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Explainer-How N.Korea’s COVID-19 outbreak could ignite a major health crisis
By Soo-hyang Choi and Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea’s admission that it is battling an “e...
13th May, 2022
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N.Korea reports first COVID outbreak, orders lockdown in “gravest emergency”
By Joori Roh and Soo-hyang Choi SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea reported its first COVID-19 outbreak on...
12th May, 2022
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COVID vaccine makers shift focus to boosters
By Michael Erman and Manas Mishra (Reuters) – COVID-19 vaccine makers are shifting gears and plannin...
9th May, 2022
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EU regulator hopes to approve COVID variant-adapted vaccines by autumn
(Reuters) – The European Union’s drug regulator said on Thursday it hoped to have vaccines adapted t...
5th May, 2022
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COVID took 15 million lives globally, not the 5 million reported – WHO
By Jennifer Rigby (Reuters) -Almost three times as many people have died as a result of COVID-19 as...
5th May, 2022
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Extreme heat kills at least 25 in India’s Maharashtra state
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s western state of Maharashtra has registered 25 deaths from heat stroke...
3rd May, 2022
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Setback for Shanghai’s COVID battle as Beijing ramps up mass testing
By Brenda Goh and Sophie Yu SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) -China’s commercial capital of Shanghai was d...
2nd May, 2022
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AstraZeneca says its COVID shot still has role despite global glut
By Natalie Grover and Pushkala Aripaka (Reuters) -AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine still has a role to...
29th April, 2022
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Hong Kong’s mandatory COVID testing in schools fuels plastic waste woes
HONG KONG (Reuters) – A Hong Kong government rule that all school students and staff take daily COVI...
29th April, 2022
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Explainer-Shanghai death numbers raise questions over its COVID accounting
By David Stanway SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s biggest COVID-19 outbreak, in Shanghai, has again rais...
28th April, 2022
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Explainer-Scientists investigate hepatitis outbreak in children in Europe and US
By Jennifer Rigby and Natalie Grover LONDON (Reuters) – Health authorities around the world are inve...
26th April, 2022
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U.S. will no longer enforce mask mandate on airplanes, trains after court ruling
By David Shepardson, Rajesh Kumar Singh and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) -The Biden admin...
19th April, 2022