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Expert: France’s new COVID wave expected to peak end-July

June 30, 2022

People queue outside the Stade de France stadium, which has been converted into a temporary COVID-19 vaccination site, in Saint-Denis, outside Paris, April 6, 2021. (THOMAS SAMSON / POOL VIA AP) BRUSSELS / SAO PAULO / COPENHAGEN / OTTAWA / SAN SALVADOR / BELGRADE / ADDIS ABABA / WINDHOEK / PARIS - A new wave in France...

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Letter: EU chief can’t find texts with Pfizer head on vaccine deal

June 30, 2022

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during a news conference after a meeting of the College of Commissioners at EU headquarters in Brussels, June 17, 2022. (GEERT VANDEN WIJNGAERT / AP) BRUSSELS / SAO PAULO / COPENHAGEN / OTTAWA / SAN SALVADOR / BELGRADE / ADDIS ABABA / WINDHOEK - European Commission president Ursula von...

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France asks citizens to wear masks again in public transport

June 28, 2022

French Health and Prevention Minister Brigitte Bourguignon receives a second booster vaccination dose against COVID-19 in a pharmacy in Paris, on June 23, 2022. (STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP) PARIS / LOS ANGELES / ADDIS ABABA - French people should start wearing masks again in crowded areas, especially in public transport, as...

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S.Africa repeals COVID rules on mask-wearing, gatherings, entry

June 24, 2022

In this July 6, 2021, file photo, a patient receives a Johnson & Johnson vaccine against COVID-19 in Hammanskraal, South Africa. (ALET PRETORIUS / AP) QUITO / ROME / WASHINGTON / JOHANNESBURG - South Africa has repealed COVID-19 restrictions on mask-wearing in indoor public spaces, limits on the size of...

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US FDA back virus shots for children as young as 6 mths

June 17, 2022

Food and Drug Administration building is shown Thursday, Dec 10, 2020 in Silver Spring, Md. (MANUEL BALCE CENETA / AP) SAO PAULO / FRANKFURT / BERLIN / YAOUNDE - Advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday unanimously recommended the agency authorize COVID-19 vaccines from Moderna Inc and Pfizer...

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WB approves $474m loan to S. Africa for COVID-19 vaccines

June 15, 2022

A woman over 60 years old receives her booster dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19 at Discovery vaccination site in Sandton, Johannesburg on Dec 15, 2021. (LUCA SOLA / AFP) FRANKFURT / OTTAWA / WASHINGTON / TUNIS / LOS ANGELES - The World Bank has approved a loan of 454.4 million euros...

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US drops COVID testing for international air travelers

June 12, 2022

People wait in line at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, ahead of Fourth of July weekend, on July 1, 2021. (SHAFKAT ANOWAR / AP) LONDON / OTTAWA / ROME / WASHINGTON / VALLETTA - The United States late Friday rescinded a 17-month-old requirement that people arriving in the country by air...

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WTO chief: COVID-19 vaccine rights waiver within reach

June 9, 2022

Director-General of the World Trade Organization, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala attends a session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on May 25, 2022. (FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP) KAMPALA / GABORONE / LOS ANGELES / GENEVA - An international agreement on waiving intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines is...

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Uganda warns of resurgence of COVID-19 cases

June 7, 2022

A school security guard measures the temperature of the pupils at the entrance of Kitante Primary School in Kampala, Uganda on Jan 10, 2022. (HAJARAH NALWADDA / AP) BRASILIA / BUENOS AIRES / CAIRO / KAMPALA - Uganda has warned that it is experiencing an increase in the number of daily...

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WHO upgrades monkeypox risk level to ‘moderate’

June 4, 2022

This handout photo taken in the year 2001 and received on May 23, 2022 from the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), the German federal government agency and research institute responsible for disease control and prevention, shows a colored electron-microscopic capture of the monkeypox virus. ANDREWA MAENNEL, ANDREWA SCHNARTENDORFF / RKI ROBERT...

