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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

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U.S. CDC lifts COVID ‘Do Not Travel’ recommendations on about 90 countries

(Reuters) – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Monday it had dropped its “...

18th April, 2022

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COVID-shaming pits neighbour against neighbour in locked-down Shanghai

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – The tensions of lockdown have exposed divisions among Shanghai residents, pitti...

18th April, 2022

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Britain gives first European approval to Valneva COVID shot

By Natalie Grover and Sarah Morland LONDON/PARIS (Reuters) -Britain approved Valneva’s COVID-19 vacc...

14th April, 2022

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Greece lifts COVID restrictions for summer tourism season

ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece said on Wednesday that pandemic restrictions such as mask-wearing indoors...

13th April, 2022

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Vaccines have halved Italy’s COVID-19 death toll, study shows

MILAN (Reuters) – Vaccines against COVID-19 have roughly halved the death toll from the disease in I...

13th April, 2022

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Britain widens access to Pfizer’s COVID antiviral drug through trial

By Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will expand access to Pfizer’s oral antiviral COVID-19...

12th April, 2022

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Queen Elizabeth says COVID left “one very tired and exhausted”

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Queen Elizabeth said COVID-19 had left “one very tired and exhausted” a...

11th April, 2022