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Explainer-Why monkeypox cases are spreading in Europe, US
By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) -A handful of cases of monkeypox have now been reported or are su...
19th May, 2022
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N.Korea boosts production of drugs, medical supplies to battle COVID
By Hyonhee Shin SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea is ramping up production of drugs and medical supplies...
19th May, 2022
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World in no better place to fight pandemics than before COVID – review
By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) -The world is no better prepared for a new pandemic than it was w...
18th May, 2022
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When Africans asked for COVID shots, they didn’t get them. Now they don’t want them
By Edward McAllister and Cooper Inveen DAKAR/ACCRA (Reuters) – It’s noisy inside the Mamprobi clinic...
18th May, 2022
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N.Korea’s Kim orders military to stabilise supply of COVID drugs
By Josh Smith and Joori Roh SEOUL (Reuters) -Leader Kim Jong Un has ordered North Korea’s military t...
16th May, 2022
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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