vaccines – palace
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth and her husband Philip, both in their nineties, have received vaccinations against COVID-19, Buckingham Palace said on Saturday. “The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh have to…
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Iran’s President bans all foreign companies from testing COVID-19 vaccines on Iranians
Foreign companies will not be allowed to test COVID-19 vaccines on the Iranian people, President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday, a day after Iran’s Supreme Leader banned vaccine imports from the Uni…
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EU purchases half of Pfizer and BioNTech’s 2021 global output of COVID-19 vaccine
The European Union reached a deal with Pfizer and BioNTech for 300 million additional doses of their COVID-19 vaccine, the head of the European Commission said on Friday, in a move that would give th…
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England and Scotland insist all travelers must present covid-19 test results
People entering England and Scotland will have to show a negative COVID-19 test result starting next week as authorities try to ramp up protection against new, more infectious strains of the coronavi…
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Ministry of Education, Zoomlion rolls out massive disinfection ahead of reopening
In line with the President’s announcement for the full reopening of all basic and senior high schools (SHSs) on January 15, the Ministry of Education (MoE), in partnership with Zoomlion Ghana Limited…