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WHO: Africa’s COVID deaths to fall by 94% in 2022

June 3, 2022

People wait for COVID-19 vaccination at Soweto's Baragwanath hospital in South Africa on Dec 13, 2021. (JEROME DELAY / AP) SAO PAULO / NICOSIA / ADDIS ABABA / WASHINGTON / JOHANNESBURG - Deaths on the African continent from COVID-19 are expected to fall by nearly 94 percent in 2022 compared to last year,...

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WHO: Outbreaks of endemic diseases becoming more frequent

June 3, 2022

In this photo provided by the Unidad de Microscopía Electrónica del ISCIII in Madrid, on May 26, 2022, an electronic microscope image shows the monkeypox virus seen by a team from the Arbovirus Laboratory and the Genomics and Bioinformatics Units of the Carlos III Health Institute (ISCIII) in Madrid. (UNIDAD...

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US experts warn of COVID-19 surge from holiday gatherings

June 1, 2022

People gather for the 155th Brooklyn's Memorial Day Parade in Brooklyn, New York, on May 30, 2022. (YUKI IWAMURA / AFP) GENEVA / LOS ANGELES / LONDON / RIO DE JANEIRO / BERLIN - As the United States marks the Memorial Day and celebrates the unofficial start of summer, the seven-day average...

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Unlikely monkeypox outbreak will lead to pandemic, WHO says

June 1, 2022

This 1997 image provided by the CDC during an investigation into an outbreak of monkeypox, which took place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, depicts the dorsal surfaces of the hands of a monkeypox case patient, who was displaying the appearance of the characteristic rash during its recuperative stage....

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First steps in reforming global health emergency rules adopted

May 30, 2022

A picture taken on May 8, 2021 shows a sign of the World Health Organization at the entrance of their headquarters in Geneva amid the COVID-19 outbreak. (FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP) GENEVA / LOS ANGELES / KIGALI - Countries around the world on Saturday adopted an initial US-led reform of...

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Cases surge again in US as new Omicron subvariant takes hold

May 27, 2022

A sign about COVID-19 test is displayed at a testing site as people are seen inside for testing in Morton Grove, Illinois on Jan 9, 2022. (NAM Y. HUH / AP) BERLIN / RIO DE JANEIRO / LOS ANGELES / PARIS - COVID-19 cases are surging again in the United States, powered...

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Germany’s COVID-19 jab panel: One shot enough for children

May 25, 2022

A child receives a dose of the COVID-19 Pfizer / Biontech vaccine for children aged 5-11 in the Sofiamed hospital in Sofia on Dec 22, 2021. (NIKOLAY DOYCHINOV / AFP) ADDIS ABABA / WASHINGTON / GENEVA - FRANKFURT - Germany's vaccine advisory panel on Tuesday said one COVID-19 shot was enough for...

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WHO: DRC sees 5 Ebola cases, all dead, amid latest outbreak

May 25, 2022

In this July 16, 2019 photo, health workers dressed in protective gear begin their shift at an Ebola treatment center in Beni, the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (JEROME DELAY / AP) KINSHASA - The Democratic Republic of the Congo has reported five cases of Ebola virus disease amid the...

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WHO expects more cases of monkeypox to emerge globally

May 23, 2022

In this file photo taken on Oct 18, 2018, a woman and her child, both infected with monkeypox await treatment at the quarantine of the center of the International medical NGO Doctors Without Borders in the Lobaya region of the Central African Republic. (CHARLES BOUESSEL / AFP) LONDON - The...

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Southern District secondary school sees 3 cases: CHP

May 22, 2022

Health authorities on Saturday played down the possibility of a fresh outbreak at a secondary school in Southern District after a total of three students from the same class caught the coronavirus. The school reported two more Covid infections from self-tests on Friday. Both were secondary one pupils. Albert Au...